MOVIE DIALOG OF THE DAY ― BE COOL (2005)
Connection with the previous post (GET SHORTY): BE COOL is the sequel to GET SHORTY with some of the same characters, centering around Chili Palmer. Both movies were based on books by Elmore Leonard.
Vince Vaugh as Raji and John Travolta as Chili Palmer
Trivia ―
In the beginning of the film, Chili mentions how a film needs to only use the "F" word more than once in order to get an R rating. He then uses the "F" word - the only use of it in the film - and thus, it gets a PG-13 rating.
John Travolta suggested Uma Thurman for the role of Edie, wanting to recreate their chemistry from Pulp Fiction (1994) all over again.
This was Robert Pastorelli's last film. He died from an accidental drug overdose during production.
Elmore Leonard named Dwayne Johnson's character after real-life film critic and Detroit Institute of Arts film curator Elliot Wilhelm (the real Wilhelm makes an uncredited appearance early in the film as a patron at the Viper Room).
This is the last movie where Dwayne Johnson is shown in credits as "The Rock". He would be credited as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson after this movie and he would drop "The Rock" and just go by Dwayne Johnson. Only in WWE productions is he referred to as "The Rock".
When speaking about a Honda Insight, Chili says, "It's the Cadillac of hybrids", an homage to the line, "It's the Cadillac of mini-vans" from Get Shorty (1995).
Joe Pesci was part of the cast before filming began. But, for reasons unknown, he left the project shortly before production started.
James Woods was originally cast as Nick Carr but had to drop out due to emergency surgery for an aneurysm. He was given the smaller role of Tommy Athens instead.
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.
When Sin LaSalle goes to call Raji after the threatening "prank" call, we get to see two of the numbers in Sin's cell phone directory. One is R. Lowenthal (Raji), the other is G. Gray - an obvious reference to director F. Gary Gray.
In the scene when Elliot (Dwayne Johnson) is chasing Raji (Vince Vaughn) around the car, most of the scene was improvised. At the end, when Raji was saying, "E. Weasy" and started to dance, once the camera moves back, you can see Elliot smiling.
The infamous monologue that Sin LaSalle delivered was neither in the novel nor in the early drafts of the script. The idea was put on by director F. Gary Gray who wanted Sin to be likable, but serious at the same time as well.
Harvey Keitel says in one scene, "I'm working the phones from dusk till dawn". He was in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996).
Footage for a concert scene featuring Aerosmith and Christina Milian was filmed at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts on 24 June 2004.
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Jennifer Connelly, Charlize Theron, Naomi Watts and Halle Berry were considered for the role of Edie Athens.
At one point in the movie, Raj is referred to as "Vanilla Ice". In hip-hop folklore, it's said Marion 'Suge' Knight took Vanilla Ice out to a balcony of a hotel and dangled him over the side by his ankles. Raj went through the same scenario.
Barry Sonnenfeld originally intended to return as director to this follow-up to his Get Shorty (1995) but production delays and scheduling issues precluded that.
In every scene where the Dub MD's are in vehicles, the same song is playing. They talk about their music not being played, listen closely, the lyrics in this song reference this.
Steven Tyler jokingly says he is not the type of rock star who appears in movies. Steven had actually been in several movies at that point albeit usually as part of Aerosmith, notably including Wayne's World 2 (1993) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978).
Harvey Keitel had previously cameoed in Get Shorty (1995), the predecessor to this film which starred John Travolta, though the two had no scenes together.
During the scene where Linda Moon performs with Aerosmith, the picture on Joe Perry's guitar is his wife Billie, who he married in 1985.
John Travolta and Uma Thurman dance, paying homage to their roles in Pulp Fiction (1994), in which the two dance together as well.
Eric Balfour's role as Derek was cut from the movie, although at least some of his scenes appear among the deleted scenes on the DVD.
Brett Ratner was originally set to direct the project, but pulled out.
