Be Cool Page #3

Synopsis: Streetwise mobster-turned-movie producer Chili Palmer is back, but this time Chili has abandoned the fickle movie industry and veered into the music business, tangling with Russian mobsters and gangsta rappers and taking a talented, feisty young singer named Linda Moon under his wing. From the recording studio to an Aerosmith concert to the MTV Music Awards, he manipulates events to watch them play out the Chili way, using his signature blend of wiseguy skills and negotiation tactics. It's a dangerous business, and everyone's looking for their next big hit.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Director(s): F. Gary Gray
Production: MGM/UA
  1 win & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
37
Rotten Tomatoes:
30%
PG-13
Year:
2005
118 min
$55,590,667
Website
850 Views


like Miss Bangkok.

Chil, wait.

You don't know these guys.

They're bad guys.

Trust me, Linda, I know 'em

a whole lot better than you do.

...doin' some ass-poppin'

all up and down a pole.

You'd be up in that place

goin' pop, pop, pop.

Pop, pop, pop.

What are you gonna say?

Nothing more than I have to, if that.

Ass-poppin'.

Snap, crackle, pop!

Chili, wait.

Man in the suit.

You in town

for some kind of convention?

No, but if I was,

you'd be the man to see, am I right?

Why would you say

somethin' stupid like that?

The way you're dressed,

you're either a pimp or a limo driver.

We've got jokes?

You some kind of weak-ass comedian?

Raji, look at me.

I'm lookin' at you, man.

You say you're looking at me,

but are you really looking at me?

I'm really lookin' at you.

You got somethin' stupid to say?

Say it, so I can be done with you.

Linda's quit.

- She's out of the Chicks.

- Man, miss me with that.

She's got five years left

on her contract.

Well, I just cancelled it.

You come walkin' out of the dark.

Who you supposed to be?

I'm the one settin' you straight.

I'm Linda's new manager.

Come on, honey.

- Elliot, light his ass up.

- Got it.

You're Elliot Wilhelm, aren't you?

You're an actor.

Yeah.

I'm sorry. Chili Palmer.

I'm a producer.

I did the film Get Leo.

Do you remember?

Sure, yeah.

It's great to meet you.

You know, I walk into a club,

and I see a guy like you,

and I say, "He's got the look.

But does he have the talent?

Can he act?"

Watch this.

Elliot! Elliot!

Goddamn, what you doin', man?

What?

Breathe. Up. Up.

You okay?

Yeah.

You can do better than him.

Why don't you send me

some pictures, I'll give you a call,

set you up for an audition.

All right, I'm in the Will Smith building.

Linda, you better talk to me.

Good day.

It's like that, huh?

Okay.

Okay!

I got an audition, Raj.

I need to get my headshots.

Edie?

Chili? Is that you?

Yeah.

Man!

So glad you came.

Well, I'm sorry,

and if there's anything I can do...

Thanks.

So, how are you doing?

You know.

You were right there

when it happened, weren't you?

Well, I was in the men's.

But you were with him

in his last hour, right?

I... I've had him cremated,

and I wanted to do something special

with his ashes, you know.

Maybe something he'd like.

Do you got any ideas?

Well, nothing that makes sense.

Say, Edie, is that

an Aerosmith tattoo on your back?

Yeah.

You know I followed them

on tour, right?

I didn't know that.

I thought Joe Perry was so hot.

Yeah?

So you were a groupie?

No, man, much worse.

I did their laundry.

They travel

with their own washer and dryer.

I did everything

except Steven's stage clothes.

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Peter Steinfeld

Peter L. Steinfeld is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for writing mystery film Drowning Mona (released 2000), comedy film Be Cool (2005) and drama film 21 (2008). more…

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