Be Cool Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Oct. 8, 2005

Be Cool

Director: F. Gary Gray

Starring: John Travolta • Danny DeVito • Uma Thurman • Vince Vaughn • Cedric the Entertainer

PG-13 Comedy 1 hr, 54 m

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Plot: John Travolta is back as Chili Palmer in "Be Cool", a sequel to the comedy smash "Get Shorty". This time, Chili becomes a different kind of "hit" man—he abandons the movie industry to bring his wiseguy skills and negotiation tactics to the music business. When a friend is offed while they're at lunch, Chili takes the opportunity to visit the guy's wife, Edie (Uma Thurman), and pitch himself as her new business partner at an independent record label. With a promising young pop-star-in-training as his protégé (Christina Milian), Chili has to juggle her faux-urban manager (Vince Vaughn), his gay, wannabe-actor bodyguard (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson), Russian mobsters, and an eloquent gangsta music producer (Cedric the Entertainer,) to save the label and land a hit—and keep from getting popped himself.

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A look at Be Cool behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director F. Gary Gray last helmed Lift and Men in Black: International.

The role for OutKast's Andre 3000, who is fast becoming a hot commodity in the music-to-film crossover world, was tailored specifically for the hip-hop star, sources said.

Dec 2004

Changed Be Cool movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for violence, sensuality, and language, including sexual references
Runtime: 1 hr, 54 m
Tagline: Everyone is looking for the next big hit
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Be Cool was released in on Friday, March 4 , 2005. There were seven other movies released on the same date, including The Pacifier, The Jacket and Duma.