Be Cool

Director:
F. Gary Gray

Writers (WGA):
Elmore Leonard (novel)
Peter Steinfeld (screenplay)

Release Date:
4 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:
Comedy | Crime

Cast :
* John Travolta as Chili Palmer
* Uma Thurman as Edie Athens
* Vince Vaughn as Roger "Raji" Lowenthal
* Cedric the Entertainer as Sin LaSalle
* Harvey Keitel as Nick Carr
* Christina Milian as Linda Moon
* André Benjamin as Dabu
* The Rock as Elliot Wilhelm
* Robert Pastorelli as Joseph "Joe Loop" Lupino
* Paul Adelstein as Hyman Gordon
* Anthony J. Ribustello as Fast Freddie
* Alex Kubik as Roman Bulkin
* Debi Mazar as Marla
* Gregory Alan Williams as Darryl
* Danny DeVito as Martin Weir
* Arielle Kebbel as Robin
* Seth Green as "Shotgun" the Music Video Producer (uncredited)
* James Woods as Tommy Athens
* George Fisher as Ivan Argianiyev
* Serdar Kalsin as Semyon the bearded Russian thug
* Kimberly J. Brown as Tiffany
Cameos

* Aerosmith (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford, Joey Kramer)
* Wyclef Jean
* Black Eyed Peas
* Sérgio Mendes
* Gene Simmons
* Fred Durst
* Anna Nicole Smith
* Jake Levey
* Della Reese
* Kobe Bryant

Original Sound Track :
1. Fantasy - Earth, Wind & Fire
2. Hollywood Swinging - Kool & the Gang
3. Be Thankful for What You Got - William DeVaughn
4. Roda - Elis Regina
5. Sexy - Black Eyed Peas
6. Suga Suga (Reggae Remix) - Baby Bash
7. The Boss - James Brown
8. Ain't No Reason - Christina Milian
9. Believer- Christina Milian
10. Brand New Old Skool - 777
11. G's & Soldiers - Planet Asia featuring Kurupt
12. Cool Chill (instrumental) - composed by John Powell
13. A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done - Sonny & Cher
14. You Ain't Woman Enough - The Rock

Plot :
Underworld hipster Chili Palmer is back in the entertainment business in this sequel to the 1995 hit Get Shorty, which like the first film is based on a novel by Elmore Leonard. Gangster-turned-movie producer Chili (once again played by John Travolta) has grown tired of the screen trade, especially after his latest project turned out to be a box-office flop. Chili is looking for new horizons and thinks he may have found his niche when his close friend Tommy Athens (James Woods), a fellow mobster who runs an independent record label, is murdered by Russian gangsters. Chili takes over Athens' record company, Nothing to Lose Records, and begins courting Tommy's girlfriend, Edie (Uma Thurman). Edie is an experienced hand in record production, and together she and Chili spot what would seem to be the ideal act for their label -- Linda Moon (Christina Milian), a beautiful young woman with a powerhouse voice. Linda is stuck, however, in a going-nowhere R&B trio managed by the monumentally sleazy Raji (Vince Vaughn). Chili isn't much concerned about Linda's contract with Raji, but Raji certainly is, and the manager soon takes out a contract on Chili with the same Russian hoods who killed Tommy. Soon Chili is facing all the action he can handle between the Russian gunmen, a music mogul named Nick Carr (Harvey Keitel) who wants Chili to stay out of the business, and Sin LaSalle (Cedric the Entertainer), a successful hip-hop producer who wants Chili to pay him the 300,000 dollars he is owed by Tommy. Be Cool also features appearances by The Rock as a gay Samoan bodyguard, Andre Benjamin (aka Andre 3000 from the hip-hop duo Outkast) as a rapper who isn't very good with a gun, and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler as himself. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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