Director: F. Gary Gray

Writer: Peter Steinfeld

From novel: Be Cool by Elmore Leonard

Keywords: Crime/Comedy

Sequel to 1995's Get Shorty follows mobster-cum-movie producer Chili Palmer as he tries his hand at the music industry.

ABSTRACT
Sequel to (broken link, @movie:get-shorty-1995) (1995). Filmmaker Chili Palmer, bored with his career and emboldened by the mob-related murder of record-company-owning friend Tommy Athens, decides to switch gears in his life by jumping into the music industry, assisting Tommy's widow Edie to clear debts owed to a hip-hop producer and resurrect the company's fortunes through the promising career of young singer/songwriter Linda Moon. Palmer runs into a cast of unsavory characters as he seeks to succeed in the business, pursuing a curious romance with Edie along the way.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Adelstein	Actor	29-Apr-1969		Prison Break
Scott Adsit	Actor	26-Nov-1965		Pete Hornberger on 30 Rock
André 3000	Musician	27-May-1975		The skinny half of OutKast
Kimberly J. Brown	Actor	16-Nov-1984		Halloweentown
Danny DeVito	Actor	17-Nov-1944		Short loudmouth from Taxi
Fred Durst	Musician	20-Aug-1970		Lead singer of Limp Bizkit
Cedric the Entertainer	Comic	24-Apr-1964		The Steve Harvey Show
Stacy Ferguson	Singer	27-Mar-1975		Fergie from Black Eyed Peas
Wyclef Jean	Musician	17-Oct-1972		One third of The Fugees, Preacher's Son
Arielle Kebbel	Actor	19-Feb-1985		The Grudge 2
Harvey Keitel	Actor	13-May-1939		Pimp from Taxi Driver
Debi Mazar	Actor	15-Aug-1964		Meet Wally Sparks
Sergio Mendes	Musician	11-Feb-1941		Bossa Nova bandleader
Christina Milian	Singer	26-Sep-1981		AM To PM
Robert Pastorelli	Actor	21-Jun-1954	8-Mar-2004	Housepainter on Murphy Brown
Joe Perry	Guitarist	10-Sep-1950		Lead guitarist for Aerosmith
The Rock	Actor	2-May-1972		Yeah, yeah -- we smell it
The RZA	Music Producer	5-Jul-1969		Wu-Tang Clan
Nicole Scherzinger	Dancer	29-Jun-1978		The Pussycat Dolls
Gene Simmons	Bassist	25-Aug-1949		Blood-spouting KISS bassist
Anna Nicole Smith	Model	28-Nov-1967	8-Feb-2007	Addled golddigger
Taboo	Rapper	14-Jul-1975		Black Eyed Peas
Uma Thurman	Actor	29-Apr-1970		Kill Bill: Vol. 1
John Travolta	Actor	18-Feb-1954		Saturday Night Fever
Steven Tyler	Singer	26-Mar-1948		Frontman for Aerosmith
Vince Vaughn	Actor	28-Mar-1970		Swingers
will.i.am	Rapper	15-Mar-1975		Black Eyed Peas
James Woods	Actor	18-Apr-1947		Casino, Any Given Sunday

REVIEWS

Review by anonymous (posted on 14-Sep-2006)

The only thing that made this DVD worhtwhile for me was getting it for free at my local library. It was made in 2004 and was not released til 2006. Maybe that was a clue. I saw the original "Get Shorty" and enjoyed it, but in this so-called sequel, John Travolta as Chili Palmer was just "phoning it in." The same could be said for Uma Thurman who I usually like in anything. The plot was jumbled and incoherent. The inside jokes scattered haphazardly throughout the film were confusing, and alienated the audience. Some of the actors unbearably mugged the camera so much that I had to wipe my screen off from time to time. It was painful to watch hoping that it would get better. They actually talked about making a movie inside the movie about an up and coming singer and then actually made this movie about an up and coming singer. Was that the plot? Who knows? The amount of product placement was overwhelming from actual scenes playing up to the advertiser as well as a main character wearing a Dairy Queen uniform. The film finally did get better. It ended.

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