In 1945, Universal Pictures released The Lost Weekend
[left: poster; bottom: still from the film], a hard-hitting film about alcoholism adapted by Billy Wilder and Charles
Brackett from Charles R. Jackson’s novel of the same name
[right: cover].
Wilder was drawn to the material after working on an earlier film with a recovering alcoholic who relapsed during their collaboration. The Lost Weekend starred Ray Milland and Jane Wyman and became a sensation, winning four Oscars [left]:.png)
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor. It was
the first film to win both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the
Palme d’Or (French: Golden Palm)
[right],
the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.* Its realistic
portrayal of alcoholism generated favorable publicity for Alcoholics
Anonymous, prompting three Hollywood studios to offer A.A. as much as
$100,000
[~$1.8 million in 2025]
for the rights to its own story. However, the Alcoholic Foundation
declined to grant those rights.
*Only two other films have achieved this since: Marty (1955) and Parasite (2019).
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Wilder was drawn to the material after working on an earlier film with a recovering alcoholic who relapsed during their collaboration. The Lost Weekend starred Ray Milland and Jane Wyman and became a sensation, winning four Oscars [left]:
.png)
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor. It was
the first film to win both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the
Palme d’Or (French: Golden Palm)
[right],
the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.* Its realistic
portrayal of alcoholism generated favorable publicity for Alcoholics
Anonymous, prompting three Hollywood studios to offer A.A. as much as
$100,000
[~$1.8 million in 2025]
for the rights to its own story. However, the Alcoholic Foundation
declined to grant those rights.
*Only two other films have achieved this since: Marty (1955) and Parasite (2019).
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