The Rat Pack (film)

right|thumb| It was their world. We just lived in it. thumb|right| You've gotta love livin', baby! thumb|right|I wanna help Jack get elected. Unless we wind up with another stuffed shirt. This country needs some shaken up. The Rat Pack is a 1998 biographical drama television film, about the Rat Pack of the 60's. Directed by Rob Cohen. Written by Kario Salem. They never let business get in the way of having fun. (taglines) Frank Sinatra [older, waiting backstage, getting ready to perform] I miss my guys. I miss my guys. [on Dean] Could you believe him? He's the only guy in the world who could say "no" to me, and I gotta tell ya, I still love him. [to Peter Lawford] I wanna to help Jack get elected. Unless we wind up with another stuffed shirt. This country needs some shaken up. And I don't mean by Elvis. Help me put your brother in law in the White House. I mean, what else is there for a skinny wop like me to accomplish in this world, huh? [Whilst he and his group are doing a Democratic Fundraiser for JFK, jokingly] Do you see why I want to get into politics? [pointing to Dean and Sammy] I can't have a serious conversation with these two bums. Seriously, folks. We're gathered here tonight to raise money for a man that I met briefly when I sang at the Democratic Convention in 1956. He gave a speech that night. And let me tell you something: When you hear Jack Kennedy speak, you don't forget it. So, I don't have to say too much about why I think he should be the next President of the United States. He can take care of that just fine. Thank you very much. It's an honour for me to introduce to you, the Senator from the great state of Massachusetts, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Jack, come on up here. Jack Kennedy, everybody! [the audience applause, Jack walks onto the stage] [smiles, smoking a cigar] Life is good. I figure, if power doesn't mean that you have the opportunity to work with the people that you love, [points to his group] then you haven't really got any. Don't squirm, Peter. I hate it when you squirm. [furiously throwing Lawford out after learning that JFK won't be staying at his place in Palm Springs due to a bad security risk] Get out of here, Peter! That's it! It's over! Get out! No more movies! No more nothing, Peter! [last lines, in furious anger taking a sledgehammer and continuously banging it against a sign plate that says "John F. Kennedy Slept Here. November 6th and 7th 1960"] Goddamn you, Bobby! Dean Martin [at a casino, jokingly to the photographers] Oh nellie, how'd you all get in my room? 26, a winner. My table. New rules, doll. [performing at the Sands Hotel, jokingly] Maestro, how long have I been out? [Sammy, Joey, and Peter come out on stage without wearing their trousers] There they are, folks. Tarzan, Jane, and the African Queen. Ohhhh, well I think I'm gonna make myself a little salad. The whole world is drunk and we're just the cocktail of the moment, pallie. One of these days, everybody's gonna wake up with a heck of a hangover, down two aspirin with a glass of tomato juice, and wonder what the hell all the fuss was about. Sammy Davis Jr. [to Rocky about to make his move on May Britt] Yes, well, watch my smoke, sweetheart. I guess you crackers couldn't afford a ticket! Thought I'd bring the show to you! [to Dean and Frank] Hey, hey, now be fair, be fair, that's all I ask. How'd you like it if I said "Have you ever seen a wopsicle?" Peter Lawford FUCKING KENNEDY'S! I'm an actor, Frank. I'm just an actor. Not a messenger boy, hm? And it's humiliating, do you understand that? I've got the President of the United States of America passing messages through me to Marilyn Monroe, who happens to be drinking out of a flask at the moment, and then I've got Bobby Kennedy whose passing messages through me to you, and your passing messages to Joe Kennedy... And you know what? I just wanna act, Frank. I just wanna... I just wanna act and cheat on my wife! Is it too much to ask? [Frank takes his jacket and leaves in silence, Peter stands alone in the studio] Is it too much to ask? [seeing builders working on a guest compound for JFK at Sinatra's mansion, before giving Frank the bad news] Fucking Kennedy's. Fucking Frank. [on Frank] He's crazy. We're all crazy. Joey Bishop [at the Sands Hotel, on Frank and Dean to the audience] Look at these two, ladies and gentlemen, the Italian bookends! Pretty soon they'll be telling you what wonderful work the Mafia's been doing. [jokingly] I'm not really part of this show, folks, I just couldn't get a reservation. John F. Kennedy [speaking at his Democratic Fundraiser] Thank you. And a special thanks to you, Frank, for arranging this. It's an honour to be on the same stage with you, with all of you. Good evening. My name is John Kennedy, Jackie