rat pack

Growing up in the suburbs of New York City, Gallagher’s aspirational idol wasn't his stoic father but movie star, crooner, and Rat Pack legend Dean Martin.

The film illuminates a singular career that always was ahead of its time, as the men, now both 77, converse over a meal — in the style of “My Dinner With Andre” — at Matteo’s, an old-school Hollywood hangout once favored by the Rat Pack.

“I think the Rat Pack’s chances just improved.”

The lavish casino was a frequent haunt of the legendary Rat Pack, while its past under the mob cemented its place in Vegas lore.

I said if I was going to do it, I want it to be old school, where it’s like “Saturday Night Live” meets a combination of the Rat Pack, Carol Burnett and Mary Tyler Moore.