When Chili Palmer and Edie Athens are driving down Hollywood Boulevard talking about Steven Tyler they pass by the TCL Chinese Theatre. The movie playing is The Untouchables (1987).
In the scene where John Travolta meets Harvey Keitel Harvey puts his finger up as to make a gun. He does the same thing in Taxi Driver (1976), wearing a similar undershirt.
When Martin Weir (Danny DeVito) tells Chili Palmer (John Travolta) his Insight looks "a little tight for a big guy like you," Chili replies, "Small price to pay for the environment." This recalls a line in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, when Butch asks the bank guard why they tore the old bank down that it was beautiful, and the guard says it kept getting robbed, Butch replies, "Small price to pay for beauty."
John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Harvey Keitel all starred in Pulp Fiction (1994) together, though Thurman and Keitel had no scenes together in that film.
John Travolta and Vince Vaughn also starred together in Domestic Disturbance (2001).
John Travolta and Robert Pastorelli were also both in Michael, (1996), although they share far less screen time in this movie.
Cameo ―
Dan Brown: and his wife, in the front row at the Aerosmith concert.
Spoilers ―
Even though the film clearly deviates from the novel, there were some moments in the film which serves as a nod to the source novel: 1) The burn-out photo that Tiffany has (later picked up by Chili) is a nod to the fact that in the novel, the Russians operate a one-hour photo shop instead of the pawn shop. 2) The confrontation between DubMDs and the Russians in Nick's office is a nod to the intended shoot-out between the two. In the novel, neither parties appear in the second half. 3) When Raji tries to set up Sin LaSalle against Nick, Raji deliberately spell Carr's last name as CAR. In the novel, Nick's full last name is Carcaterra.
RATINGS: IMDB ―5.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes ―29%, ME ― 75%
Raji: Man in the suit. You in town for some kind of convention?
Raji: Man in the suit. You in town for some kind of convention?
Chili Palmer: No, but if I was, you'd be the man to see, am I right?
Raji: Why would you say something like that?
Chili Palmer: The way you're dressed, you're either a pimp or a limo driver.
Raji: We've got jokes? You some kind of a weak-ass comedian?
Chili Palmer: Raji, look at me.
Raji: I'm looking at you, man!
Chili Palmer: You say you're looking at me, but are you really looking at me?
Raji: I'm really looking at you. You got something stupid to say? Say it, so I can be done with you.
Chili Palmer: Linda's quit. She's out of The Chicks.
Raji: Man, miss me with that. She's got five years left in her contract.
Chili Palmer: Well, I've just canceled it.
Raji: You come walking out of the dark. Who are you supposed to be?
Chili Palmer: I'm the one setting you straight. I'm Linda's new manager.
Vince Vaugh as Raji and John Travolta as Chili Palmer
Trivia ―
In the beginning of the film, Chili mentions how a film needs to only use the "F" word more than once in order to get an R rating. He then uses the "F" word - the only use of it in the film - and thus, it gets a PG-13 rating.
John Travolta suggested Uma Thurman for the role of Edie, wanting to recreate their chemistry from Pulp Fiction (1994) all over again.
This was Robert Pastorelli's last film. He died from an accidental drug overdose during production.
Elmore Leonard named Dwayne Johnson's character after real-life film critic and Detroit Institute of Arts film curator Elliot Wilhelm (the real Wilhelm makes an uncredited appearance early in the film as a patron at the Viper Room).
This is the last movie where Dwayne Johnson is shown in credits as "The Rock". He would be credited as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson after this movie and he would drop "The Rock" and just go by Dwayne Johnson. Only in WWE productions is he referred to as "The Rock".
When speaking about a Honda Insight, Chili says, "It's the Cadillac of hybrids", an homage to the line, "It's the Cadillac of mini-vans" from Get Shorty (1995).
Joe Pesci was part of the cast before filming began. But, for reasons unknown, he left the project shortly before production started.
James Woods was originally cast as Nick Carr but had to drop out due to emergency surgery for an aneurysm. He was given the smaller role of Tommy Athens instead.
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.
