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Days of Wine and Roses, 1962

Starring: Jack Lemmon, Jack Klugman

Directed by: Blake Edwards

Written by: J. P. Miller

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 117 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.9

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Days of Wine and Roses can be described as bleak, clever, and emotional. The plot revolves around a downfall, alcohol abuse, and a destructive relationship. The main genres are drama and romance. In approach, Days of Wine and Roses is serious and realistic. It is located in San Francisco. It takes place in the 1960s. Visually, Days of Wine and Roses is black and white. It is a remake. The movie has received attention for being an Oscar winner and critically acclaimed. Note that Days of Wine and Roses involves drugs/alcohol.

Summary of Days of Wine and Roses

Blake Edwards's disturbing adaptation of J.P. Miller's PLAYHOUSE 90 story, starring Jack Lemmon as Joe Clay, remains an anomaly in a body of work largely devoted to comedy. Clay, a San Francisco public relations man who likes to hoist a few, meets secretary Kirsten Arnesen (Lee Remick), who doesn't drink, and after a short time they marry. After a few more months, Kirsten is able to put away as much liquor as her husband. As the years pass, Joe loses one job after another and his wife neglects their child until he begins to realize that both of them are alcoholics. They move into her father's (Charles Bickford) nursery to dry out, but following a couple of weeks of sobriety, they go on a binge. Joe nearly destroys a greenhouse in a fanatical search for a bottle and ends up in hospital ward. Former alcoholic Jim Hungerford (Jack Klugman) tries to persuade Joe to join an organization ro help deal with his problem, but Kirsten coaxes him back to the bottle. Lemmon is at his best and Remick has rarely been better in this shattering portrait of a couple consumed by addiction. Refreshingly free of the moralistic clichés of this genre, its depiction of the glamor enjoyed by drinking in previous decades throws light on the ease with which many were able to slide into oblivion.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	26 December 1962
Runtime:	117 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

Awards

Awarded Best Original Song at the 1962 Academy Awards

Henry Mancini for Best Original Song at the 1962 Academy Awards

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Jack Lemmon

as Joe Clay

Jack Klugman

as Jim Hungerford

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I am a recovering alcoholic, and to me, there is nary a better and more honest portrayal of alcoholism on film. It follows the truest and most common descent into the disease, and then chronicles an ideal (and not uncommon) re-ascent to sanity. The... Read and rate it

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