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Get shorty [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Jersey Films ; screenplay by Scott Frank ; produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher ; directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.

Sonnenfeld, Barry., (director.). DeVito, Danny., (actor,, producer.). Hackman, Gene, (actor.). Russo, Rene., (actor.). Travolta, John, 1954- (actor.). Shamberg, Michael., (producer.). Sher, Stacey., (producer.). Peterman, Donald, (director of photography.). Larkin, Peter, 1946- (production designer.). Miller, John, (editor of moving image work.). Lurie, John, (musical director.). John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny Devito, Dennis Farina. (Cast).

Summary:

Drug smuggling, racketeering, loan sharking -- welcome to Hollywood. This hysterical comedy insists it doesn't take much to make it in the movies just a background with the mob.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0792833279
  • ISBN: 9780792833277
  • ISBN: 0792864670
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (8 pages)
  • Edition: Widescreen and standard versions.
  • Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment/UA Home Video, 1995.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on a novel by Elmore Leonard.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.
Special features include interactive menus, chapter search, and theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Don Peterman; production design, Peter Larkin; editor, Jim Miller; music, John Lurie.
Participant or Performer Note:
John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny Devito, Dennis Farina.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:
2 sided DVD.
DVD format; Dolby digital surround, NTSC.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
In English with optional French and Spanish sound tracks and English, French, and Spanish subtitles.
In English, French and Spanish with subtitles in English, French and Spanish.

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Subject:
Leonard, Elmore, 1925-2013 > Film adaptations.
Detective and mystery stories.
Comedy films.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Fiction.
Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles > Drama.
Gangster films.
Film adaptations.

Available copies

  • 17 of 18 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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