"The Lost Weekend" (1945)
"The Lost Weekend" (1945)
Paramount Pictures
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout. - Don Birman is a struggling writer who deals with his writer's block through the bottle. He shares an apartment with his more responsible brother Nick, who is about to go on a weekend vacation. Nick is worried about leaving Don alone, but Don assures him he will be fine and will use the time alone to write. However, he is not fooling even himself, and plans to go on a bender. After drinking all the alcohol in the house, Don goes to a bar, and while his creativity seems to flow, things go from bad to worse."
Genre': Drama, Film-Noir
Release date: November 29, 1945 (US)
Director: Billy Wilder
Screenplay by: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
Based by: The 1944 Novel "The Lost Weekend" by Charles R. Jackson
Music by: Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography: John F. Seitz
Editing by: Doane Harrison
Cast: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Mary Young
Awards
- Best Picture
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Best Director
- Best Writing, Screenplay
- Best Picture
- Best Director
- Best Actor
* © 1945 - Paramount Pictures
