The Lost Weekend
Director: Billy Wilder Cast: Ray Milland , Jane Wyman , Howard da Silva , Philip Terry , Doris Dowling
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(Black & White / Pan & Scan / Dolby 5.1 / Mono)
$14.99
- Release Date: 01/02/2002
- UPC: 0025192115325
- Original Release: 1945
- Rating: NR
- Source: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
- Region Code: 1
- Presentation: [B&W, Full Frame]
- Sound: [monaural, Dolby Digital]
- Language: English
- Runtime: 6060
- Sales rank: 22,653
Menu Group #1 with 19 chapter(s) covering 01:40:19
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Spoken Language
English
Captions & Subtitles
English
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Bonus Materials
Theatrical Trailer
Production Notes
Cast and Filmmakers
Ray Milland as Don Birnam
Jane Wyman as Helen St. James
Phillip Berry as Wick Birnam
Howard De Silva as Nat
Doris Dowling as Gloria
Frank Faylen as Bim
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"Billy Wilder's brilliant, trend-setting study of an alcoholic receives an adequate DVD release from Universal. While The Lost Weekend went on to great public and critical acclaim and ended up winning 1945's Oscar for Best Picture, it had been tough for W
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- The Lost Weekend
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Billy Wilder's harrowing case study of a booze-addicted writer, released in 1945 to international acclaim, heralded a new realism in Hollywood dramas; today, more than five decades later, The Lost Weekend retains the power to shock with its uncompromising depiction of alcoholism. Ray Milland won a richly deserved Oscar for his moving portrayal of a drunken scribe who goes on a three-day bender, plunging himself into a nightmarish phantasmagoria. Jane Wyman delivers a first-rate performance as Milland's heartbroken girlfriend, while Howard Da Silva (as a cynical bartender) and Frank Faylen (as a sanitarium attendant) contribute notable supporting turns. The screen adaptation of Charles Jackson's bestselling novel, penned by Wilder and Charles Brackett, deviated somewhat from the original story but sacrificed none of its potency. The film was deemed so effective, in fact, that a consortium of liquor manufacturers offered Paramount five million dollars to suppress it. Ultimately, Wilder's faith in the project was justified by rave reviews and a slew of Academy Awards (including Best Picture). His film pioneered a new type of socially relevant drama, specimens of which periodically issued from Hollywood studios in the post-World War II era. Its historical importance, however, shouldn't obscure the fact that Lost Weekend is, first and foremost, a tremendously entertaining movie. The new DVD release includes production notes, cast and crew biographies, and the original theatrical trailer.