''Rat Pack Rat'' is a 2014

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short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

, written and directed by Todd Rohal. The film had its premiere at

2014 Sundance Film Festival The 2014 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 16, 2014 until January 26, 2014 in Park City, Utah, United States, with screenings in Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance Resort in Utah. The festival opened with '' Whiplash'' directed by Da ...

on January 17, 2014. It won the ''Jury Award'' at the festival. The film later screened at ''2014

SXSW Film Festival South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, ...

'' on March 8, 2014. It also marks the final motion picture performance of Eddie Rouse, who died on December 7, 2014 of liver failure.

Plot

A Sammy Davis, Jr.

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, was hired by a

Rat Pack The Rat Pack was an informal group of entertainers, the second iteration of which ultimately made films and appeared together in Las Vegas casino venues. They originated in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a group of A-list show business frie ...

fan's mother to perform on his birthday.

Cast

* Steve Little as Rat Pack fan *

Eddie Rouse Eddie Rouse (July 2, 1954 – December 7, 2014) was an American character actor whose feature film credits included '' American Gangster'', ''The Number 23'', and ''Pineapple Express''. Rouse starred in the 2014 dramatic short film, '' Rat Pack R ...

as Sammy Davis, Jr. impersonator * Margie Beegle as mother

Reception

''Rat Pack Rat'' received mostly positive reviews from critics. Kat Smith of ''The Hollywood News'' gave the film four out of five stars and praised the film by saying that "This short will keep you engaged and guessing where the story is going right up until the last minute." Liz Whittemore of ''Cinemit'', gave the film a positive review that "Rat Pack Rat will leave you with mouth gaping open at the end, it is worth every cringe-worthy second."

Accolades

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rat Pack Rat 2014 films 2014 drama films American drama short films Sundance Film Festival award winners 2014 short films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films