Bouvier's husband. [the audience laughs] Unfortunately, she couldn't be here tonight, but I wanted to be sure that I uh, get all your autographs so that I can prove that I was really here. [audience laughs] Ladies and gentlemen, we live in extraordinary times, times of great promise and great peril. In Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity. [while eating a bowl of ice cream] It's all about layers, Bobby, like a woman. Who wants a woman who just appears naked in your bed and spreads legs. Where's the sport in that? No, the name of the game is hide and seek. You have to cover the prize with sprinkles and then voila, pistachio. Others Sam Giancana: [when being asked by Johnny Roselli to whack Sinatra and his Rat Pack group] Nah, I wanna hear Frank sing "Chicago" again. I love the way he does that. [lights his cigar] Ava Gardner: [to Frank] I love it when you sing, cos you're honest when you sing. You're an angel when you sing. [pause] Why don't you just sing? Bobby Kennedy: [to his brother] You can't stay at Sinatra's house in Palm Springs. Be pen pals, talk on the phone. The President of the United States can't sleep in the same bed that Sam Giancana slept in. Not while I'm Attorney General. Dialogue [On Air] News Announcer: Let's go to Press. News Flash! If you had any doubt that Dean Martin can make it without Jerry? Cast that doubt aside. [cut to the Sands Hotel Casino] Besides Martin's hit songs and sold out concert appearances, his performance in The Young Lions is the happy go lucky game chaser, should do for him what From Here to Eternity did for his pal, perennial bad boy Francis Albert. [Dean Martin is walking around the casino, lights himself a cigarette] And with his top ten hit "Memories Are Made of This", and number 1 smash "Volare" [actually number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart], it's safe to say Dino's a talent here to stay. Dean Martin: [noticing photographers taking his picture] Oh nellie, how'd you all get in my room? [they laugh]Casino patron: [as Dean is walking by] Hey, Dean, miss Jerry? Dean Martin: That question's so old it's biblical, pal. Dean Martin: [picks up the phone, speaks to Frank] Hey, Dago, is that you? What is it? Frank Sinatra: [speaking to Dean on a phone speaker] Dino, where've you been? We've been looking all over for you. Say hello to Momo and Hank. Joey Bishop: [arriving into the room] Hey, what am I invisible? Hey! Dean Martin: [over the phone speaker] Is that that other skinny Jew? Frank Sinatra: [to Joey] Where have you been? [laughs] Dean Martin: Joey, fellas. Joey Bishop: Good, how are you doing, Dino? Dean Martin: Hey listen, Momo, I'm spreading some of your wealth around here tonight. Sam Giancana: Hey, zip it, Cavum, what do you think we're on a golf course? Frank Sinatra: Look, Dean, did you get that script that I sent you? Dean Martin: [jokingly] Oh, you mean Hamlet? You know I don't look good in tights, Frank.[they all laugh]Frank Sinatra: No, you idiot, Some Came Running. Don't make me spend three months in Indiana by my lonesome, alright? Dean Martin: Look, dickie bird, my character's a card chock with a taste for booze and broads, that might be too much of a stretch. [all the others in the room laugh]Joey Bishop: Hey uh, Frank, no part for a brilliant comic who never knows when to shut up? Frank Sinatra: [jokingly] Shut up! Joey Bishop: [they all laugh] Alright, alright, fine. Frank Sinatra: Look, I'm not gonna do this without ya, and that's all there is to it. Now listen to me, I sent the wings for you tonight. We're gonna be catching Sammy's midnight show at Zero's. Dean Martin: [looking through a pair of small binoculars at an attractive young woman sitting at a card table] Well, you send it back, dig, I'm busy. I got a nice little piece of bridge all right here. Besides, I got my own show tomorrow night. Hank Sanicola: [to Frank] How can Sammy dance with one eye anyway? Doesn't that mess with your uh... your whatchamacallit? Frank Sinatra: It's your equilibrium. Give me a splash of bourbon. Hank Sanicola: Yeah, sure, Frank. [gets up from his seat] Yeah, get the bourbon. Frank Sinatra: You know what? Cancel that, cancel that. Hank Sanicola: Yeah, forget the bourbon. [sits back down] Frank Sinatra: Listen, Dean, I got it all planned out. You take the plane, we'll catch Sammy's show, we'll grab some ring a ding, we'll take the chopper to the Springs for a mid-morning clambake and I have you back at the oasis by showtime. It'll be a gas. Frank Sinatra: [on Dean] Could you believe him? He's the only guy in the world who could say "no" to me, and I gotta tell ya, I still love him. Sam Giancana: Hey, hey, hey, I could say no to you. Frank Sinatra: [puts his hands on Momo's face, laughs] I know, but I don't love you when you do. Sam Giancana: But I still love you. Frank Sinatra: [to his group] Come on, let's get outta here. [takes his fedora hat from his two Oscar Awards, puts it on his head] Bishop. Hank Sanicola: After you, boss. Frank Sinatra: You got a watch? Joey Bishop: Yeah, but I was under your time. Frank Sinatra: Well...