Frank Sinatra Biopic Can Be Seen on Amazon Prime and iTunes

Brooklyn native Rico Simonini, a well-known Los Angeles cardiologist produced and stars in FRANK AND AVA a biopic about Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner. Simonini also did the screenplay adaptation of the stage play by Willard Manus. FRANK AND AVA can be seen on Amazon Prime and iTunes.

In addition to practicing cardiology at a leading medical center in Los Angeles, Dr. Simonini is Chief Medical Advisor for CORE, which provides free COVID-19 testing for people across the country.

In 2014 Simonini originated the role of Frank Sinatra in Manus’ play which was developed in the Actor’s Studio. It was then that Simonini, who had a connection to Sinatra, knew he had to turn the play into a movie.

It’s 1949 and Sinatra, the former king of swoon who once enchanted millions of “bobby soxers,” is at the downturn of his career, as the once golden “Voice” is now compromised by a hemorrhage to his vocal cords, while his reputation is lambasted by the press who parade his alleged Mafia connections, liberal sympathies and extramarital affairs. In the midst of his despair, he falls hard and fast for Gardner, MGM’s sultry starlet with whom he shares proclivities for passion, whiskey, obstinacy, and sexual infidelities.

Directed by Michael Oblowitz FRANK AND AVA was shot on location in Rome, Italy; Hollywood, CA and Sinatra’s home in Palm Springs, CA. In addition to Rico Simonini as Frank Sinatra and Emily Elicia Low as Ava Gardner, the film features Eric Roberts, Lukas Haas, Richard Portnow, Domenick Lombardozzi, Neil Sandilands, Jonathan Silverman, Terry Moore and the legendary Harry Dean Stanton in his last feature film appearance.

To access the FRANK AND AVA website and view the film on Amazon Prime Video and iTunes: https://www.frankandavathemovie.com/