Chili+palmer+story+archive

Active. Chili is still out there. We just haven’t optioned the rights to the ending yet.

The real Chili Palmer actually appears in the 1995 film as a thug working for the character Ray "Bones" Barboni. Character Origins: chili+palmer+story+archive

Chili Palmer remains a template for the charming antihero who uses wit over brute force. The character influenced other crime-comedy hybrids and demonstrated how crime fiction can comfortably critique and parody Hollywood. Active

Be Cool (2005), directed by F. Gary Gray, featuring Travolta alongside Uma Thurman and The Rock. directed by F. Gary Gray