[they head off to Sammy's show]Peter Lawford: You know when I first met Joe Kennedy, he told me that I possess the two qualities that he most despised in a man. I'm an actor and um I'm English. [laughs, lights Frank his cigarette]Frank Sinatra: Well, you obviously charmed him, Sirill. Peter Lawford: Oh, not really. You know, he hired a spy who told him that I had this certain ponch for ladies, young ladies, come for a... How should I put it? Um... Frank Sinatra: A price? Peter Lawford: Yeah, a very reasonable price, Frank. Frank Sinatra: I'm sure, you always were a little tight, Sirill. So what happened? Peter Lawford: Well, he was so overjoyed that I wasn't a puftter, that he welcomed me wholeheartedly into the family, which has it's perks, of course, apart from their predisposition to die in tragic circumstances. Since their father, no doubt. Frank Sinatra: I wanna help Jack get elected. Unless we wind up with another stuffed shirt. This country needs some shaken up. And I don't mean by Elvis. Peter Lawford: Is that why you're talking to me? Frank Sinatra: Pete, don't be so insecure, okay? I've always liked you, right? You just crossed me. Peter Lawford: Oh, well that time with uh, with Ava, it wasn't um a date, Frank. I swear to God. It was just uh... Frank Sinatra: No, don't bring God into it. He's disappointed in both of us. I'm an 18 karat manic depressive, you know that. I overreacted. A little. [short pause] I do miss her though. The insanity. All of it, believe it or not. Just can't seem to let go. Maybe because you can't let go of what you never really had, huh, Sirill? Peter Lawford: Yeah. Frank Sinatra: [smiles] So, you want to have some fun? Peter Lawford: [laughs] Yeah. Frank Sinatra: Help me put your brother in law in the White House. I mean, what else is there for a skinny wop like me to accomplish in this world, huh? Peter Lawford: I can't think of anything, Frank.[At Kennedy's Democratic Fundraiser in Beverly Hills, after the group perform "High Hopes"]Frank Sinatra: [to the audience] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Shut up already. Shut up. It's time to get serious for a moment. Dean Martin: [jokingly] Oh, there's my que. That all. [jokingly attempts to walk away]Frank, Sammy and Peter: Get back here! Get right back here! Frank Sinatra: [to the audience] Look, there's a reason why we're all here tonight. Dean Martin: [jokingly] You threatend us. [the audience laughs] Did he threaten you too, Sammy? Sammy Davis Jr.: Um, I refuse to answer that on the grounds that it might incinerate me, baby. Dean Martin: Don't you mean incriminate you? Sammy Davis Jr.: Uh, baby, once you've been incinerated, you don't care if you gets incriminated. [audience laughs]Frank Sinatra: [to the audience] Do you see why I want to get into politics? I can't have a serious conversation with these two bums.[At the Sands Hotel and Casino, backstage, Dean pours himself a glass of apple juice]Joey Bishop: Ladies and gentlemen, direct from the bar at the Sands Hotel, Mr. Dean Martin! [The band begins playing "Hey There", Dean walks out onto the stage]Dean Martin: [to the audience, jokingly] How'd all these people get in my room? Frank Sinatra: Let me help you out here a little. How about some lunch? Dean Martin: Frank, do you know how to make a fruit cordial? Frank Sinatra: No, Dean, how do you make a fruit cordial? Dean Martin: [goes over to Frank, speaks into the microphone] You be nice to him. [the audience laughs]'' Frank Sinatra: Do you believe in fairy godmothers? Dean Martin: No, but I have an uncle that I'm keeping an eye on. Taglines It was their world. We just lived in it. They never let business get in the way of having fun. They never let the rules get in the way of having fun. "You've gotta love livin', baby!" Cast Ray Liotta - Frank Sinatra Joe Mantegna - Dean Martin Don Cheadle - Sammy Davis Jr. Angus Macfadyen - Peter Lawford Bobby Slayton - Joey Bishop William L. Petersen - John F. Kennedy Željko Ivanek - Robert F. Kennedy Dan O'Herlihy - Joseph Kennedy Deborah Kara Unger - Ava Gardner John Diehl - Joe DiMaggio Megan Dodds - May Britt Veronica Cartwright - Rocky Cooper Barbara Niven - Marilyn Monroe External links Rat Pack 0146165 The Rat Pack Category:1998 films Category:1990s American films Category:Biographical films Category:Drama films Category:Musical drama films Category:Musical films Category:Television films Category:Political films Category:Crime films Category:Films based on true stories Category:Films set in the 1960s Category:HBO shows