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The character's name is Martin Weir only in the film version. In the book, he is named Michael. I've made this edit twice before, but someone keeps changing it back to the incorrect name.
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==Plot summary==
==Plot summary==
The book' s story centers on Ernest "Chili" Palmer, a small-time [[shylock]] (or [[loanshark]]) based in [[Miami]]. After a run-in with mobster Ray "Bones" Barbone over a stolen coat, Chili is sent after Leo Devoe, who has scammed an airline out of $300,000 in life insurance by faking his own death. Leo had been aboard a plane whose flight was delayed, prompting him to disembark and go drinking in the airport bar. Leo misses the plane's takeoff, and when it crashes, his "widow" receives a check for $300,000, money which Leo takes to [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]].
The story centers on Ernesto "Chili" Palmer, a small-time [[shylock]] based in [[Miami]], Florida. After a run-in with mobster Ray "Bones" Barboni, Chili goes to [[Las Vegas]] in pursuit of Leo Devoe, a dry-cleaner who has scammed an airline out of $300,000 in life insurance by faking his own death, avoiding his $10,000 debt to Chili's employers.


After relieving Leo of the money in Vegas, Chili finds a more interesting assignment: the casino is looking to collect from Harry Zimm, a horror film producer based in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. Chili, himself very interested in the movie business, heads for L.A. to make Harry pay.
After relieving Leo of the money in Vegas, Chili gambles it all away. However, at the casino, he finds a more interesting assignment: the casino is looking to collect from Harry Zimm, a horror film producer based in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. Chili, himself very interested in the movie business, heads for L.A. to make Zimm pay.


Chili lets his love of movies overshadow his collection job. He sneaks into the house of actress Karen Flores in the middle of the night, startling both Harry and Karen, who are together in bed. After he warns Harry to pay his Las Vegas markers, he explains that he has an idea for a movie. Harry is immediately taken in by Chili's charm and his movie premise, whereas Karen is still skeptical.
Chili sneaks into the house of actress Karen Flores in the middle of the night, where Harry is staying. After he warns Harry to pay his Las Vegas markers, he explains that he has an idea for a movie. Harry is immediately taken in by Chili's charm and his movie premise. For the plot of the movie, Chili recounts Leo's story to Harry in the third person, as if it were a work of fiction. Karen, however, recognizes the premise as a true story, and identifies Chili as the unnamed shylock.


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The next morning, Harry asks for Chili's help in dealing with a script he wants to buy from his writer's widow, Doris Saffron, who wants $500,000 for it; and he guaranteed a $200,000 investment from Bo Catlett, a local limo driver and drug dealer, to make another movie called ''Freaks''. (Harry gambled Bo's $200,000 away in Vegas in hopes of making the $500,000 he needed for ''Mr. Lovejoy''). In a meeting with Bo, Harry and Chili tell them that, while their investment in ''Freaks'' is sound, they are making another movie first. Bo tells them to move the money into this new picture; Harry says he cannot, as the new movie deal is "structured."
Chili recounts Leo's story to Harry in the third person, as if it were a work of fiction. Karen is on to him, pointing out that the story clearly isn't fictional because she saw the plane crash in the news, realizing Chili is obviously the shylock in Chili's movie idea.


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Meanwhile, Bo is involved in a Mexican drug deal which doesn't go through. He has left the payment in a locker at the L.A. airport, but the Colombian sent to receive the money, Yayo, does not feel safe unlocking the locker with so many DEA agents staked out nearby. Bo later meets Yayo at the limo garage, and after Yayo threatens to tell the DEA who Bo is, Bo shoots him.
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The next morning, Harry asks for Chili's help in dealing with a script he wants to buy. Harry tells him this script, ''Mr. Lovejoy'', could be [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] worthy material. "It'll be my ''Driving Miss Daisy''," Harry assures Chili. There are, however, two problems: Harry does not own the script, his writer's widow Doris Saffron does, and she wants $500,000 for it; and he guaranteed a $200,000 investment from Bo Catlett, a local limo driver and drug dealer, to make another movie called ''Freaks''. (Harry gambled Bo's $200,000 away in Vegas in hopes of making the $500,000 he needed for ''Mr. Lovejoy''). In a meeting with Bo and his sidekick Ronnie Wingate, Harry and Chili tell them that, while their investment in ''Freaks'' is sound, they are making another movie first. Bo tells them to move the money into this new picture; Harry says he cannot, as the new movie deal is "structured."


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Bo soon offers the locker money to Harry as an investment, telling him to send Chili to get the money. Chili senses something wrong, signs out a nearby locker as a test, and is taken for questioning by DEA agents.
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Meanwhile, Bo is involved in a Mexican drug deal which doesn't go through. He has left the payment in a locker at the L.A. airport, but the Colombian sent to receive the money, Yayo Portillo (whom Bo refers to as 'Yahoo'), does not feel safe unlocking the locker with so many DEA agents staked out nearby. Bo later meets Yayo at the limo garage, and after Yayo threatens to tell the DEA who Bo is, Bo shoots him.


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After the questioning, Chili seeks the interests of Michael Weir, a top-tier Hollywood actor to to play the lead in "Mr. Lovejoy".
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Bo soon offers the locker money to Harry as an investment, telling him to send Chili to get the money. Chili senses something wrong, signs out a nearby locker as a test, and is taken for questioning by drug officials when he opens his own locker.


