Product Details

• Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 5
• Studio: Passport
• VHS Release Date: May 16, 2000
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630484297X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #347,008 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ring a Ding Ding!, July 26, 2003

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Candace Scott (Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frank Sinatra - They Were Very Good Years (DVD)

This is awesome stuff for any serious Sinatraphile. Many of the other compilations of his career contain poor-quality clips, particularly from his short-lived TV show of the 50's. But this six-volume DVD manages to unearth some truly rare B & W clips of Frank on TV, dating back to gigs on the Milton Berle and Jackie Gleason shows. The quality of the snippets has somehow been cleaned up and the resulting images are quite good. There is also an abundance of color clips from the Chairman in the 60's, guest hosting the Kraft Music Hall, guesting on the Dino show, singing duets with Perry, Bing and even some oddities like a comedy routine with Bobby Darin.

More surprisingly is some great concert footage of Sinatra, much of it from late in his career. Some of it is actual fan movies, taken directly from the audience, and it's fascinating stuff. You can see Frank singing One for My Baby with his Jack Daniels, cigarette and the obligatory stool: classic moments! He also delivers a stunning rendition of I've Got You Under My Skin. In addition to all of this little-known material, there's an abundance of film clips, all of good quality. There's even a few outtakes from Suddenly and the The Manchurian Candidate, as well as brief interviews conducted with Frank at various premieres and engagements.

The weakest part of this DVD are the interviews with people who worked with Frank. Some of them are interesting, others are not, but I'd rather just watch actual footage of the man himself. But there's plenty of that to enjoy and you can watch this Night and Day, into the Wee Small Hours of the Morning. If you love Frank, you gotta love this DVD, baby! So kick back with a glass of J.D., snuggle up with your favorite chick and get down to some serious living with this exceptional DVD.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD BUY FOR THIS PRICE, April 3, 2004

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A. Ercan Gegez (Istanbul, TURKEY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frank Sinatra - They Were Very Good Years (DVD)

A nice package of three discs which is an extended version of a 2 DVD set with the same title which lacks of last part Sinatra Memorial. One of the most important advantages of this DVD is it has more than 5 hours running time. So the price is very cheap for such a DVD with long playing time. The set includes 6 parts ("The Bobby Sox Years", "The Hollywood Years", "Hollywood: The Second Time Around", "The Swinging Years", "The Vintage Years" and "Sinatra Memorial". This DVD is replete with many old footages from his early years. Particularly, if you are looking for Sinatra's historic movie career, this DVD will satisfy you. DVD includes some interviews with his friends and co-stars such as Sammy Davis, Jr., Shirley Jones and Juliet Prowse. It is disappointing that within these different parts, some scenes and footages are used couple of times. It is not good to see the same things over and over again. From time to time, picture and sound quality decreases due to the age and rarity of the footages used. Unfortunately, at the fifth part, some scenes freezes very frequently. I am not sure if this defect is on my copy only or not. However, considering its long playing time and cheap price, it is still worthwhile to add this one to your Sinatra Collection even with all these disadvantages.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars nice overview of Sinatra, December 12, 2003

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Richard Kaplan (Bloomsburg, Pa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frank Sinatra - They Were Very Good Years (DVD)

There are very few DVDs or Videos covering Frank Sinatras life. This set is the closest I ve found. If you are looking for a lot of his music this isn't the set,but it covers Sinatras life very well. You'll find clips from many of his movies and TV shows as well as important milestones in his life. If you get a couple of his TV shows such as "A Man and his Music",the Rat Pack Dismas house DVDand the excellent A@E Rat Pack Biography along with this set you would have a nice DVD collection of Sinatra..his music and his life.