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The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

Drama • NR • 1945 • 1 hr 41 min
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7.1
IMDb
7.9

Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.

Starring

Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling

Directed By

Billy Wilder

Written By

Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder

Attributes

SimpleSlowDarkWatch By Myself

Genre

Drama

Release Date

November 29, 1945

User Reviews

Parios Williams
Parios Williams
One of my favorite movies of all time. A story of true alcoholism and self doubt. How a creative mind can take hold of your life.
Alan John Gerstle
Alan John Gerstle
Film focused on tribulations of an alcoholic. Appreciate the craft. As someone without a history of substance abuse, I was not so riveted.
Emil Engen
Emil Engen
One of the greatest films about addiction. A pertinacious and unabashedly cynical one at that.
Jared
Jared
The ending feels a little contrived, but it's still one of the Billy Wilder classics. One of the great films about substance abuse.
Drew
Drew
Transformational film about an alcoholic’s Lost Weekend. Remarkably frank and horrifying for 1945. Related deeply to Billy Wilder’s script.
Bukyansha
Bukyansha
Ahead of its time with a fair depiction of alcoholism in film for 1945 with some great performances.
Will Tyer
Will Tyer
Dated but harrowing view of alcoholism and relationships.
Talia
Talia
A masterpiece The lost weekend is a statement about alcoholism that still relevant today more then 50 years after it was released
ErwinWH
ErwinWH
A well acted and different take on the problems of alcohol. A nightmare by the brilliant Wilder
Sam
Sam
Depicts addiction in a sympathetic yet accurate way.

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Ratings
10 (3%)
46 (14%)
198 (59%)
82 (24%)
7.1 – Based on 335 ratings
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Family
19%
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Trailer
The Lost Weekend (1945) ORIGINAL TRAILER
Featurette
Mark Pellington on THE LOST WEEKEND

Cast & Crew

Billy Wilder
Billy
Wilder
Ray Milland
Ray
Milland
Jane Wyman
Jane
Wyman
Phillip Terry
Phillip
Terry
Howard Da Silva
Howard Da Silva
Doris Dowling
Doris
Dowling
Frank Faylen
Frank
Faylen
Mary Young
Mary
Young
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Anita
Sharp-Bolster
Lillian Fontaine
Lillian
Fontaine
Frank Orth
Frank
Orth
Charles Brackett
Charles
Brackett
Billy Wilder
Billy
Wilder

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