Be Cool (2005)

Director:

F. Gary Gray

Writers (WGA):

Elmore Leonard (novel)
Peter Steinfeld (screenplay)

Release Date:

4 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Music

Tagline:

Everyone is looking for the next big hit

Plot:

Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer (John Travolta) tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music exec (Uma Thurman) on the way.

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Gay Interest | Acting Musician | Baseball Bat | Basketball

Awards:

10 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Aug. 25

12:00 PM

AMC

Cast

John Travolta	...	Chili Palmer
Uma Thurman	...	Edie Athens
Vince Vaughn	...	Raji
Cedric the Entertainer	...	Sin LaSalle
André Benjamin	...	Dabu
Steven Tyler	...	Himself
Robert Pastorelli	...	Joe Loop
Christina Milian	...	Linda Moon
Paul Adelstein	...	Hy Gordon
Debi Mazar	...	Marla
Gregory Alan Williams	...	Darryl (as GregAlan Williams)
Harvey Keitel	...	Nick Carr
Dwayne Johnson	...	Elliot Wilhelm (as The Rock)
Danny DeVito	...	Martin Weir
James Woods	...	Tommy Athens
Wyclef Jean	...	Himself
Fred Durst	...	Himself
Sergio Mendes	...	Himself
Gene Simmons	...	Himself
RZA	...	Himself (as The RZA)
Joe Perry	...	Himself
Anna Nicole Smith	...	Herself
Anthony J. Ribustello	...	Fast Freddie
Steve Maye	...	Steve
Alex Kubik	...	Roman Bulkin
Darren Carter	...	Glenn
Carol Duboc	...	Pumpkin
Minae Noji	...	Miss Bangkok
Arielle Kebbel	...	Robin
Kimberly J. Brown	...	Tiffany
Jordan Moseley	...	Deshawn
Margaret Travolta	...	Marge
Scott Adsit	...	Program Director
Brian Christensen	...	Hairy Russian
Nick Loren	...	Assistant Director
Craig Susser	...	Assistant Director
George Fisher	...	Ivan
Frank Lloyd	...	A&R Guy
Sahar Simmons	...	Sin LaSalle's Wife
Serdar Kalsin	...	Bearded Russian
Frank Nyi	...	Coroner (as Dr. Frank Nyi)
Noelle Scaggs	...	Backup Singer
Joyce Tolbert	...	Backup Singer
Tom Hamilton	...	Himself (as Aerosmith)
Brad Whitford	...	Himself (as Aerosmith)
Joey Kramer	...	Himself (as Aerosmith)
Russ Irwin	...	Himself (as Aerosmith Keyboardist)
Will i Am	...	Himself (as The Black Eyed Peas)
Stacy Ferguson	...	Herself (as The Black Eyed Peas)
Apl.de.Ap	...	Himself (as The Black Eyed Peas)
Taboo	...	Himself (as The Black Eyed Peas)
Steve Lucky	...	Himself (as Rhumba Bums)
Carmen Getit	...	Herself (as Rhumba Bums)
Chris Lewis	...	Dub MDs
Daryl Jones	...	Dub MDs
Alex-Andre Watkins	...	Dub MDs
Floyd Tremmel	...	Dub MDs
Quincy Taylor	...	Dub MDs
Will Harris	...	Dub MDs
Kimberly Wyatt	...	Herself (as Pussycat Dolls)
Kasey Campbell	...	Herself (as Pussycat Dolls)
Ashley Roberts	...	Herself (as Pussycat Dolls)
Nicole Scherzinger	...	Herself (as Pussycat Dolls)
Leon C. Carswell	...	Music Video Dancer
Jovan Clayton	...	Music Video Dancer
Corinthea Henderson	...	Music Video Dancer
Micah Jenkins	...	Music Video Dancer
Donyelle Jones Denise	...	Music Video Dancer
Clifford McGee	...	Music Video Dancer (as Clifford McGhee)
Rashad Miles	...	Music Video Dancer
Oscar Orosco	...	Music Video Dancer
Quinette Price	...	Music Video Dancer
Jerry 'Flo' Randolph	...	Music Video Dancer (as Jerry Randolph)
Shellee Samuels	...	Music Video Dancer
Roel Suasin	...	Music Video Dancer
Christopher Toler	...	Music Video Dancer
Ceasare Willis	...	Music Video Dancer
Shanell Woodgett	...	Music Video Dancer
Ivan 'Flipz' Velez	...	Music Video Dancer (as Ivan Velez)
Lesa Maiava	...	Samoan Dancer
Mervyn Lilo	...	Samoan Dancer
Ryan Ashley	...	Swing Dancer
Shannon Beach	...	Swing Dancer
Karen Dyer	...	Swing Dancer
Alison Faulk	...	Swing Dancer
Annette Nicole	...	Swing Dancer (as Annette Nichole)
Autum Perry	...	Swing Dancer
Christian Perry	...	Swing Dancer
Nathan Prevost	...	Swing Dancer
Gustavo Vargas	...	Swing Dancer
Vitaly Yasnogorodsky	...	Swing Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eric Balfour	...	Derek (scenes deleted)
Phil Jackson	...	Himself (scenes deleted)
Patti LaBelle	...	Herself (scenes deleted)
Christopher Ahuja	...	Basketball Fan (uncredited)
Dan Brown	...	Concert Goer (uncredited)
Stephen Castello	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Tabbert Fiiller	...	Russian Mobster (uncredited)
Seth Green	...	Shotgun - music video director (uncredited)
Kimo Keoke	...	Swing Dancer (uncredited)
Danielle McKee	...	Basketball Fan (uncredited)
Hans Raith	...	Russian Mafia Member (uncredited)
Melody Thornton	...	Pussycat Dolls (uncredited)
Juting Tsang	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Tarita Virtue	...	Beautiful Woman (uncredited)

