Posted on 05/14/2009 8:43:08 AM PDT by NoRedTape
Ol' Blue Eyes and young red hair are returning to the big screen—separately, that is.
Martin Scorsese has signed on to direct and produce a biopic of none other than Frank Siantra.
Sinatra, the first big-screen film on the entertainment legend, will touch on his love affairs and marriages (two of his four wives were Mia Farrow and Ava Gardner), his friendships with John F. Kennedy and the rest of the Rat Pack, his singing and acting career and, of course, his possible Mafia ties.
No actor is attached to the film, though Scorsese's go-to guy, Leonardo DiCaprio, is already being touted as a possible frontrunner......
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FYI..see my #20..and do you have pics, and/or links to his vocals..
“But Leonardo?!?!?!?! He is waaaaay to girly to play Frank”
DiCaprio was far from girly in ‘The Departed’ and did a surprisingly good job in that film IMO, but I’m still not seeing him as Sinatra. However, with Scorsese directing, we have a good chance of getting an honest portrayal of Sinatra. Scorsese is nearing the end of his career, and I don’t see him allowing himself being pushed into making a fluff piece on Sinatra.
My mother tells me the story she heard Tina relate some years ago, Frank had a full-time cook, one year he invites the man and his wife to vacation on Frank's yacht, (I don't recall specifically, I believe it was a week), while Frank and daughter Tina did everything for them on the boat, the cooking included. Tina said it was just her father's way of not simply saying thank you, but showing his appreciation for the years of service the cook had given him.
There will never, ever, be another singer, IMHO, who reaches one's soul as Sinatra did with his ability to interpret music.
No matter some, even Frank Jr., can imitate him closely, none will EVER match The Voice fully -- and yes, as you say, touch the soul as well as his person touching the heart.
Yep. My parents were generous people, who hosted many family gatherings over the years. A few years ago at a cousin's 50th wedding anniversary, their son, a pastor, remembered how when staying at "Auntie's" (our house), he be wakened in the morning by Frank Sinatra on the stereo (a habit of mine...). I don't know, but his collection of Sinatra recordings at least rivals mine, if not a little larger now.
I saw the “Rat Pack Live at the Sands” last month in Costa Mesa.....It was a trip!
In order to PLAY Sinatra, an actor would have to BE Sinatra.
Aint no such animal.
I've come into a little appreciation lately of Frank Jr's talent, having heard him on Sirius Sinatra. In fact, I'm looking into getting a couple albums.
Today's male singers of standards just don't cut it for me (except, perhaps, Buble'). I like the baritone singers like Sinatra, Joe Williams, Gordon MacRae, et. al. The guys today sound like girly men.
.....but Marty Scorsese will probably choose DiCaprio for a young Sinatra...............and Frank Jr. would be the best pick for playing his Dad in the later years.
I saw Frank in concert once at the Hollywood Bowl about 15 years ago, and about 4 years ago saw Frank Jr. in concert at Trump's Casino in Indio, CA. Frank Jr. surprised the heck outta me. He sounded JUST like his Dad and he put on a great show.
I just love Gordon as well -- yes, THAT'S a singer!!
Did you know that originally, Frank was to play Billy Bigelow in Carousel, not Gordon MacRae? Shirley Jones tells it, the film is going to be shot with the new CinemaScope 55 technology, this required filming scenes twice, the second for wide screen. The first day on the set, Shirley is standing there, Frank shows up ... when he finds out he is going to have to do everything twice, he gets seriously angry, "I am not getting paid to do two ******* movies!" and walks off. Shirley then makes a call to her friend MacRae to please, come take the role, do the movie.
Yes he can, a very good voice, he has done musical theater. I don't know that he could imitate Frank, but then, I would never have believed the guy who starred in the Disney film, The Man from Snowy River could either, but in the CBS miniseries several years ago, (Tina okaying everything), Australian actor Tom Burlinson was the singing voice for the early Sinatra numbers. It was an amazing feat!
THAT is terrible.
Gordon MacRae was an Army Air Force navigator during WWII, his pilot being Walt Lux, a close friend and neighbor of a cousin and her husband. We all lived in the same, small, Southern Wisconsin town. Gordon was appearing at the Playboy Club in Lake Geneva, and my cousin, through Walt, invited him over for dinner prior to his Friday night show. Natch, I was also invited along with my date for the evening. My date and I stayed for cocktails and conversation but left before dinner because we had tickets to his show and dinner was included.
Gordon put on an excellent show, and came down off the stage and sang at out table. He was as down-to-earth and friendly during that evening as any one could expect. A genuinely nice guy.
Now for the rest (sad part) of the story. That same Walt Lux flew for American Airlines. It was his DC-10 that went down outside of O'Hare in the '70's. It lost one of it's engines and landed near a trailer park close to the airport. Everyone on board lost their lives.
Jude Law could pull it off.
um, michael buble?
I have read of other incidents where Sinatra was quite generous with people. Apparently he was a Jekyl and Hyde type because he could also be very cruel and temperamental. None of this concerns me though. I just like his music and really admire his talent. The movie might be quite entertaining if done right.
The bonus is that he wouldn't have to have his singing voice dubbed, cause he could do it as well, or in some cases, better, than Ole Blue Eyes.
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