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The Rat Pack
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780783114323
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 078311432X
Label: Home Box Office (HBO)
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 SurroundSpanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglish (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Home Box Office (HBO)
MPN: D91551D
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
Studio: Home Box Office (HBO)
Theatrical Release Date: August 22, 1998
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Editorial Review:
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
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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - happy customer
I am very pleased with my DVD. It came around the time they said it would and plays good. I am quite happy with it.
Rating: - 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 you have someone play Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin? Ray Liotta and Joe Mantegna are great actors but they're playing the Coolest King Giants of Vegas, Baby. Liotta still has that lethal edge from GOODFELLAS that he gives Sinatra a sinister presence he may or may not have had (temper, yes, but Liotta probably does violence a lot better than Frank could, sorry). And as much as I love Joe Mantegna, ... Read More
Rating:  - 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 this movie sucks eggs. Liotta was bad, so bad it wasn't even funny. It was seriously like Henry Hill was doing a bad Frankie impersonation. Good god, if you're feeling some bit nostalgia for the rat pack, please don't do them the disservice of watching this horrid thing.
Rating: - 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.
It tells the story of the Rat Pack, their success and problems in life and on the stage, the Untouchable Frank Sinatra and his climb to power through the mob and his political connection with The Kennedy's, his persistence and loyalty to his friends, his love to Eva Gardner and his deceptions in life.
A great entertaining movie with some good true history; perfect acting, with great ... Read More
Rating: - awesome!
I love, love, love this movie! I highly recommend it to any Rat Pack fan. The special features are horrible, though. I was hoping for better.
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