Directed by
F. Gary Gray

Writing credits (WGA)
Elmore Leonard		(novel)
Peter Steinfeld		(screenplay)

Produced by
Danny DeVito	....	producer
Anson Downes	....	associate producer
Linda Favila	....	associate producer
Andy Gose	....	associate producer
F. Gary Gray	....	executive producer
Elmore Leonard	....	executive producer
David Nicksay	....	producer
Michael Shamberg	....	producer
Stacey Sher	....	producer
Michael Siegel	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Powell

Cinematography by
Jeffrey L. Kimball

Film Editing by
Sheldon Kahn

Casting by
Sheila Jaffe
Georgianne Walken

Production Design by
Michael Corenblith

Art Direction by
Lauren E. Polizzi
Dan Webster

Set Decoration by
Denise Pizzini

Costume Design by
Mark Bridges
Betsy Heimann

Makeup Department
David Babaie	....	hair stylist: Uma Thurman
Michelle Bühler	....	makeup artist: John Travolta
Jeff Dawn	....	makeup department head
Angela Gurule	....	hair stylist
Kyra Panchenko	....	makeup artist: Uma Thurman
Charlotte Parker	....	key hair stylist
Rachel Solow	....	hair department head
Laini Thompson	....	key makeup artist
Peter Tothpal	....	hair department head
Yolanda Toussieng	....	hair stylist: John Travolta
Victoria Wood	....	wigs: The Rock
Roxane Griffin	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)
Louis Lazzara	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Carey Martine-Wareham	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Angie Wells	....	makeup artist: day player (uncredited)

