The Lost Weekend (1945)

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the lost weekend

ORIGINAL TITLE

The Lost Weekend

YEAR

1945

RUNNING TIME

101 min.

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DIRECTOR

Billy Wilder

SCREENWRITER

Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder (Novel: Charles R. Jackson)

COMPOSER

Miklós Rózsa

CINEMATOGRAPHER

John F. Seitz (B&W)

CAST

Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Philip Terry, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Howard da Silva, Mary Young, Anita Bolster, Lilian Fontaine, Frank Orth, Audrey Young

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Paramount Pictures

AWARDS

1945: 4 Academy Awards: Best Movie, Director, Actor (Ray Milland), Adapted Screenplay. 7 Nominations
1945: Golden Globes: Best Movie, Director and Actor (Ray Milland)
1945: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Film, Director, Actor (Milland)
1946: Cannes Film Festival: Grand Prize of the Festival (Ex-aequo) & Best Actor (Ray Milland)

GENRE

Drama | Alcoholism

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

Don Birnam (Ray Milland), a would-be writer, is a long time alcoholic who is dissatisfied with his life. His brother Wick (Phillip Terry) and girlfriend Helen St. James (Jane Wyman) manage to keep him sober for 10 days, but he arranges to get away from them and goes on a self-destructive three-day binge.

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