BE COOL |

Studio: MGM / UA

Cast: John Travolta, Uma Thurman Vince Vaughn Cedric the Entertainer, André Benjamin, Steven Tyler, Robert Pastorelli, Christina Milian, Harvey Keitel, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Danny DeVito

Crew: F. Gary Gray (director); Peter Steinfeld (screenplay); Elmore Leonard (based on his novel); Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher and David Nicksay (producers); F. Gary Gray, Elmore Leonard and Michael Siegel (executive producers)

Synopsis:
John Travolta is back as Chili Palmer in Be Cool, a sequel to the comedy smash Get Shorty. This time, Chili becomes a different kind of hit man – he abandons the movie industry to bring his wiseguy skills and negotiation tactics to the music business.

When a friend is offed while they’re at lunch, Chili takes the opportunity to visit the guy’s wife, Edie (Uma Thurman), and pitch himself as her new business partner at an independent record label. With a promising young pop-star-in-training as his protege (Christina Milian), Chili has to juggle her faux-urban manager (Vince Vaughn), his gay, wannabe-actor bodyguard (The Rock), Russian mobsters, and an eloquent gangsta music producer (Cedric the Entertainer) to save the label and land a hit – and keep from getting popped himself.

Production Company: Jersey Films / Double Feature Films

Taglines:

Everyone is looking for the next big hit.

Sometimes crime pays more than Hollywood does.

Official Websites: becoolmovie.com

Trailers:

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Release Dates: MARCH 4, 2005

Genre: COMEDY / CRIME / MUSICAL

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TRIVIA

F. Gary Gray also directed the surprise 2003 hit, The Italian Job, which was a remake of a 1969 Michael Caine film of the same name.