The Rat Pack

Director: Rob Cohen

Overview

"Rob Cohen's made-for-HBO biopic about the Rat Pack comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original broadcast image of 1.33:1. English and Spanish soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. Subtitles are available in

Product Details

Release Date:	05/26/2009
UPC:	0026359155123
Original Release:	1998
Rating:	R
Source:	Hbo Home Video
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:00:00
Sales rank:	17,660

Special Features

Interactive menus; Crew biographies; Multiple language and subtitle tracks; Scene selections

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ray Liotta	Frank Sinatra
Joe Mantegna	Dean Martin
Don Cheadle	Sammy Davis Jr.
Angus Macfadyen	Peter Lawford
William Petersen	John F. Kennedy
Dan O'Herlihy	Joe Kennedy
?eljko Ivanek	Bobby Kennedy
Bobby Slayton	Joey Bishop
Deborah Kara Unger	Ava Gardner
Megan Dodds	Mai Britt
Barbara Niven	Marilyn Monroe
Robert Miranda	Sam `Momo' Giancana
Veronica Cartwright	Rocky Cooper
Michelle Grace	Judy Campbell
Tyress Allen	George Jacobs
John Diehl	Joe DiMaggio
Tom Dreesen	Himself
Michael Townsend Wright	Walter Winchell
Todd Susman	Hank
Peter Iacangelo	Johnny
Greg Lipari Sr.	Jimmy
Alan Woolf	Mickey Cohen
Joe Cortese	Johnny Roselli
Dey Young	Jeanne Martin
Mary Cadorette	Betty
Lewis Saunders	Big John
Phyllis Lyons	Pat Lawford
Charles Walker	Jefferson
Mark Adler	Composer

Technical Credits

Kario Salem

Fred Caruso	Producer
Nancy Foy	Casting
Neal H. Moritz	Executive Producer
Ian Quinn	Stunts
Kario Salem	Screenwriter
Felipe Borrero	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Side #1
0. Chapters
1. "Live Until I Die" [6:18]
2. The Guys [7:19]
3. Palm Springs Playboys [10:14]
4. "Back Jack" [5:18]
5. The Good Life [6:18]
6. Favors [15:34]
7. The Pack At Play [9:08]
8. "Ain't Love A Kick" [10:53]
9. Political Poison [10:42]
10. "Bobby Made Top Cop" [10:08]
11. The Message Boy [9:23]
12. Presidential Visits [10:28]
13. "And One More For The Road" [7:30]

Menu

Side #1
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Special Features
Cast/Crew Bios
Frank Sinatra - Ray Liotta
Dean Martin - Joe Mantegna
Sammy Davis, Jr. - Don Cheadle
Peter Lawford - Angus McFadyen
Joey Bishop - Bobby Slayton
Crew Bios
Directed by -- Rob Cohen
Written by -- Kario Salem
Languages
Subtitles

Editorial Reviews

Little more than a gossipy trip down memory lane, Rob Cohen's Rat Pack is elevated by its performers. Ray Liotta, Joe Mantegna, and Don Cheadle do fine work as, respectively, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. Mantegna, who also did the singing for his character, gets at the truth that was far different from Martin's public image. Cheadle communicates real stress and pain in the life of the continually harassed Davis, while also capturing the ease and joy of the performer on stage. Liotta cannot hope to capture the particular qualities of Sinatra that made him a star, almost no actor could, but he does provide a solid center for the film. The material about JFK, RFK, Ava Gardner, and Marilyn Monroe all plays like little more than an expensive episode of Behind the Music, but when these men (along with Angus MacFadyen as Peter Lawford and Bobby Slayton as Joey Bishop) are depicted together the film finds life. The cast should be applauded for capturing the rhythm of the performers they are portraying, even if they have not been given material worthy of those performances.