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| Nov 7th 2012, 12:28 |
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Considering Denzel's booze-fueled turn in "Flight," we must seriously consider how drunk with delight Oscar voters get over such roles. Here's my quick list of drunk wins in the past. Am I missing anything? What are the most notable examples of REALLY boozy roles that LOST? DRUNK ROLES: OSCAR WINS Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart - lead Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas - lead Elizabeth Taylor (lead) and Sandy Dennis (supporting), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? James Coburn, Affliction (Upset) - supporting Ray Milland, Lost Weekend - lead Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou (Upset) - lead Gig Young, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - supporting Humphrey Bogart, The African Queen (upset) James Dunn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - supporting Charlize Theron, Monster - lead Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul (1931) - LEAD Wallace Beery - The Champ (1931) - LEAD Thomas Mitchell - Stagecoach (1939) - SUPPORTING Anne Baxter - The Razor's Edge (1946) - SUPPORTING Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul (1931) - LEAD Wallace Beery - The Champ (1931) - LEAD Thomas Mitchell - Stagecoach (1939) - SUPPORTING Anne Baxter - The Razor's Edge (1946) – SUPPORTING Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies
ROLES WITH BIG DRUNK SCENES: Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory (Upset) Claire Trevor, Key Largo Maggie Smith, California Suite Victor McLaglen - The Informer (1935) - LEAD Fredric March - The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - LEAD Frank Sinatra - From Here to Eternity (1953) – SUPPORTING Jessica Lange, Blue Sky  |
| Nov 7th 2012, 12:39 |
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Interesting topic Tom. (hic hic) Both Lee Remick and Jack Lemmon lost for The Days of Wine and Roses Elizabeth Shue in LLV didnt win either. Anne Hathaway's in and out of rehab character in RGM. although I dont think it was simply alcohol intake More later. The Sunne in Splendour; I prefer my Roses White |
| Nov 8th 2012, 17:52 |
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Dorothy Malone in Written on the Wind Jodie Foster in The Accused (drunk scene) Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot (drunk scene) |
| Nov 8th 2012, 19:36 |
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Natalie Portmans character was drunk in Black Swan. |
| Nov 8th 2012, 19:57 |
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I dont see Eileen Heckart up there for The Bad Seed, where she lost to Dorothy Malone for Written on the Wind.
The Sunne in Splendour; I prefer my Roses White |
| Nov 8th 2012, 20:13 |
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I think Dustin Hoffman qualifies in Lenny. He was inebriated during one of his stand ups, was he not? I'm sure Valerie Perrine was inebriated with him. She lost to Ellen Burstyn for Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore. He lost to Art Carney for Harry and Tonto. ETA: Pat Morita has a "drunk" scene in The Karate Kid. He lost to Haing S Ngor for The Killing Fields. The Sunne in Splendour; I prefer my Roses White |
| Nov 9th 2012, 02:46 |
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The following were nominated for performances as alcoholics (recovering or not) or at least with one drunk scene. Bette Davis in both "All About Eve", "The Star" and "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?". For the last one also Victor Buono. Fredric March/James Mason in "A Star is Born". Bing Crosby in "The Country Girl". Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right". Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep in "Ironweed". Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler". Marsha Mason in "Only When I Laugh". Maureen Stapleton in "Interiors". Eileen Brennan in "Private Benjamin". |
| Nov 9th 2012, 03:50 |
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Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon" made a phone call to "David Frost" while drunk.
The Sunne in Splendour; I prefer my Roses White |
| Nov 9th 2012, 05:42 |
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What about drugs in general? (not only alcohol) Meryl was nominated for playing a drug addicted actress in "Postcars from the Edge" (with a terrible snub for Shirley MacLaine) and has a hilarious "high on Orchid dust" scene in "Adaptation".
"My work is for sale, my life.... not."
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| Nov 9th 2012, 09:38 |
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I don't recall her having a drinking scene but in Dreamgirls, Effie states "One night after you hire me, I'll tell you how I blew through half a million dollars in two years...drinking!" |
| Nov 9th 2012, 10:43 |
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I remember when I was a little girl, I watched Miss Susan Hayward in "I'll Cry Tomorrow"....The Best Drunk Ever
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| Nov 9th 2012, 10:55 |
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Thelma Ritter in "Pillow Talk", maybe? Although she mostly walked with a huge headache/hangover to her work, but that was damn funny to watch.
"My work is for sale, my life.... not."
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| Nov 9th 2012, 11:26 |
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I watched HARVEY last night. Jimmy Stewart plays an amiable alcoholic, but he never seems drunk or out-of-control. It is one of those rare performances in which alcoholism is not treated as an illness or personality defect, per se. Stewart was nominated for an Oscar but lost to José Ferrer for Cyrano de Bergerac. TRIVIA TIDBITS OF THE DAY: Ferrer was married (twice) to Rosemary Clooney, which makes him George Clooney's uncle. Ferrer was also married to Phyllis Hill, and to Uta Hagen... |
| Nov 9th 2012, 12:57 |
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The Sunne in Splendour; I prefer my Roses White |
| Nov 9th 2012, 14:36 |
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^You are absolutely correct -- Eileen Heckart as "Mrs Daigle" is perhaps the greatest tragicomedic performance ever!!!
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