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Movie: Get Shorty (1995)

“Some guys get all the luck, whether they like it or not. Chili Palmer happens to be in Hollywood collecting a gambling debt when he’s struck by lightning (not literally). Called a natural for the movie business, he’s snagged up by a producer. The rest is history. Written by Joshua Davis {xtnb64a@prodigy.com}”

• Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
• Release Date: 20 October 1995 (USA)
• Run Time: 105 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Crime
• MPAA: Rated R for language and some violence.

Tagline: Attitude Plays a Part.

Trivia: Jimmy Cap (Alex Rocco) appears in the movie lying on a massage table, in exactly the same pose as Moe Green (Rocco again) is in when he is shot in The Godfather (1972)

Goofs: Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the scene where Harry is in the emergency room, Doris reveals that Sergeant Randall’s first name is Todd. In the next scene, if paused, the text in the article Catlett is reading, says Randall’s name is Edward Randall.

Movie: Get Rich Quick (2004)

“A corrupt detective interrogates an unlucky surfer called Boaz, revealing a month of madness for a bunch of bizarre characters. In a series of interconnected stories with a loose theme of ‘Crime doesn’t pay’, the underbelly of the emerald city is pierced divulging it’s edgy, outlandish and crazy soul. Written by Samuel Gennochio”

• Director: Samuel Genocchio
• Run Time: Australia:86 min
• Country: Australia
• Genre: Crime

Movie: Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2005)

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• Director: Jim Sheridan
• Release Date: 9 November 2005 (USA)
• Run Time: 117 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Biography , Crime , Drama , Music
• MPAA: Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, drug content, sexuality and nudity.

Tagline: At the end of the day, what will you hang on to?

Trivia: Bono introduced Jim Sheridan to 50 Cent because Sheridan expressed a desire to meet and work with 50.

Goofs: Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When 50 Cent gets his Mercedes Benz S500, he starts playing his Window Shopper song. He wasn’t a rapper back then. This is not an actual goof, as the tape 50 was listening to was his demo tape, and he was in the car to drive to a meeting with a producer that was going to listen to his demo.

Movie: Get Money (2003) (V)

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• Director: Ed Laborde
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Comedy , Crime , Drama

Movie: Get Christie Love! (1974) (TV)

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• Director: William A. Graham
• Release Date: 22 January 1974 (USA)
• Run Time: USA:74 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Crime

Tagline: She’s one bad mamma jamma!

Movie: Get Carter (2000)

“Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother’s funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes that the death of his brother was not accidental, but a murder. With this knowledge, Carter sets out to kill all those responsible. Written by {dytch@hotmail.com}”

• Director: Stephen T. Kay
• Release Date: 6 October 2000 (USA)
• Run Time: 102 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Crime , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated R for violence, language, some sexuality and drug content.

Tagline: The Truth Hurts

Trivia: Michael Caine, who plays Cliff Brumby in this film, played Jack Carter in the original Get Carter (1971).

Goofs: Audio/visual unsynchronized: The Volvo 240 makes the sound of an American muscle car with a V8 engine.

Movie: Get Carter (1971)

“A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother’s funeral. He begins to suspect that his brother’s death was not an accident and sets out to follow a complex trail of lies, deceit, cover-ups and backhanders through Newcastle’s underworld, leading, he hopes, to the man who ordered his brother killed. Because of his ruthlessness Carter exhibits all the unstopability of the android in Terminator, or Walker in Point Blank, and he and the other characters in the film are prone to sudden, brutal acts of violence. Written by Mark Thompson {mrt@oasis.icl.co.uk}”

• Director: Mike Hodges
• Release Date: 18 March 1971 (USA)
• Run Time: 112 min | West Germany:103 min (cut version)
• Country: UK
• Genre: Action , Crime , Drama , Thriller

Tagline: What happens when a professional killer violates the code? Get Carter!

Trivia: In 2004 this was selected as the #1 British movie of all time by the British magazine Total Film.

Goofs: Continuity: When Jack Carter arrives at Cliff Brumby’s house you can see people at the party through the window. As the car door opens and he gets out, the people visible through the window have changed.

Movie: Gesucht wird Mörder X (1959)

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• Director: Volker von Collande
• Release Date: 17 January 1959 (West Germany)
• Run Time: West Germany:100 min
• Country: West Germany
• Genre: Crime

Movie: Gesucht wird Majora (1949)

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• Director: Hermann Pfeiffer
• Release Date: 2 September 1949 (West Germany)
• Run Time: Germany:90 min
• Country: West Germany
• Genre: Crime