Be Cool

Be Cool is a 2005 sequel to the novel Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard, which inspired a movie of the same name, about mobster Chili Palmer's entrance to the movie industry. Be Cool, which also inspired a movie adaptation, is about Chili Palmer's entry into the music industry.

Synopsis

Chili Palmer (played by John Travolta) helps the widow, Edie (played by Uma Thurman), of an executed friend, Tommy Athens' (James Woods), resurrect a record company using the talents of young and talented female vocalist and dancer, Linda Moon (played by Christina Milian). The plot is complicated by several facts: (1) Russian mobsters are trying to kill Chili because he witnessed the exection of Athens, (2) Chili takes Moon despite her contractual obligations to Nick Carr (Harvey Keitel) and Raji (Vince Vaughn), and (3) Athens' record company owes money to a gangster-type producer, Sin LaSalle (Cedric the Entertainer).

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The movie includes a reuniting of Travolta and Thurman dancing together.

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