Production Management
Stephen Lim	....	unit production manager
David Nicksay	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steve Battaglia	....	second second assistant director
Mindee Clem	....	dga trainee
Mark S. Constance	....	second assistant director
J. Michael Haynie	....	first assistant director
Sean Hobin	....	second assistant director
Richard Oswald	....	second assistant director
John Pontrelli	....	second second assistant director
Brian Steward	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Tony Buccola	....	art department production assistant
Martin Charles	....	graphic designer
Don 'Tex' Clark	....	set dresser
Larry Clark	....	paint supervisor
Darrin Denlinger	....	storyboard artist
Scott C. Garrett	....	drapery foreman
Matthew Gilbert	....	set dresser
John Hansen	....	conceptual illustrator
Al Hobbs	....	assistant art director
David James	....	sculptor
Audrey A. Johnson	....	assistant property master
Kent H. Johnson	....	property master
Robert Lucas	....	leadman
Jason Mahakian	....	master model maker
Martin Milligan	....	on-set dresser
Joseph Musso	....	storyboard artist
Eric P. Paczkowski	....	set dresser
Drew Pinniger	....	props
Charlotte Raybourn	....	art department coordinator
Darlene Salinas	....	set decoration coordinator
Terry Scott	....	construction coordinator
Cale Wilbanks	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Douglas B. Arnold	....	sound mixer
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Raul A. Bruce	....	boom operator
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	sound editor
Victor Ray Ennis	....	supervising sound editor
Frank Fleming	....	sound recordist
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	assistant sound editor
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	digital audio assistant
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Laura R. Harris	....	dialogue editor (as Laura Harris)
Dean Hurley	....	additional sound
Chris Jenkins	....	supervising sound mixer
Michael Kamper	....	sound effects editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Randy Kelley	....	sound editor
Anna MacKenzie	....	adr editor
Frank A. Montaño	....	supervising sound mixer (as Frank Montano)
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
Mark Ormandy	....	additional sound
Alan Rankin	....	sound effects editor
Douglas J. Schulman	....	play back operator
Frederick H. Stahly	....	dialogue editor (as Fred Stahley)
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Mark P. Stoeckinger	....	supervising sound editor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Kerry Dean Williams	....	adr supervisor
Tom Williams	....	sound mixer: Boston

Special Effects by
Steve Austin	....	special effects technician
David Greene	....	pyrotechnician
James Lorimer	....	special effects foreman
Ron Matthews	....	special effects technician
Ken Pepiot	....	special effects coordinator
Elia P. Popov	....	special effects technician
Gintar Repecka	....	special effects technician
Ken Rudell	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Adam Avery	....	visual effects editor
Corinne Bogdanowicz	....	digital compositor
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Steven Fagerquist	....	digital compositor
Tyler Foell	....	digital effects supervisor
Tyler Foell	....	visual effects producer
Mark Freund	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title
Jim Gorman	....	digital compositor
James David Hattin	....	digital compositor
Bonnie Kanner	....	visual effects executive producer: Pixel Magic
Patrick Keenan	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title
Richard Kratt	....	digital compositor
Craig Mathieson	....	digital compositor
Ray McIntyre Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor
Brad Moylan	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic
Mike Ocoboc	....	digital compositor
Jim O'Hagan	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title
Liz Radley	....	computer graphics supervisor
Bob Wiatr	....	digital effects artist: pacific title digital
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)

