A Hole in the Head
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Actor: Carolyn Jones, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Frank Sinatra, Thelma RitterBrand: SINATRA,FRANK
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-09-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of A Hole in the Head
Movie Review: A surprisingly cute comedy with a most interesting back story
Summary: 5 Stars
Frank Capra's 1959 comedy "A Hole in the Head" is a surprisingly cute comedy with a most interesting back story. This movie was based on the successful Arnold Schulman play. It was Sinatra that saw the play and decided he wanted to do a movie. He went to Frank Capra to direct the movie and to sweeten the deal he offered to co-produce the movie with him. They formed SinCap (Sinatra-Capra) productions for this movie. Capra was an interesting choice, especially since he had not directed a movie in eight years, and this was his first movie he directed in color! If this wasn't unusual enough they went further by casting Edward G. Robinson in a comedic role as Sinatra's older brother!
The music for the film was done by the incomparable Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. It won the Oscar for best song "High Hopes." Finally, one of the plot devices of this film is Sinatra's character's get rich scheme of building a Disney theme park on Miami Beach. This is several years before Disney building just a few hours drive up the road in Orlando Fla! I wonder if Walt saw the movie?
Its about a single dad Tonny Manetta (Frank Sinatra) who owns a small hotel (the Garden of Eden) on Miami Beach that is not doing well financially and he is about to be foreclosed on. He is a dreamer and has a scheme to become a millionaire by getting an old friend of his Jerry Marks (Keenan Wynn), a big time theatrical promoter, to financially bank roll his scheme of building a Disney theme park on Miami Beach! The plot revolves around the interaction of Tony and his 12 yr. old and very bright son Ally Manetta (Eddie Hodges). When Tony receives his eviction notice he tries to "borrow" money from his older brother Mario (Edward G. Robinson) who flies down with his wife to Miami Beach to persuade Tony to leave the hotel business and settle down or give up custody of Ally to him so he can be raised in a stable home environment.
I really liked the movie. Sinatra did a great job in this comedy and was not surrounded by his "Rat Pack" buddies. Edward G. Robinson was a bit out of place in his comedic role. As usual, the old Hollywood adage for big stars, "never appear in a movie with an animal or a kid, they will steal the show," comes to fruition in this movie. The 12 year old Eddie Hodges steals the movie; he is adorable in this role.
Summary of A Hole in the Head
A Hole in the Head is a "genuinely entertaining" (Newsweek), OscarĀ(r)-winning* comedy, directed by the legendary Frank Capra at his uproarious best! Meet Tony (Frank Sinatra), a wannabe big shot who's constantly broke. And while the carefree widower may not have money, he is rich in one respect: he's got the unconditional love of his adoring young son, Ally (Eddie Hodges). But when Tony asks his wealthy brother, Mario (Edward G. Robinson), for a loan, Mario, who disapproves of Tony's swinging lifestyle, agrees to back his brother on one condition: settle down or give him custody of Ally! Tony may be desperate, but he'd have to have A Hole in the Head to agree to Mario's terms wouldn't he? *1959: Music (Song, "High Hopes")Similar DVD Movies
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