Product Details

• Actors: Roger Moore, Robert Wagner, Kevin Bacon, Tony Bennett, Ernest Borgnine
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Fox Home Entertainme
• VHS Release Date: May 4, 1999
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0792898060
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #188,649 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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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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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST for any Sinatra Fan!, July 5, 1999

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This review is from: Sinatra - The Best is Yet to Come [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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!

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT B-DAY PARTY, July 15, 2000

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Stephan Mayer (sacramento, ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sinatra - The Best is Yet to Come [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is GREAT! so much better than the almost pathetic 80th birthday.