Stunts
Ted Barba	....	stunts
Kurt Bryant	....	stunt coordinator
Joe Bucaro III	....	stunt double: Vince Vaughn (as Joe Bucaro)
Norm Compton	....	stunts
Bob Herron	....	stunts
Brett A. Jones	....	stunts
Frank Lloyd	....	stunts
Alex Madison	....	utility stunts
Michael Owen	....	stunts (as Mike Owen)
J.J. Perry	....	stunt double: John Travolta
Denney Pierce	....	stunts
Tanoai Reed	....	stunt double: The Rock
Paul E. Short	....	stunts (as Paul Short)
Garrett Warren	....	martial arts choreographer
Keith Woulard	....	stunts
Thomas Dewier	....	stunts (uncredited)
Claudette James	....	stunts (uncredited)
Cheryl Lewis	....	stunts (uncredited)
Brian Machleit	....	stunts (uncredited)
Carl Milinac	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Austin Priester	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Dana Baker	....	best boy grip
Kent Baker	....	key rigging grip
Stephen S. Campanelli	....	camera operator
Paolo Cascio	....	additional first assistant camera
Robert Clark	....	grip
Vincent Contarino	....	dimmer board operator
Mark Cueto	....	lighting technician
Dan Delgado	....	gaffer
Seong Dilg	....	dolly grip
Tim Driscoll	....	key grip: Boston
Megan Forste	....	additional second assistant camera
Rick Harris	....	best boy rigging grip
Jimmy Harritos	....	electrician
Jimmy Harritos	....	rigging electrician
Michael Herron	....	video assist operator
Gregory Irwin	....	first assistant camera
Alan Jacoby	....	film loader
Milan Janicin	....	additional second assistant camera
John R. Kaplan	....	grip: Boston
Eric Komar	....	dolly grip: Boston
Charles 'Woody' Lang	....	rigging grip
Al LaVerde	....	key grip
Zach Lazar	....	generator operator: boston
Glen Magers	....	lighting technician
Ken Metz	....	grip
Jody Miller	....	additional camera operator
Luis Moreno	....	chief rigging best boy
Leo J. Napolitano	....	camera operator
Charlie Newberry	....	additional second assistant camera
Phil Pastuhov	....	aerial director of photography
Jerry Patton	....	second assistant camera
Michael Peterson	....	rigging grip: Massachusetts crew
Ron Phillips	....	still photographer
David Presley	....	video assist operator: Boston
Jim Rose	....	chief rigging electrician
Lieven Van Hulle	....	video assist operator
Scott Whitbread	....	second assistant camera: first unit
Dale White	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Trevor P. Jenkins	....	casting assistant
Meg Morman	....	casting associate
Vanessa Rodriguez	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Isabela Braga	....	key costumer
Marcy Craig	....	costumer
James P. Cullen	....	costumer: John Travolta (as Jim Cullen)
Ellen Falguiere	....	costumer
Caitlin Falzone	....	costume production assistant
Carol Heller	....	wardrobe
Cookie Lopez	....	wardrobe artist: Uma Thurman
Christine Orth	....	key costumer
Gregory B. Peña	....	set costumer
Damien Quinn	....	costumer
Ellen Ryba	....	costume supervisor
Catherine Wall	....	cutter/fitter

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Michael Eaves	....	digital color timer
Mark Fitzgerald	....	first assistant editor
Larry Flynn	....	color timer
Chris Jensen	....	digital colorist assist: Efilm
Robert Malina	....	first assistant editor
Harold Parker	....	assistant editor
Christopher Rouse	....	additional editor
Lorene Simpson	....	digital intermediate producer

Music Department
Thomas A. Carlson	....	music editor
Al Clay	....	music score mixer
Debbi Datz-Pyle	....	music contractor
Carlton Kaller	....	music editor (as Carl Kaller)
Carlton Kaller	....	production music editor
T.J. Lindgren	....	additional music programmer
Wendi Morris	....	music coordinator
Paul Pesco	....	musician: guitar
Mary Ramos	....	music supervisor
Gary Raymond	....	music playback operator: ProTools
Cory Rooney	....	music producer: Christina Milian
Curt Sobel	....	music editor
Richard Ziegler	....	music editor
Joe Sublett	....	musician (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Ted Basso	....	production van driver operator
Bruce Callahan	....	driver: Uma Thurman
Audrey A. Conrad	....	transportation office coordinator
Marcelle 'Kitty' Dutton	....	driver
Leonard Jefferson	....	picture cars
Maxwell R. Johnson II	....	transportation captain
Billy Kane	....	swing driver
Robert Martini	....	transportation coordinator: Boston
Bea S. Rembeczky	....	transportation production assistant
Miguel Sánchez	....	driver: John Travolta
Paul E. Stroh	....	picture car coordinator
Tom Whelpey	....	transportation co-captain
John H. Whisenant	....	transportation: John Travolta (as John Whisenant)
Tim Whisenant	....	transportation: John Travolta
James Nordberg	....	driver: prop truck (uncredited)

Other crew
Carlos A. Aragon	....	assistant location manager
Saundra Marie Ardito	....	first assistant accountant
Susan Bannout	....	location medic
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Mary Pat Bentel	....	assistant: Stacey Sher
Paul Bloch	....	publicist: John Travolta
Jenifer Bonisteel	....	assistant production coordinator
Michelle D. Camero	....	second assistant accountant
Christopher Campbell	....	key assistant location manager
Elizabeth Cantillon	....	production executive
Kerry Carter	....	production assistant: Boston
Kelly Cronin	....	second script supervisor
Lisa Curtis	....	assistant production office coordinator
Heather I. Denton	.... </