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Get Shorty

Get Shorty

Oct 20, 1995
105 min
ComedyThrillerCrime
6.5/ 10
1,130 votes

Overview

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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TMDB
6.5/10
1,130 votes
IMDB
6.9/10
95,310 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
81/100
Metascore

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$30,250,000Production cost
Box Office$115,101,622Worldwide gross
Profit$84,851,622Profitable
ROI
+280.5%Return on investment
US Box Office$72,101,622Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

6 wins & 16 nominations total

Details

Production information

"Attitude plays a part."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$30,250,000

Revenue

$115,101,622

Production Companies

Chili Palmer CollectionMetro-Goldwyn-MayerJersey Films

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