It may twist the truth, but it's decent entertainment. The story is moved along by some excellent acting especially Don Cheadle as the tortured Sammy Davis Jr, Ray Liotta as Frank Sinatra and Joe Montegna as Dean Martin. How much of the story is true? Who knows? But it does make for good entertainment, bringing along Marilyn Monroe, Bobby Kennedy, Joe DiMaggio and other period luminaries. So when Kennedy is elected what's Frank get? The shaft. Frank manipulates friends, brings in the Mafiosi, dumps on the downtrodden. When it involves the dirty and unethical dealings of Joe Sr., Frank's reluctant, but game. In the story, Frank Sinatra so admires Senator Jack Kennedy that he'll do anything to help him be elected President. Supposedly based on fact, the story centers on the collision of personalities between the Rat Pack's leader, Frank Sinatra, and the Kennedy clan. The HBO movie, "The Rat Pack" chronicles the high-living times of the famous Rat Pack (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Peter Lawford) during the years 1958-1962.
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