The lost weekend

The lost weekend [videorecording] / a Paramount Picture ; screen play by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder ; produced by Charles Brackett ; directed by Billy Wilder. - Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios, c2000. - 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. - Award winners . - Award winners (Universal City Studios) .

Originally released as a motion picture in 1945. Based on the novel by Charles Jackson. Special features include: Theatrical trailer ; production notes on the making of the film ; cast & filmmakers biographies ; film highlights.

Director of photography, John F. Seitz ; editing, Doane Harrison ; music, Miklos Rozsa. Director of photography, John F. Seitz ; editing, Doane Harrison ; music, Miklos Rozsa.

Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Mary Young, Anita Bolster, Lilian Fontaine, Frank Orth, Lewis L. Russell.

A would-be writer's dissatisfaction with his life leads him on a three-day binge. This film gives an uncompromising look at the devastating effects of alcoholism.

Not rated by MPAA.


DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation.


English, Spanish or French language soundtracks with optional subtitles in Spanish and French ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.

0783252838 9780783252834

21153 Universal Studios


Alcoholism--Drama.
Alcoholics--Drama.
Authors--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--United States--Drama.
Alcoholismo--Teatro.
Alcohâolicos--Teatro.
Autores--Teatro.
Alcoholism--Drama.
Alcoholics--Drama.
Authors--Drama.


Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

CM DVD 00565

791.43/72