Get Shorty
Attitude plays a part.
A.to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films.When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly.After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
- Director
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Worldwide
- $115M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Get Shorty returned 3.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $30M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $115M
- Release date
- Oct 20, 1995
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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