ITF Watch: Get Shorty (1995 film)

Look at me. Barry Sonnenfeld managed to adapt Elmore Leonard’s
novel “Get Shorty” into a fun gangster crime-thriller comedy
that’s also a satire of the entire film industry. John Travolta,
Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Delroy Lindo, Danny Devito, and James
Gandolfini shine as they are caught up in Chili Palmer’s orbit.
In episode 141, Luke & James take a ride in a minivan into
Hollywood in the 90s.

Topics: a surprise Gandolfini, stars playing against type, the
value of a faithful adaptation, the “Touch of Evil” love
connection, the “joke” title origins, and a vote on which was
better: the book or the movie.

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