The Lost Weekend is a movie directed by Billy Wilder in 1945 and based on the book of the same name by Charles Jackson, first published in 1944. The movie features Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, and others.
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Storyline
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst… but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
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Movie vs Book
Year
1945
Minutes
101
Movie Rate
7.90
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Lost Weekend
Director: Billy Wilder
Country: USA
Year: 1945
Length: 1h41m
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Year
1944
Pages
248
Book Rate
8.10
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Book
The Lost Weekend
Author: Charles Jackson
Country: USA
First published in: 1944
Length: 248 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“In a movie, you need good actors, whereas in a book, you don't, unless you have a really bad imagination.”
YANN MARTEL (Writer)
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