The Lost Weekend

The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout. The Lost Weekend is a 1946 American English-language Drama Film-Noir film featuring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen and Audrey Young. The movie is based on The Lost Weekend by Charles R. Jackson. The Lost Weekend was Produced by Charles Brackett. The Lost Weekend is written by Charles R. Jackson, Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder and it is directed by Billy Wilder. Paramount Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The Lost Weekend was released on 1st January 1946 and takes a screen time of 99 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. The Lost Weekend was made on a budget of $1 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $11 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. Cinematography was done by John F. Seitz and editing by Doane Harrison. The music was composed by Mikl S R Zsa. At the 1946 Oscar Awards It won 4 awards including: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Ray Milland), Best Picture, Best Director and Best Writing, Screenplay. At the 1946 Cannes Film Festival It also won an award for Feature Film.
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