The Lost Weekend

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American film drama film film film noir

The Lost Weekend is a 1945 American film noir drama directed by Billy Wilder that powerfully portrays an alcoholic writer’s harrowing four-day drinking binge.

Aliases (1)

The Lost Weekend (novel) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → drama film → film → film noir →
authorOfSourceWork	Charles R. Jackson NERFINISHED →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Actor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Picture → Palme d'Or →
basedOn	The Lost Weekend (novel) →
blackAndWhite	true →
character	Don Birnam →
cinematographer	John F. Seitz NERFINISHED →
composer	Miklós Rózsa →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Billy Wilder →
distributor	Paramount Pictures →
distributorRegion	United States →
editor	Doane Harrison →
filmFestival	Cannes Film Festival →
follows	four-day drinking binge →
genre	drama film → film noir → psychological drama →
hasFilmRating	Approved (Production Code Administration) →
includedInList	National Film Registry →
mainSubject	alcoholism →
medium	35 mm film →
narrativeFocus	psychological effects of addiction →
notableFor	realistic depiction of alcoholism →
originalLanguage	English →
portraysCharacter	Ray Milland as Don Birnam →
productionCompany	Paramount Pictures →
productionStartYear	1944 →
protagonistOccupation	writer →
publicationDate	1945 →
registryMaintainedBy	Library of Congress →
releaseDate	1945-11-16 →
runtimeMinutes	101 →
screenwriter	Billy Wilder → Charles Brackett →
setInPeriod	1940s →
settingLocation	New York City →
starredActor	Howard Da Silva → Jane Wyman → Phillip Terry → Ray Milland →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Billy Wilder → Howard Da Silva → Jane Wyman → Ray Milland →	notableWork
Ray Milland →	awardReceivedFor
The Lost Weekend ("The Lost Weekend (novel)") →	basedOn
Billy Wilder →	directed