Get Shorty

I watched the DVD "Get Shorty" the prequel to "Be Cool" that I just watched. I'm a big fan of Elmore Leonard and it's good to see his books in movies. Chili Palmer is cool.

Synopsis

Chili Palmer (John Travolta), a Miami mobster, loan-sharks for Ray Bones (Dennis Farina), a violent thug with a big chip on his shoulder. Ray sends Chili to Vegas after a bad debt, and a casino boss enlists Chili to find an even bigger deadbeat: Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), Hollywood player and producer of low-budget horror films. In Tinseltown, Chili meets Harry, as well as his scream- queen leading lady, Karen Flores (Rene Russo); Harry's drug-dealing financier, Bo Catlett; and Karen's ex, Martin Weir (Danny DeVito) (aka "Shorty"), a big star with an ego to match. Chili finds his Mafioso skills lend themselves quite nicely to what he's always really wanted to do: producing movies.