5. Ray Bones Barboni Get Shorty (1995)
Farina starred as an Italian mobster, Barboni, in Barry Sonnefields screen adaptation of the Elmore Lenard book, Get Shorty. The film follows a mob loan shark, Chilli Palmer (John Travolta), as hes sent to Hollywood to collect a debt. Chilli Palmer becomes further involved in the production of a movie, forcing Barboni to collect the money himself. The Miami mobster absolutely distastes L.A and Farina makes sure you know it. Ray Barboni is a classic Farina character; hes antagonistic, short-tempered, street smart and comically foul mouthed. With Barboni pushed outside his comfort zone, Farina is on form when dishing out put downs to everyone in his path. I'm from Miami-f**kin'-Beach and you wanna show me the ocean, huh? And what about sun, does it ever shine around here, or is this smog around all the time?