"I'm not a drinker--I'm a drunk." These words, and the serious message behind them, were ... more
still potent enough in 1945 to shock audiences flocking toThe Lost Weekend. The speaker is Don Birnam (Ray Milland), a handsome, talented, articulate alcoholic. Th...
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"I'm not a drinker--I'm a drunk." These words, and the serious message behind them, were ... more
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Don Birnam long-time alcoholic has been "on the wagon" for ten days and seems to be over ... more
the worst; but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother Wick and girlfriend Helen he begins a four-day bende...
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Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Advantages: Cheap Disadvantages: tacky, scary and a bit too graphic in parts
Price: £4.99
Place of Purchase: Blockbuster
Certificate: 18
Lanuage: Japanese
Subtitles: Yes - English
Running time: Almost 2 hours
Bought by one of our housemates who absolutely adores anything japanese, manga or oriental this is a japanese movie with english subtitles. We were made to watch this DVD he single handedly picked out from our local blockbuster video store (quite possibly the sale bin, however i never asked). I really regret agreeing to watch it now, however i was drawn in my the fact that he had bought us all 'cinema sweet' popcorn and two tubs of our favourite flavour Ben and Jerry's to accompany it.
I am writing this review, a scared woman who lost 40 minutes of her life to this film, and only doing so to warn others who may be curious or attracted to it's mysterious title 'the lost virgin'. Soundingly innocent ...
Advantages: Great cast Disadvantages: Confusing unless you're up on your Cold War politics
, but current affairs of the 1980s Cold War are no longer commonplace in our society. I am lucky with this in that I have read a lot on Cold War, particularly as a student, but even so, I was confused. A lack of explanation and a certain amount of confusion at the end of the film surprises me of a director of Sam Peckinpah's pedigree.
The film touches deeply on the Cold War and media manipulation, but it is definitely a film of its time. It is very political, and if you not aware of Cold War politics and the state of the media at the time, you will be lost.
DVD Extras
This is the one-disc version of the film, and as such the only extra is a version of the film with audio commentary by Peckinpah as well as a selection of 4 historians. This appeased me somewhat, as it does explain a lot.
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Advantages: Fantastic special-effects... Disadvantages: Will Ferrell
Director: Brad Silberling
Writers: Chris Henchy & Dennis McNicholas
Genre: Sci-Fi ? Comedy ? Adventure ? Fantasy
Country: USA
Certification: 12+
Language: English
DVD Release: TBC
MAIN CAST:
Will Ferrell [Dr. Rick Marshall]
Anna Friel [Holly Cantrell]
Danny McBride [Will Stanton]
Jorma Taccone [Cha-Ka]
John Boylan [Enik]
Dr. Rick Marshall, well known quack? um? scientist? expert, supposedly, in the field of tachyons, time travel, time warps? whatever? is ridiculed not only by his peers, but by his students as well ? until Holly Cantrell, not such a bright light herself, approaches him with a discovery she made that proves that his theory is right. Holly urges him to create a tachyon amplifier, which he does, and together they head out to the Devil?s Cave [an attraction somewhere in the middle of absolutely ...
Ray Milland stars as alcoholic writer Don Birnam in Billy Wilder's first unabashedly dramatic film, and one of the first to deal in such painstaking detail with the disease of alcoholism. Don shares an apartment in New York City in the 1940s with his brother Wick (Phillip Terry) who has his hands full trying to deal with his brother's drinking problem. One night, Don encourages his brother to take his girlfriend Helen St. James (Jane Wyman) to hear some music only so that he can be out from under their watchful eyes. Taking the money left for the maid, he goes out to buy some liquor, stashing one bottle in the chandelier. When he goes to the bar the next day, Nat (Howard Da Silva), the owner berates him for treating his girlfriend badly and warns him that he's on a path toward death. Don returns to the apartment to try to work on his novel 'The Bottle' but consumed by self-doubt, goes to another bar, and steals a woman's purse to buy a drink. As the weekend wears on, his spiral downward continues apace. Although dated in some respects, the film's unadorned portrait of the relentless torture that is alcoholism still packs a powerful punch thanks to Wilder's sharp script, the deep-focus camerawork of John Seitz, and a career performance by Ray Milland.
Ray Milland stars as alcoholic writer Don Birnam in Billy Wilder's first unabashedly dramatic film, and one of the first to deal in such painstaking detail with the disease of alcoholism. Don shares an apartment in New York City in the 1940s with his brother Wick (Phillip Terry) who has his hands full trying to deal with his brother's drinking problem. One night, Don encourages his brother to take his girlfriend Helen St. James (Jane Wyman) to hear some music only so that he can be out from under their watchful eyes. Taking the money left for the maid, he goes out to buy some liquor, stashing one bottle in the chandelier. When he goes to the bar the next day, Nat (Howard Da Silva), the owner berates him for treating his girlfriend badly and warns him that he's on a path toward death. Don returns to the apartment to try to work on his novel 'The Bottle' but consumed by self-doubt, goes to another bar, and steals a woman's purse to buy a drink. As the weekend wears on, his spiral downward continues apace. Although dated in some respects, the film's unadorned portrait of the relentless torture that is alcoholism still packs a powerful punch thanks to Wilder's sharp script, the deep-focus camerawork of John Seitz, and a career performance by Ray Milland.
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