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Sinatra - The Best is Yet to Come
starring: Roger Moore, Robert Wagner, Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson, Frank Sinatra

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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792898061
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0792898060
Label: Mgm Entertainment
Manufacturer: Mgm Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Mgm Entertainment
Release Date: May 04, 1999
Running Time: 87 minutes
Sales Rank: 21786
Studio: Mgm Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: December 16, 1990

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For avid Sinatra fans, this 1990 television special affords an affectionate portrait compiled through clips from his long rap sheet of films and iced with a frosting of sympathetic interviews and testimonials. But The Best Is Yet to Come struggles with inevitable irony in its title, precisely because of its vintage and genesis. Assembled during the twilight of his career, and designed more as a souvenir for the faithful than as a thoughtful and objective documentary, this tribute lingers on footage of the singer, actor, and undisputed icon long after his signature powers began to fade.

Intended as a birthday tribute, and produced with the blessing of his family, the program pursues celebrity worship instead of a more considered index to the glories and defeats of this thorny, very private, and hugely influential American musical master. Hosts, including Roger Moore and Robert Wagner, wax effusively about Ol' Blue Eyes' greatness, yet the knotty contradictions of his life, particularly during the late '40s and early '50s when his career imploded, are glided over in a single sentence.

Highlights include footage of sessions for his '80s studio collaboration with Quincy Jones, as well as teasingly brief glimpses of his long filmography of musical and dramatic roles. Endorsements range from the obvious (a frail Gene Kelly and a feisty but loving Shirley MacLaine) to the downright bizarre (Tom Selleck hailing Sinatra's Magnum P.I. guest appearance). While there are glimpses of the tough, driven Hoboken kid and the eventual media god who was almost painfully private by nature, we're also treated to calculated scenes of the older Sinatra kissing his puppies and playing with his electric train set. Still, we get to see Frank and Elvis, in the latter's first post-army television slot, in a tongue-in-cheek duet, which certainly rings some mythic bells. --Sam Sutherland

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- A GREAT B-DAY PARTY
This video is GREAT! so much better than the almost pathetic 80th birthday.

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- A MUST for any Sinatra Fan!
I have seen many "compilation" videos and this one is by far the BEST I have seen to date. There is a lot of footage used throughout this video that is unique (at home with Barbara) as well as footage (not much though) that is used on every other 'history' of Sinatra video out there. This one is especially nice because it includes footage from Franks 75th birthday concert in NJ (Meadowlands). A thoroughly enjoyable, professionally done video!

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