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    Drug smuggling. Racketeering. Loan sharking. Welcome to Hollywood! Golden Globe winner John Tavolta leads an all-star cast in "the most flat-out enjoyable movie of the year" (NY Newsday) - a hysterical comedy that insists it doesn't take much to make it in the movies... just a background with the mob.
    Loneshark Chili Palmer (Travolta) has done his time as a gangster. So when "buisness" takes him to L.A. to collect a debt from a down-and-out filmmaker (Gene Hackman), Chili jumps headfirst into the Hollywood scene: he schmoozes a film star (Danny DeVito), romances a "B" movie queen (Rene Russo) and even gets reservations at the hottest restaurants in town. In fact, all would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it weren't for the drug smugglers and an angry mobster who won't leave him alone. But hey, this is Hollywood and no one said it would be easy!

STARRING:

John Travolta: Chili Palmer
Gene Hackman: Harry Zimm
Rene Russo: Karen Flores
Danny DeVito: Martin Weir

SCREENWRITER: Scott Frank

DIRECTOR: Barry Sonnenfeld

RUNNING TIME: 105 minutes

STUDIO: MGM

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: B

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GIGGLES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GLOBES
(2 nominations and 1 win)

Best Picture (Musical/Comedy)
(nominated)

Best Actor (Musical/Comedy) - John Travolta
(winner)

Best Screenplay - Scott Frank
(nominated)

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• Barry Sonnenfeld, the director of this movie, had a bit part as a doorman.
• Sonnenfeld was not the studio's first choice to direct this movie, in fact it was Quentin Tarantino. Although he did not end up directing the movie he would later make the movie Jackie Brown which was also based on an Elmore Leonard book, the author that wrote Get Shorty.
• Director Sonnenfeld had asked Bruce Willis, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Michael Keaton, and Dustin Hoffman to play the lead role of Chili Palmer, but they all turned down the role. The role was then offered to Danny DeVito who was not able to commit enough time to play the lead role, so instead he decided to play the role of Martin Weir who has much less screen time. The last person offered the role was John Travolta, he also turned down the role. He was finally convinced to direct the film by Quentin Tarantino.
• According to Elmore Leonard, the author of the book on which the film was based, the character of Martin Weir was based on an encounter he had in Hollywood with Dustin Hoffman.

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