What was Tarantino's part in Get Shorty?

Bo Nilson

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Sep 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/27/97

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All QT sites with his filmography say that he was executive producer
on Get Shorty. But his name isn't mentioned in that picture's credits.
Can anyone clear this up for me?

-Bo Nilson,
Sweeden

Colby Trio

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Sep 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/27/97

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Bo Nilson wrote:

Quentin didn't have a part in the movie. But he was 'thanked'

leon

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Sep 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/27/97

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I think your wrong Colby, he was executive producer

leon

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Sep 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/27/97

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I think your wrong Colby, be was executive producer

webm...@film.tierranet.com

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Sep 28, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/28/97

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> I think your wrong Colby, he was executive producer

Barry Sonnenfeld was executive.

leon

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Sep 28, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/28/97

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Did Barry Sonnenfeild direct Men in Black?

bro...@webtv.net

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Sep 30, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/30/97

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Yeah, Barry Sonnenfeld directed Men In Black, as well as Get Shorty and
those Addams Family movies. But he did his coolest stuff back when he
was a cinematographer on some earlier Coen brothers films [Blood Simple,
Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona.]

On a related note, the Internet Movie Database *does* list QT as a
producer on Get Shorty [although not Executive Producer -- that was
Sonnenfeld himself.] Now, does anyone know if Tarantino's credit was
due to the part he played in kick-starting John Travolta's career?
Also, is anyone else just pleased as "Punch" with all this intertwining
of the Elmore Leonard/QT universes? I, for one, think their styles fit
together very well.

Trying to get this thread back on track ... and hoping Leon doesn't feel
compelled to insult my mother and/or question my sexuality.

chelsea corazon

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Oct 1, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/1/97

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I think someone can be blanketed with the title "producer" or "executive
producer" to cover a number of situations:

I recall reading in one of the 3 or 4 QT bios (can't recall which one)
that Quentin was working as a gopher on the 1991 Rutger Hauer movie, Past
Midnight when he was asked to rewrite the script. The final rewrite was
his, but the credits were already in place, so QT received an "executive
producer" credit instead. He also received that credit for Roger Avary's
Killing Zoe, as lending his name to that project would give it more
credibility-- he had no actual work to do on the film. I think they still
paid him $50,000 or so. Tarantino probably asks 'way more than that now,
just to "attach" his name to a project --it presumably has "product
identification" by a segment of the moviegoing public.

So the Get Shorty people probably paid him some money, a few hundred
thousand, just because his name may sell a few tickets. I also wondered
if Get Shorty was among the group of Elmore Leonard books Miramax
optioned for Tarantino to pick and choose from-- if so maybe Miramax
placed Tarantino's name on it as a nod to him agreeing to give it up for
Sonnenfeld to film. I don't know if that's true or not-- just guessing.
chelsea