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The Rat Pack (1998)

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Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 12
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Release Date: Aug 22, 1998 Wide

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Shot in 33 days, this $9.6 million biographical drama of behind-the-scenes interactions within the Rat Pack group of Frank Sinatra (Ray Liotta), Dean Martin (Joe Mantegna), and Sammy Davis Jr. (Don Cheadle) is set against the political backdrop of the '60s, establishing links of singers, gangsters, actors, and politicans (sometimes brushing shoulders in the same rooms). The film also explores Sinatra's relationship with John F. Kennedy (William Peterson). Deciding to support Kennedy, Sinatra

R, 2 hr.

Drama, Television

Directed By: Rob Cohen

Written By: Kario Salem

In Theaters: Aug 22, 1998 Wide

On DVD: Dec 22, 1998

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Cast

Ray Liotta
Frank Sinatra
Joe Mantegna
Dean Martin
Don Cheadle
Sammy Davis Jr.
Angus Macfadyen
Peter Lawford
William L. Petersen
John F. Kennedy
Bobby Slayton
Joey Bishop
Zeljko Ivanek
Bobby Kennedy
Robert Miranda
Momo Giancana
Todd Susman
Hank
Tyrees Allen
George Jacobs
Peter Iacangelo
Johnny
Greg Lipari Sr.
Jimmy
Veronica Cartwright
Rocky Cooper
Megan Dodds
May Britt
Barbara Niven
Marilyn Monroe
John Diehl
Joe DiMaggio
Dan O'Herlihy
Joe Kennedy
Alan Woolf
Mickey Cohen
Joe Cortese
Johnny Roselli
Deborah Kara Unger
Ava Gardner
Dey Young
Jeanne Martin
Tom Dressen
Caesar's Comedian
Mary Cadorette
Betty
Lewis Saunders
Big John
Michelle Grace
Judy Campbell
Phyllis Lyons
Pat Lawford
Charles Walker
Jefferson
Michael T. Wright
Walter Winchell

Critic Reviews for The Rat Pack

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (4) | DVD (2)

Inventive biopic mixes politics and history with dazzling color and visual style.

August 13, 2005 Full Review Source: Classic Film and Television

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

For a TV movie, this is 'king of the hill... top of the heap...'

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I don't have to waste my time this weekend or a blank VHS tape. This is not one I care to place in my video library.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Nitrate Online

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Elias Savada

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A pretty intense look at the different lifestyles of Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, and Dean Martin, the fifth member is left out a little bit. It shows their independent struggles and triumphs and their rise and fall as the pack. The most interesting for me was Don Cheadle's portrayal of Sammy, he did a

June 20, 2010

Daniel Tuttel

The "Rat Pack" is mostly about about politics and Frank Sinatra, and then about the Rat Pack. From what I have read of Sinatra's activities, I think this accurately covers his obsessive involvement with JFK and the Kennedy clan. Although the movie stops short of creating hypothetical situations, or introducing names

June 4, 2010

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