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The Rat Pack

starring: Ray Liotta, Joe Mantegna, Don Cheadle, Angus Macfadyen, William Petersen
directed by: Rob Cohen

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783114323
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 078311432X
Label: Home Box Office (HBO)
Manufacturer: Home Box Office (HBO)
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Home Box Office (HBO)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 22, 1998
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 18692
Studio: Home Box Office (HBO)
Theatrical Release Date: August 22, 1998



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Description:
They had ' 'the world on a string' '. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, known as ' 'The Rat Pack' ' set the style and the pace for 1950's America as the nation roller coastered its way towards the swinging '60s. But can the high life last forever? If Frank and the boys have their way by electing John F. Kennedy, the party has only just begun.

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Hey, chicky baby--it's a cuckoo thing, ya dig? You, too, will find yourself speaking Rat Pack lingo after watching this made-for-HBO biopic about that brief and shining moment when Camelot met Hoboken-on-the-Pacific. The film does a good job of capturing the heady, anything-goes feel of the late-1950s, early-1960s era when Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and their running buddies ruled Hollywood, Las Vegas, and, it seemed, the world. The story centers on Sinatra's relationship with John F. Kennedy (William F. Petersen) before and after he was elected president. It's not particularly flattering to either man, as Sinatra pimps Kennedy into a relationship with Judith Campbell, at the same time she was the favorite consort of mob boss Sam Giancana. Ray Liotta is a forceful Sinatra (though it's not much of an impression); Joe Mantegna has the look and the sound of the surprisingly sober Dean Martin; and Don Cheadle does a great job as the racially conflicted Sammy Davis Jr. Not great cinema but it's never less than engrossing. --Marshall Fine



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Close but no cigar
Last night I watched THE RAT PACK, starring Ray Liotta as Frank Sinatra, Joe Mantegna as Dean Martin ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - happy customer
I am very pleased with my DVD. It came around the time they said it would and plays good. I am quite ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - This Movie Swings (in spite of itself)
This movie has several things about it that almost kill it.

I love the cast but...how do ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Henry Hill Does Frankie S.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This movie wasn't good, or even decent. It was just plain bad, ya dig? No you don't, you know why? Because ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Sinatra's Beautiful voice
The Rat Pack is a movie about the love of glory and success, and the deceptions and pain that comes with it. ... Read More

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