The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

  • Director: Billy Wilder
  • Writer: Charles R. Jackson,Charles Brackett,Billy Wilder
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: January 1946
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: Propali vikend
  • "The Lost Weekend" is a feature film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman . It was released in the United States on November 16, 1945.
    The film is adapted from Charles Jackson's novel of the same name. It tells the story of a tormented alcoholic with the help of his girlfriend, Helen, finally rekindling hope   . In 1946, the film won the 18th Oscar for Best Picture and the 3rd American Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture in Drama and other awards   .

    Details

    • Release date January 1946
    • Filming locations Bellevue Hospital - 462 First Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies Paramount Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $1,250,000 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

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    • By Deja 2022-03-26 09:01:09

      18th Academy Awards

      Four stars, the one missing is the ending.

      The director chose the trivial problems of the most common little people in life - the writer's alcoholism, which is not too profound, nor is it a main theme film, but won the 18th Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Screenplay. Four Best Actor Awards.

      In less than two hours, it actually tells the story of an alcoholic who kept falling and finally sobered up for two days on the weekend. The plot is...

    • By Guillermo 2022-03-26 09:01:09

      addiction

      Don Burnham was a talented intellectual. He showed extraordinary writing talent during his college days, and his works were often published in college magazines. However, he is also a person with easily damaged self-esteem, and a little setback is enough to break his self-confidence. He had always aspired to be a great writer, but couldn't write anything. Don Burnham was dependent on his brother Vic to support him at the age of thirty-two.[4] He started drinking heavily after being hit with...

    • By Clifford 2022-03-25 09:01:14

      addiction thing

      The Lost Weekend (1945) - Best Picture at the 18th Academy Awards The
        
              film depicts the life of an alcoholic writer, Don, and vividly portrays the alcoholic's psychology and uncontrollable desires. The whole tone is on the verge of gloom and powerlessness, and there is no hope in life. It seems that wine can make people divert their attention and forget their troubles. It is unimaginable that such a Tang still has someone who loves him deeply, and still never abandons him...

    • By Darby 2022-03-25 09:01:14

      lost weekend

      Don (Ray Milland) doesn't know if he can call himself a frustrated writer, because how can a writer whose work has never been accepted by the public be a writer? In order to dispel the anger in his heart, Tang chose to seek comfort from alcohol, but he did not know that alcohol would only make his situation worse. The appearance of Helen (Jane Wyman) pulled Tang out of the quagmire of alcoholism. Her gentleness and understanding warmed Tang's lonely life and made him find his spiritual...

    • By Uriah 2022-03-25 09:01:14

      The description of the drunkard is too realistic.

      18 Lost Weekend
      The people watching this movie are very depressed. Whether it's the soundtrack of the movie or the shooting of the scene, the whole movie is filled with a desolate, tragic and cold atmosphere, like a ghost movie.
      Throughout the whole movie, in terms of how to describe the daily life of an alcoholic and the inner activities of an alcoholic, the director's shooting was quite successful. . Uppercase admiration!
      The plot has nothing to tell, just a common story of a...

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    • By Armani 2023-09-01 23:50:15

      Been waiting for the final climax result HE. ....

    • By Leone 2023-06-23 14:19:44

      "Have you ever been terrified of waking up, sweating with fear?" "Have you ever lay in bed and looked out the window, where the light of the lamp was shining, and you started to wonder: Is it dark or dawn? Dawn or dusk? "Samsung, told a low-conflict story with high emotions. In the end, the male protagonist threw the cigarette butt into the wine glass, saying goodbye to the past. The film's preaching is heavy, and it has strong practical significance for reflecting on the alcoholism problem in...

    • By Rodrigo 2023-02-26 23:47:42

      The alcoholism of the refined man is a metaphor. The plot is like the "wicked little circles" under the wine glass are loops, alcohol addiction, forgetfulness, writing, pawning (especially the redemption gun) are loops. Until finally the heroine said "now you know how it ends". Tempering center and hallucination dramas are very wicked, the acting is amazing (really hard), the characters are full and reasonable, and it is a great theatrical tradition. The story is small, the melody is correct,...

    • By Rosanna 2023-01-27 07:20:15

      It's very uncomfortable to watch, the way of film noir, dealing with personal inner problems (alcohol addiction), shooting a kind of tortured psychological depth, interlocking cup marks, walking figures, shaky will (The hallucination coat in the toast song is so cartoony), the close-up phone transitions in the mirror, corresponding to "wake up without knowing the dawn and dusk, the horror is the dawn", this kind of experience of gradually sinking in the downtown is quite literary (and The...

    • By Travon 2023-01-01 10:28:45

      An excellent response to alcoholism, a film noir that is essentially about a person. Camera movement and shadows are used at a natural high level, but does such a happy ending really fit the essence of film noir? The first half uses the metaphor of a circle, so the male protagonist should repeat this desperate but more real...

    Movie plot

    Don Burnham is a talented intellectual. He showed his outstanding writing talent in college, and his works are often published in college magazines. However, he is also a person whose self-esteem is easily impaired, and a little setback is enough to destroy his self-confidence. He has always aspired to be a great writer, but he can't write anything. Don Burniem relied on his younger brother Vic to support him when he was thirty-two.  ....
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    "The Lost Weekend" is a rigorous and refined masterpiece. In addition to editing, directing, and acting, Milos Zrosa's soundtrack and John Seitz's black and white photography also played a role in setting off the atmosphere. In "The Lost Weekend", the most important role is Don Burnham, and his actor Ray Mirren is also highly involved in the role, bringing the spirit and physical behavior of the alcoholic to life. "The Lost Weekend"...
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    Movie quotes

    • Don Birnam: It shrinks my liver, doesn't it, Nat? It pickles my kidneys, yeah. But what it does it do to the mind? It tosses the sandbags overboard so the balloon can soar. Suddenly I'm above the ordinary. I'm competent. Extremely competent! I'm walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. I'm one of the great ones. I'm Michaelangelo, molding the beard of Moses. I'm Van Gogh painting pure sunlight. I'm Horowitz, playing the Emperor Concerto. I'm John Barrymore before the movies got him by the throat. I'm Jesse James and his two brothers, all three of them. I'm W. Shakespeare. And out there it's not Third Avenue any longer, it's the Nile, Nat. The Nile and down into the barge of Cleopatra.

    • Nat: One's too many an' a hundred's not enough.

    • Gloria: Lovely gentleman. He buy's me dimple scotch.

      Don Birnam: He should buy you Indian rubies and villa in Calcutta overlookin' the Ganges

      Gloria: Don't be ridic'.

      Don Birnam: Gloria, please. Why imperil our friendship with these loathsome abbreviations?