Based on the true events surrounding Frank Sinatra's tour of Australia. When Sinatra calls a local reporter a "two-bit hooker", every union in the country black-bans the star until he issues an apology.
Director: Paul Goldman
Stars: Dennis Hopper, Melanie Griffith, Portia de Rossi, Joel Edgerton.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320159/
Watched on AmazonPrime.
19 songs in the Soundtracks, 6 Performed by Tom Burlinson, sounding like Frank Sinatra.
DH portrays FS. MG is Barbara Marx who is finally engaged to FS by film's end. PS is the wronged reporter (who was very aggressive and asked ugly questions. JE is the promoter.
It wasn't really awful, just not worth viewing a second time. Neither the story nor DH offer insights into FS; it just shows him with his mobby associates (Jilly Rizzo is a named character who gets into a prolonged fist fight with JE, who barely prevails).
MG is interesting, but I have no idea if her portrayal (sexy, fun, sweet, treated well by FS) is true to the real woman. Nor does it matter.
I've gotten to the point that if I see a film is free on Prime, I dread watching it. (Just searched my notes, and they're not all bad; some 6's, 7's and an 8.)
Rated 6.0 (837)
indie, dir. Goldman; 5
