The Lost Weekend (1945)

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Genres:

Drama

Languages:

English

Reviews:

1 reviews

Released:

21 February 2005

Format:

DVD

Staring

Director

Billy Wilder

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Brilliant!

Niamh from Cork, 07 May 2013

Vanity Fair did an article recently on the making of this movie which prompted me to rent it. It is based on a very successful book about an alcoholics last bender. The lead is brilliant, I believe he won an Oscar for it.

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Don Birnam, long-time alcoholic, has been "on the wagon" for ten days and seems to be over the worst; but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother Wick and girlfriend Helen, he begins a four-day bender. In flashbacks we see past events, all gone wrong because of the bottle. But this bout looks like being his last...one way or the other. Winner of 4 Oscars including Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best...

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