Get Shorty and the world of loan sharking
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In this episode we discuss:
- Loansharking and extortion
- The movie business
- The criminal world v. The financial world
- What makes a great performance? It’s in the eyes.
Get Shorty - Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
This 1995 comedy is about a mobster who travels to Hollywood to collect a debt, and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job. It stars John Travolta, Rene Russo, Gene Hackman, Delroy Lindo, Dennis Farina, and John Travolta.
We focus on the scene where "Chili" Palmer (Travolta) and Karen Flores (Russo) audition movie star Martin Weir (Danny DeVito) for a part in their film.
Hosted by: Preet Banerjee, a former stock broker, and wealth management consultant in London and Jason Bryden (@jasonbrydenofcanada) a teacher and filmmaker in Toronto.
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