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The Rat Pack is a 1998 American HBO made-for-television drama film about the Rat Pack. The movie stars Ray Liotta as Frank Sinatra , Joe Mantegna as Dean Martin , Don Cheadle as Sammy Davis Jr. , and Angus Macfadyen as Peter Lawford .
The name "Rat Pack" was first used to call a group of friends in New York City, [5] [6] and several explanations have been offered for the name. According to one version, Lauren Bacall saw her husband Humphrey Bogart and his friends returning from a night in Las Vegas and said, "You look like a goddamn rat pack."
He won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for his portrayal of Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1998 film The Rat Pack. In 2001, he was cast as Basher Tarr in the first installment of the Ocean's film series. He went on to reprise the role in the 2004 sequel and the 2007 final film of the trilogy.
The film was an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1996 novel of the same name and the first of Cheadle's many collaborations with director Steven Soderbergh. [16] Cheadle's portrayal of Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1998 TV movie The Rat Pack won him a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy nomination. [17]
(Cheadle also portrayed Sammy Davis Jr. in 1998's "The Rat Pack," for which he won a Golden Globe.) Queen Latifah became blues queen Bessie Smith for "Bessie." Bessie Smith, left, and Queen ...
The ‘Brat Pack’ is a term coined by a 1985 New York Magazine article, referring to the up-and-coming young actors that starred in ‘80s hits like The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo’s Fire.
Joseph Abraham Gottlieb (February 3, 1918 – October 17, 2007), known professionally as Joey Bishop, was an American entertainer who appeared on television as early as 1948 and eventually starred in his own weekly comedy series playing a talk/variety show host, then later hosted a late-night talk show with Regis Philbin as his young sidekick on ABC.
, The Rat Pack was front-loaded with stars for a proper historical crime drama. But, beneath all that star power was Barbara Niven playing perhaps the biggest celebrity of the 20th century, though ...