Sammy Davis Jr. - One Cool Cat
by Marino Amoruso
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Actor: Donald Bogle, Sammy Davis Jr.Director: Marino Amoruso
Brand: Kultur
Writer: Marino Amoruso
Producer: Dennis Hedlund
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: White Star
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DVD Review: pretty good--but it could have been better still
Summary: 4 Stars
Sammy Davis, Jr. had quite a life! He was one of the best and most successful entertainers the world has ever known; and this documentary gives us a good idea of what he was really all about. Another reviewer notes that not a single person interviewed here knew Sammy personally; and sadly they are correct. It's also not the most complete retrospective of Sammy's life; at 60 minutes the film is rather brief. These two minuses are a real disappointment; but the commentary and the narration give us quite a bit of interesting information anyway and that's a plus. The documentary moves along at a fairly good pace although it spends extra time covering Sammy's most prolific years as an entertainer in the 1950s and 1960s both as a solo entertainer and as a member of "The Rat Pack." In addition, the archival footage is excellent; we even get a clip from a 1933 short that was Sammy's first appearance on film.
The narration and the people interviewed tell the highlights of Sammy's life story. We briefly learn about his parents' marriage and then the documentary covers Sammy's work with his father Sammy Davis, Sr. and Sammy's "Uncle" Will Mastin as they worked in vaudeville and later formed "The Will Mastin Trio." We learn of Sammy cutting his first recordings and there's a good discussion of the trauma Sammy experienced when he lost his eye in a terrible car accident. We also see how Sammy does so well in his comeback! Sammy shines bright dancing and doing his songs; and his act becomes all the more creative and spontaneous when he teams up with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and the rest of The Rat Pack for the shows they did in Las Vegas in the 1950s and early 1960s. We see them performing in the early 1960s in the movies and there's a fair amount of footage from Sammy Davis, Jr.'s television shows as well.
In addition, we see the ups and downs of Sammy's personal life; he was married three times; his involvement with politics that didn't always get him the respect he deserved and so much more. I won't give you too much more information; I don't want to risk ruining the experience of watching this DVD by giving out too many spoilers. It may look as if I've given out too much information; but there's plenty more to learn about Sammy Davis, Jr. when you watch this DVD.
This may not be the most comprehensive biography of Sammy Davis, Jr.; but I wouldn't toss this aside as rubbish by any means. Diehard fans may want to seek out other sources of information about Sammy's life including his autobiographies and the documentary about him released by A&E.
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