Days of Wine and Roses

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Overwrought but effectively engaging, 2008-07-29
This movie is still one of my favorites about the subject of alcoholism. (Tender Mercies is probably the best movie on this subject). The narrative arc is somewhat overwrought. The Jack Lemmon character goes into delirium tremens twice! He does this not after he goes cold turkey and as a result of withdrawal symptoms but after one night of taking up drinking again. That doesn't make sense. Lee Remick's fondness for chocolate as a precursor to possible tendencies to alcoholism I think has been pretty much discredited. Nevertheless, you do wind up caring what happens to the characters. The supporting cast is great. I would recommend the movie.

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I have not gotten it yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 2008-07-19
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PAINTS AND GRAPHIC PICTURE OF ALCOHOLISM!, 2008-06-22
I never saw this film when I was young, but I found it to be truthful for the most part, although I am not an alcoholic I have known many. I have played in bands for 30 years and even though that doesn't mean your a drunk, it does expose you to bars and a party atmosphere. I am one of the lucky ones who could drink my friends under the table, but resume a normal life the next morning. br / br /This film paints a true picture of how hard it is to kick this habit if you truly are an alcoholic! I have never seen such an extreme case, but I'm sure they exist. Lemmon and Remick give excellent performances in this dark tale of dependency and despair. I loved how it showed the characters saying one thing and doing another, which is so true to these diseased individuals. It's heartbreaking and hard to understand looking at it from the outside. The inner fight is constant and leaves the inflicted always aware they are one step away from "falling off the wagon". It is also a very good love story as these two kindered souls mates are each other's own worst enemy. It's a powerful film, well worth watching.

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i knew the child actress when this was being made, 2008-05-05
at the time of the making of this film debbie mc br /gowan was my best friend. i never saw the movie but know enough about it by reading the book. i wasn't allowed to see the movie. i still haven't seen it . even though i have met the actors in real life. both jack lemmon and lee remmick were really alcoholic in real life. debbie and i were not treated so well by our parents. anyway i sure would like to see her again. they always choose redheads for parts, she was really lucky. .i am anxious to rent or buy the film and finally see it.it will probably bring back a lot of memories of being 7 again. they took a long time to finally destribute this film. it's not like today .sometimes produciton took 3 years.Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River and Other Academy Award Winners

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Two comic geniuses make one of the most potent dramas ever, 2008-04-30
Until The Days of Wine and Roses, Jack Lemmon was known by moviegoers as one of the great comic actors creating three of the greatest movie comedies of the late 50's and early 60's - Mister Roberts, Some Like it Hot and The Apartment. Director Blake Edwards was known for his brilliant comedies including Operation Petticoat and Breakfast at Tiffany's. br / br /But when the two got together it was pure drama. Add to this, Lee Remick in her first mainstream starring role. br / br /The Days of Wine and Roses was one of the first films to take on social alcoholism. Joe Clay is an up and coming public relations man in the early 60's when public relations meant getting party girls and drinking the client under the table. At one of these events he meets the straight laced Kirsten. He offends her by assuming she was one of the party girls. But there is something about him that she finds disarming. br / br /Soon they are married and she is pulled into his world of social drinking. But it is worse for her because this was the era of stay at home mother. So she has no outlet and becomes dependant on alcohol to fill her drab day. br / br /They both hit rock bottom. This scene is very scary. But it shows that not only do you have to hit rock bottom but also be ready to start climbing back up. (By the way, when you think they hit rock bottom is not rock bottom! They still have far to go!) br / br /Until this film, most films on alcoholism are about one alcoholic and the girlfriend or spouse that try to save them. This film is more realistic than any before as both main characters slide into the abyss and only have themselves to get out. br / br /Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick are both stunning and deserved their Oscar nominations. This was a turning point in both careers. Lemmon would easily slip from comedy to drama the rest of his career. While Remick would scorch both the big and little screen until her untimely death. br / br /Also, this would be Edward's crowning achievement. He would create great comedies in the future but would never find another drama to surpass this. br / br /And let's not forget Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer's Oscar winning song.