Be Cool (2005)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

F. Gary Gray

Writers (WGA):

Elmore Leonard (novel)
Peter Steinfeld (screenplay)

Release Date:

4 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Everyone is looking for the next big hit

Plot:

Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer (John Travolta) tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music exec (Uma Thurman) on the way.

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Widow | Music Business | Rapper | Bodyguard

Awards:

1 win & 10 nominations

Cast

John Travolta	...	Chili Palmer
Uma Thurman	...	Edie Athens
Vince Vaughn	...	Raji
Cedric the Entertainer	...	Sin LaSalle
André Benjamin	...	Dabu
Steven Tyler	...	Himself
Robert Pastorelli	...	Joe Loop
Christina Milian	...	Linda Moon
Paul Adelstein	...	Hy Gordon
Debi Mazar	...	Marla
Gregory Alan Williams	...	Darryl (as GregAlan Williams)
Harvey Keitel	...	Nick Carr
Dwayne Johnson	...	Elliot Wilhelm (as The Rock)
Danny DeVito	...	Martin Weir
James Woods	...	Tommy Athens

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, sensuality, and language including sexual references.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Taiwan:R-12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Malaysia:18PL | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12A | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40804) | Iceland:14

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

The scenes at the NBA game with John Travolta and Uma Thurman were filmed at the Staples Center during a game between the Lakers and the Sacramento Kings on 26 February 2004. Although the film depicts the Lakers winning the game, they lost 101-103.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The dead Russian hit man at Chili Palmer's house can be seen moving his eyes.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Chili Palmer: I hate sequels.

Movie Connections:

References Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Soundtrack:

(Everytime I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone

White/Black Nonsense

I walked. Unnecessary violence, unnecessary racial comments, weak script, could not believe some of the rough cuts. A high school film class could have improved the cinematography. How could Travolta/Thurman get themselves into this mess? Travolta was one of those actors I would go see without seeing any reviews. No more! I wanted to end my comments after the last sentence but I need ten lines of print. The old story line about poor little girl gets her big break just does not work, mainly because the little girl really does not have any talent. Therefore, the facial takes from everyone evaluating her singing to give her that first big break is nothing less than comical. The commercials within the movie were obvious and insulted my intelligence. Let me see what can I say good about this movie? It pitched high mileage vehicles, several times, but that was so out of context, it made you wonder how that even remotely fit into a rational story line. Thurman was the only actor that did not make a fool of herself.