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My Frank Sinatra biopic 'Sinatra'


I was going to make a Frank Sinatra biopic titled "Sinatra". It was going to be made by Twentieth Century Fox and directed by Steven Spielberg. I sent the cast to Spielberg but he REJECTED IT! But, I'd like to share the cast with you:

Frank Sinatra- Hank Azaria
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm472553472/nm0000279

Dean Martin- Ray Romano
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2387122944/nm0005380

Sammy Davis Jr.- Jamie Foxx
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4280457984/nm0004937

Peter Lawford- Seth MacFarlane
http://cache.defamer.com/assets/resources/2008/05/244.macfarlane.seth.100306.jpg

Nancy Barbato Sinatra- Yeardley Smith
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm105945088/nm0810379

Nancy Sinatra- Sarah Silverman
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800359449/photo/609811

Frank Sinatra Jr.- Frankie Muniz
http://www.lasplash.com/uploads/1/aqua_lounge_frankie_muniz.jpg

Tina Sinatra- Mayim Bialik
http://images.eonline.com/eol_images/Profiles/20061006/244.bialik.mayim.100506.jpg

Sam Giancana- Dan Castellaneta
http://www.snap.ednet.ns.ca/nkec/MorganStrickland/Images/dan.jpg

Lucky Luciano- Robert DeNiro
http://images.askmen.com/galleries/men/robert-de-niro/pictures/robert-de-niro-picture-1.jpg

JFK- Ben Affleck
http://www.poster.net/affleck-ben/affleck-ben-photo-ben-affleck-6206642.jpg

RFK- Dane Cook
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1875548160/nm0176981

Jackie Kennedy- Natalie Portman
http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2007/database/natalieportman/natalieportman300.jpg

Joey Bishop- Kelsey Grammar
http://images.askmen.com/galleries/men/kelsey-grammer/pictures/kelsey-grammer-picture-1.jpg

Ava Gardner- Maya Rudolph
http://www.nndb.com/people/394/000108070/maya-rudolph-1-sized.jpg

Barbara Marx Sinatra- Nancy Cartwright
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1808898816/nm0004813

Judy Garland- Madonna
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/04/23-End%20of%20Month/madonna300.jpg

Mia Farrow- Drew Barrymore
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3957955328/nm0000106

Kim Novak- Kimmy Robertson
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3367803392/nm0731928

Marilyn Monroe- Britney Spears
http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act/us/or/lane/1st-wed/britney-flyer/britney-spears-mental-health-photo

May Britt- Jennifer Aniston
http://www.hot-screensaver.com/wp-myimages/jennifer-aniston.jpg

Liza Minnelli- Katey Sagal
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3301743360/nm0005408

Angie Dickinson- Courtney Love
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3672218368/nm0001482

Elizabeth Taylor- Nicole Sullivan
http://www.clonehighusa.com/backstage/cast/cast/nicole%20sullivan.jpg

Lola Falana- Beyonce Knowles
http://www.beautyriot.com/stuff/images/articles/approve/1946_1678_Knowles-Beyonce-04-400-lo.jpg

Louis B. Mayer- Harry Shearer
http://www.sportshollywood.com/images/shearer.jpg

Jilly Rizzo- Louie Anderson
http://www.thecomedystore.com/images/louiebig.JPG

Marty Sinatra- Al Pacino
http://irisfrankny.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/office.jpg

Dolly Sinatra- Julie Kavner
http://ten.com.au/ten/images/Simpsons_Julie_Kavner_300wide.jpg

Feel free to tell me what you think of the cast!

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I see you have the whole voice cast of The Simpsons and Fox was the studio,...how convienient.

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the best person to play peter lawford based on looks and the fact that he's actually english, would be Lee Pace..

http://pushing-daisies.com/gallery/albums/cast-season1/normal_pd_lpace_season1_010.jpg

...and based on looks alone, if you wanted to take a chance, I'd say try James Roday.

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2401212416/nm0734442
http://www.usanetwork.com/series/psych/theshow/characterprofiles/shawn/gallery2/james_bio_05.jpg

his eyebrows would need to be darkened, he'd need contacts, and his hair would need to be worked on.. but I think he could do it.

Agree or disagree? AIM: mrs jerry lewis

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The cast sucks and I think you have way too much time on your hands. Ray Romano as Dean Martin? lol. Who could afford this cast? Kelsey Grammar as Joey Bishop? lol. You have DeNiro, Pacino, Madonna,Barrymore and Anniston all playing these little supporting roles to Azaria and Romano? Where is Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie for cris sakes ... I mean you must think a studio is going to give you a billion dollar budget for such a cast ... you may as well include Pitt, Clooney, Jolie and even Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphey! How about roles for Leonardo, Russell Crowe and Daniel Day-Lewis?

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I'm calling your bluff and stating the obvious: You weren't ever going to make a film about Sinatra. You had a fantasy about making it. You may have even written down this dream cast in a letter and sent it to Fox studios. But no one would have read it. Spielberg didn't reject it, because he never even knew about it.

"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness"

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Kelsey Grammer as Joey Bishop? Have you ever seen or heard Joey Bishop? And chubby Drew Barrymore as stick-like (in the '60s) Mia Farrow? For the most part, this is a joke cast.

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