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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
The Lost Weekend canonical	20
The Lost Weekend (1945 film)	1
The Lost Weekend (novel)	1
The Lost Weekend (uncredited appearance)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ film noir ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Charles R. Jackson ⓘ
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 ⓘ surface form: Palme d'Or
basedOn	The Lost Weekend self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Lost Weekend (novel)
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
character	Don Birnam ⓘ
cinematographer	John F. Seitz ⓘ
composer	Miklós Rózsa ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Billy Wilder ⓘ
distributor	Paramount Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Jane Wyman → notableWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Billy Wilder → notableWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Billy Wilder → directed → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Howard Da Silva → notableWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

The Lost Weekend → basedOn → The Lost Weekend self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Lost Weekend (novel)

Ray Milland → notableWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Ray Milland → awardReceivedFor → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Samuel Wilder → notableWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Sarah Jane Mayfield → notableWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Phillip Terry → notableWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Frank McHugh → notableWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Lost Weekend (uncredited appearance)

Hans Dreier → notableWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Lilian Fontaine → notableWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Miklós Rózsa → notableWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Ian Wolfe → notableWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Farther and Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson → about → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Daniel Mandell → edited → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Doane Harrison → notableWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Don Birnam → appearsIn → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Lost Weekend (1945 film)

Charles Brackett → notableWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

Angel Bismark Curiel → hasWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

John F. Seitz → notableWork → The Lost Weekend ⓘ

John F. Seitz → workedOn → The Lost Weekend ⓘ