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Ray Barboni, after learning about Leo's money from his wife, comes to Los Angeles looking for the money Chili collected from Leo, only to find the key to the locker from the failed drug deal in one of Chili's pockets. Thinking Chili has stashed his cash in a locker, he goes to the airport and is busted by drug officials.
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Chili and Karen are meanwhile seeking the interests of Michael Weir, a top-tier 3-time Oscar-nominated Hollywood actor to whom Karen was once married, to play the lead in Harry's film.


In a final showdown with Bo, Chili is held at gunpoint by Catlett. One of Catlett's henchman, known as the Bear, arrives just in time to apprehend Catlett, and in the struggle for the gun, Catlett falls through the railing of his sun deck.
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The loose ends are tied up when Ray comes to Los Angeles looking for the money Chili collected from Leo, only to find the key to the locker from the failed drug deal in one of Chili's pockets. Thinking Chili has stashed his cash in a locker, he goes to the airport and is busted by drug officials. In a final showdown with Bo, Bo is double-crossed by his partner, Bear.


As Chili recounts his story to Karen and Harry, it shares some comparisons with Mr.Lovejoy
The novel ends with Harry, Chili, and Karen having finished a production meeting, and wondering why writing the ending of a story is always the hardest part.


==TV series==
==TV series==

Revision as of 15:20, 4 January 2018

For film, see Get Shorty (film).
First edition (publ. Delacorte Press)

Get Shorty is a 1990 novel by American novelist Elmore Leonard. In 1995, the novel was adapted into a film of the same title, and in 2017 it was adapted into a television series of the same title.

Plot summary

The story centers on Ernesto "Chili" Palmer, a small-time shylock based in Miami, Florida. After a run-in with mobster Ray "Bones" Barboni, Chili goes to Las Vegas in pursuit of Leo Devoe, a dry-cleaner who has scammed an airline out of $300,000 in life insurance by faking his own death, avoiding his $10,000 debt to Chili's employers.

After relieving Leo of the money in Vegas, Chili gambles it all away. However, at the casino, he finds a more interesting assignment: the casino is looking to collect from Harry Zimm, a horror film producer based in Los Angeles. Chili, himself very interested in the movie business, heads for L.A. to make Zimm pay.

Chili sneaks into the house of actress Karen Flores in the middle of the night, where Harry is staying. After he warns Harry to pay his Las Vegas markers, he explains that he has an idea for a movie. Harry is immediately taken in by Chili's charm and his movie premise. For the plot of the movie, Chili recounts Leo's story to Harry in the third person, as if it were a work of fiction. Karen, however, recognizes the premise as a true story, and identifies Chili as the unnamed shylock.

The next morning, Harry asks for Chili's help in dealing with a script he wants to buy from his writer's widow, Doris Saffron, who wants $500,000 for it; and he guaranteed a $200,000 investment from Bo Catlett, a local limo driver and drug dealer, to make another movie called Freaks. (Harry gambled Bo's $200,000 away in Vegas in hopes of making the $500,000 he needed for Mr. Lovejoy). In a meeting with Bo, Harry and Chili tell them that, while their investment in Freaks is sound, they are making another movie first. Bo tells them to move the money into this new picture; Harry says he cannot, as the new movie deal is "structured."

Meanwhile, Bo is involved in a Mexican drug deal which doesn't go through. He has left the payment in a locker at the L.A. airport, but the Colombian sent to receive the money, Yayo, does not feel safe unlocking the locker with so many DEA agents staked out nearby. Bo later meets Yayo at the limo garage, and after Yayo threatens to tell the DEA who Bo is, Bo shoots him.

Bo soon offers the locker money to Harry as an investment, telling him to send Chili to get the money. Chili senses something wrong, signs out a nearby locker as a test, and is taken for questioning by DEA agents.

After the questioning, Chili seeks the interests of Michael Weir, a top-tier Hollywood actor to to play the lead in "Mr. Lovejoy".

Ray Barboni, after learning about Leo's money from his wife, comes to Los Angeles looking for the money Chili collected from Leo, only to find the key to the locker from the failed drug deal in one of Chili's pockets. Thinking Chili has stashed his cash in a locker, he goes to the airport and is busted by drug officials.

In a final showdown with Bo, Chili is held at gunpoint by Catlett. One of Catlett's henchman, known as the Bear, arrives just in time to apprehend Catlett, and in the struggle for the gun, Catlett falls through the railing of his sun deck.

As Chili recounts his story to Karen and Harry, it shares some comparisons with Mr.Lovejoy

TV series

Main article: Get Shorty (TV series)

In 2016, Epix announced that a Get Shorty TV series was ordered.[1] Ray Romano and Chris O'Dowd star in the series.[2] The first season premiered on August 13, 2017.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Andreva, Nellie (May 26, 2016). "'Get Shorty' TV Series Ordered By Epix".
  2. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (August 23, 2016). "'Get Shorty': Chris O'Dowd & Ray Romano Poised To Star In Epix Series".
  3. ^ Petski, Denise (May 16, 2017). "'Get Shorty' Gets Premiere Date On Epix; Unveils First-Look Photos". Retrieved May 16, 2017.
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