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One of the best drunk acting scenes ever - "Opening Night"(1977)
Youtube ^ | 3/18/2020 | Bumblebert

Posted on 05/04/2021 5:35:21 PM PDT by simpson96

Opening Night is a 1977 American psychological drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes, and starring Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, and Cassavetes. Its plot follows a stage actress who, after witnessing the accidental death of one of her fans, is haunted by a recurring apparition of the deceased woman, spurring a nervous breakdown while she prepares for the premiere of a Broadway play.

One of the best drunk acting scenes ever - "Opening Night"(1977)

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1 posted on 05/04/2021 5:35:21 PM PDT by simpson96
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Nope. Dudley Moore in Arthur is the GOAT of drunk actors.

Honorable mention goes to Karen Allen out-drinking that fat Buddha guy in that scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

2 posted on 05/04/2021 5:37:26 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic: The Internet's 1st social media platform. Since 1996.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I also thought Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” was an excellent drunk.


3 posted on 05/04/2021 5:40:38 PM PDT by RooRoobird20
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To: simpson96
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4 posted on 05/04/2021 5:47:21 PM PDT by BikerTrash
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“Dudley Moore in Arthur is the GOAT of drunk actors.”

Not even close. It’s Peter O’Toole in My Favorite Year.

L


5 posted on 05/04/2021 5:48:33 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: simpson96

Foster Brooks should have made a movie.


6 posted on 05/04/2021 5:49:06 PM PDT by jy8z (When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Dudley Moore was hilarious in that role. I have to see that film again sometime soon.


7 posted on 05/04/2021 5:52:03 PM PDT by simpson96
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Faye Dunaway/ Mickey Rourke in “The Barfly” get a vote.


8 posted on 05/04/2021 5:53:28 PM PDT by logitech
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He was a brilliant director. Gena Rowlands in “A Woman on the Verge”is so raw that it’s painful to watch, but you can’t look away. Peter Falk was amazing too. I need to watch opening night. I always though Cassavetes was gorgeous.


9 posted on 05/04/2021 5:54:23 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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“A Woman Under the Influence.” My brain.....


10 posted on 05/04/2021 5:55:28 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: simpson96

before they started drinking...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt1kK8gsag4


11 posted on 05/04/2021 5:56:14 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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GENA ROWLADS WAS GLORIA...Best Cassevetes movie ever.....


12 posted on 05/04/2021 5:57:25 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (When will the dems turn the US into Venezuela????)
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To: simpson96

I’ve been in a bar with outside stairs just like those at the beginning of the clip. Except there was no stair railing. If you could make it down the stairs without falling, you were considered okay to drive.


13 posted on 05/04/2021 6:03:32 PM PDT by CFW
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Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou has got to be the best and funniest!


14 posted on 05/04/2021 6:03:48 PM PDT by SFConservative
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That sounds like quite a cheerful movie...NOT


15 posted on 05/04/2021 6:07:29 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Lurker

Not even close. It’s Peter O’Toole in My Favorite Year.


YES!!! Peter O’Toole was SO GOOD in this movie!! When he first staggers into a conference room as Alan Swann, one of the King Kaiser show producers says “He’s plastered!!” O’toole responds, “If I were TRULY plastered, could I do THIS?! Hold my sword!” Then he proceeds to do a somersault onto the conference table, rolls perfectly over and lands with a large a movie projector between his stretched-out legs, BARELY missing his crotch—and then he instantly passes out cold in that position. Peter O’Toole was sheer perfection in this movie! He was nominated for an Oscar and he should have won.


16 posted on 05/04/2021 6:08:38 PM PDT by RooRoobird20
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To: simpson96

Martin Sheen, hotel room scene of Apocalypse Now.


17 posted on 05/04/2021 6:09:52 PM PDT by Yardstick
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My favorites are the drunk scenes in “The Best Years of Our Lives”


18 posted on 05/04/2021 6:11:38 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: SFConservative
You'd like a drink better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stub, wouldn't you?

-- Frankie Ballou to Kid Shelleen

Happy birthday dear Frankie, happy birthday to you!

-- Kid Shelleen to Frankie Ballou

One of my favorite movies.

However, for drama nobody beats Frank Sinatra in his portrayal of Joe E. Louis in The Joker Is Wild. "Post time!"

19 posted on 05/04/2021 6:13:32 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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He was a riot!


20 posted on 05/04/2021 6:19:45 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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