October 20 1995 

GET SHORTY opens. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Written by Scott Frank, from the novel by Elmore Leonard. John Tavolta stars as a coolly insouciant Miami-based loan shark who takes a sine to the movie business after his debt-collecting sojourn in LA acquaints him with a sleezy film producer and a motley assortment of reprobates. With Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito and Rene Russo.

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