Be Cool is a 2005 crime-comedy film adapted from Elmore Leonard's 1999 novel of the same name and the sequel to Leonard's 1990 novel Get Shorty about mobster Chili Palmer's entrance into the film industry. The film adaptation of Be Cool began production in 2003. It was directed by F. Gary Gray, produced by Danny DeVito , and starred John Travolta, reprising his role from the first film. The movie opened in March 2005 to generally mixed reviews, and was released to video and DVD distribution on June 7, 2005. This was Robert Pastorelli's final film. He died before its theatrical release. Chili... Palmer helps Edie Athens , the widow of an executed friend, Tommy Athens , to resurrect a record company using the talents of young and talented female vocalist and songwriter, Linda Moon . The plot is complicated by several facts: Chili Palmer, after years of filmmaking, enters the music industry after witnessing the execution, by the head of the Russian mob, of his friend Tommy Athens, owner of a record company.
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| Release date: | March 4, 2005 |
| Directed by: | F. Gary Gray |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 115 Minutes |
| Producer: | Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, David Nicksay |
| Editor: | Sheldon Kahn |
| Music by: | John Powell |
| Cinematography: | Jeffrey L. Kimball |
| Screenplay by: | Peter Steinfeld |
| Estimated budget: | $53,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Be Cool: A Novel |
| Genre: | Comedy |