When Sin LaSalle goes to call Raji after the threatening "prank" call, we get to see two of the numbers in Sin's cell phone directory. One is R. Lowenthal (Raji), the other is G. Gray - an obvious reference to director F. Gary Gray.
In the scene when Elliot (Dwayne Johnson) is chasing Raji (Vince Vaughn) around the car, most of the scene was improvised. At the end, when Raji was saying, "E. Weasy" and started to dance, once the camera moves back, you can see Elliot smiling.
The infamous monologue that Sin LaSalle delivered was neither in the novel nor in the early drafts of the script. The idea was put on by director F. Gary Gray who wanted Sin to be likable, but serious at the same time as well.
Harvey Keitel says in one scene, "I'm working the phones from dusk till dawn". He was in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996).
Footage for a concert scene featuring Aerosmith and Christina Milian was filmed at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts on 24 June 2004.
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Jennifer Connelly, Charlize Theron, Naomi Watts and Halle Berry were considered for the role of Edie Athens.
At one point in the movie, Raj is referred to as "Vanilla Ice". In hip-hop folklore, it's said Marion 'Suge' Knight took Vanilla Ice out to a balcony of a hotel and dangled him over the side by his ankles. Raj went through the same scenario.
Barry Sonnenfeld originally intended to return as director to this follow-up to his Get Shorty (1995) but production delays and scheduling issues precluded that.
In every scene where the Dub MD's are in vehicles, the same song is playing. They talk about their music not being played, listen closely, the lyrics in this song reference this.
Steven Tyler jokingly says he is not the type of rock star who appears in movies. Steven had actually been in several movies at that point albeit usually as part of Aerosmith, notably including Wayne's World 2 (1993) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978).
Harvey Keitel had previously cameoed in Get Shorty (1995), the predecessor to this film which starred John Travolta, though the two had no scenes together.
During the scene where Linda Moon performs with Aerosmith, the picture on Joe Perry's guitar is his wife Billie, who he married in 1985.
John Travolta and Uma Thurman dance, paying homage to their roles in Pulp Fiction (1994), in which the two dance together as well.
Eric Balfour's role as Derek was cut from the movie, although at least some of his scenes appear among the deleted scenes on the DVD.
Brett Ratner was originally set to direct the project, but pulled out.
When Chili Palmer and Edie Athens are driving down Hollywood Boulevard talking about Steven Tyler they pass by the TCL Chinese Theatre. The movie playing is The Untouchables (1987).
In the scene where John Travolta meets Harvey Keitel Harvey puts his finger up as to make a gun. He does the same thing in Taxi Driver (1976), wearing a similar undershirt.
When Martin Weir (Danny DeVito) tells Chili Palmer (John Travolta) his Insight looks "a little tight for a big guy like you," Chili replies, "Small price to pay for the environment." This recalls a line in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, when Butch asks the bank guard why they tore the old bank down that it was beautiful, and the guard says it kept getting robbed, Butch replies, "Small price to pay for beauty."
John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Harvey Keitel all starred in Pulp Fiction (1994) together, though Thurman and Keitel had no scenes together in that film.
John Travolta and Vince Vaughn also starred together in Domestic Disturbance (2001).
John Travolta and Robert Pastorelli were also both in Michael, (1996), although they share far less screen time in this movie.
Cameo ―
Dan Brown: and his wife, in the front row at the Aerosmith concert.
Spoilers ―
Even though the film clearly deviates from the novel, there were some moments in the film which serves as a nod to the source novel: 1) The burn-out photo that Tiffany has (later picked up by Chili) is a nod to the fact that in the novel, the Russians operate a one-hour photo shop instead of the pawn shop. 2) The confrontation between DubMDs and the Russians in Nick's office is a nod to the intended shoot-out between the two. In the novel, neither parties appear in the second half. 3) When Raji tries to set up Sin LaSalle against Nick, Raji deliberately spell Carr's last name as CAR. In the novel, Nick's full last name is Carcaterra.
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