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Be Cool (2005)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
John Travolta
Uma Thurman
Danny DeVito
Vince Vaughn
Christina Milian
Harvey Keitel
Cedric The Entertainer
The Rock
Robert Pastorelli
Andre Benjamin
Movie Details
Director F. Gary Gray
Producer Danny DeVito; Michael Shamberg
Writer Peter Steinfeld
Studio MGM / UA
Language English
Audience Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time 120 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
Be Cool takes its own advice: It's slick, Hollywood entertainment that kills two amusing hours with relative ease and comfort. Better than leftovers but not as tasty as a full-course meal, this sequel to 1995's hit comedy Get Shorty (and based on Elmore Leonard's 1999 sequel novel) finds former loan shark Chili Palmer (John Travolta) itching to get out of the movie business, so he hooks up with a newly widowed music executive (Uma Thurman) to launch the career of an up-'n-coming Beyoncé-like singer (newcomer Christina Milian). A mock-black manager (Vince Vaughn), his sleazy boss (Harvey Keitel), and an upscale gangsta-rap executive (Cedric the Entertainer) all have a competing stake in the fast-rising pop diva's future, and this sets the plot rolling in a fun but rather hand-me-down fashion that lacks the savvy panache of Get Shorty but still provides plenty of lightweight humor. The Rock and Outkast's André Benjamin provide the best laughs in supporting roles that effortlessly relieve the movie from the symptoms of sequelitis. --Jeff Shannon
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 716
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
DVD Empire
Product Details
Edition Widescreen Edition
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen 2.40:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
UPC (Barcode) 027616928412
Release Date 6/7/2005
Subtitles Cantonese Chinese; English; French; Spanish
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
"Be Cool, Very Cool" Making-of Documentary
Deleted Scenes
Gag Reel
Music Video: The Rock as Elliot Wilhelm, "You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man"
Close-Up Featurette: Dance Partners
Close-Up Featurette: The Rock
Close-Up Featurette: André 3000
Close-Up Featurette: Cedric the Entertainer
Close-Up Featurette: Christina Milian