Off The Wagon | Days of Wine and Roses | Warner Archive

Days of Wine and Roses (1962) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #DaysofWineandRoses
When Blake Edwards' powerful film of J.P. Miller's heartrending teleplay Days of Wine and Roses hit movie screens, it won critical raves, box-office success and shone brightly as a career highlight for its two stars, Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick, playing a couple caught in alcoholism's web. A San Francisco public-relations hotshot is a "social" drinker...who never stops socializing. His vivacious wife starts drinking to keep him company. They live for good times. But eventually good times turn bad.
Directed By Blake Edwards
Starring Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford
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[@franceskronenwett3539]

This is one of the best films I have ever watched. The scene where Joe is trying to find the hidden bottle in the greenhouse is horrendous.

[@jennydoucette2538]

i can relate to him!

[@mauricioduron3193]

Rather an Oscar pitch? Somewhat obvious, but perhaps director Blake Edwards could have toned it down a notch. Ray Milland in 'The Lost Weekend' was less over the top and the Academy rewarded him fairly.

[@edkeaton]

And don't forget his scene in the violent ward where his character Joe Clay is suffering the effects of the DTs, while in a straitjacket. That was a very powerful scene and can be very hard to watch. You really feel for Joe in that scene, and you just hope and pray that he gets some help.

[@plasticweapon]

@@mauricioduron3193 oscar pitch my ass. jack lemmon was a real alchoholic. that give you some perspective?

[@maureenogorman8740]

That is a scene that breaks my heart so much.

[@madeleinebaier5347]

I'm an alcoholic who by the grace of God, will have 15 years sober on June 11th. It's been a long strange trip to say the least, but what gets me through it is I only have to do it one day at a time, one hour at a time, Hell one minute at a time if need be. Also, remembering that NOTHING and NO ONE is EVER worth picking up that first drink.

[@myimorata7678]

It probably doesn't mean much, but I admire you and I hope and pray for you. I watched an uncle drink nearly a quart of vodka a day until he died. At the end, he was a mad lush, laughing and crying all at once. It was terrifying. Stay strong, my friend and never take that drink.

[@malchalati]

Congrats! I have heard horror stories about alcoholism. So, congrats on how strong you are. You are an inspiration.

[@madeleinebaier5347]

@@myimorata7678 thank you! I'm so sorry you had to watch what happened to your uncle. Your support means a lot.

[@madeleinebaier5347]

@doomgoddess1405 exactly.

[@madeleinebaier5347]

@@malchalati thank you, Michael. My strength comes from God but I appreciate your kind words!

[@steve3439]

One of the greatest films ever made.

[@SnowGiant.9]

😽💦😋🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@lr8868]

Should be required viewing for all middle schoolers, IMHO

[@randywhite3947]

I just got done watching it and I agree

[@eddpower5425]

This is absolutely harrowing. Lee and Jack totally deserved the praise for their performances in this movie. And to think she started out with a Brandy Alexander and oh how rapidly her alcoholism took hold. It's the sad reality of it unfortunately.

[@kenthuang436]

The woman that helped my dad raise me and my sister quickly became dependent on having two glasses of wine after work everyday and actually stole my money to fuel her addiction. She was highly functional and was able to go to work and do what she needed to without anyone realizing she had been drinking the night before.

[@Yasine13]

WoW did she act drunk or did she really drink up before acting,because it must be the best drunk acting i ever seen

[@m.e.d.7997]

Lee Remick did a phenomenal job in this film along with Jack Lemmon.

[@myimorata7678]

The late Lee Remick. She was marvelous in this movie. The equal to Jack Lemmon. Her character to so sick from liquor, so alone, so doomed. It's a heartbreaking portrayal that is, at times, difficult to watch.

[@m.e.d.7997]

She was talented and beautiful

[@LPMAN02]

RIP Jack Lemmon (February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001), aged 76 And RIP Lee Remick (December 14, 1935 - July 2, 1991), aged 55 You both will always be remembered as legends.

[@markwhitman9029]

She didn't get drunk to do this scene.Lee was a masterclass of acting in this movie. My sympathy was always with her in this scene and the final scene where she almost goes into Debbie's room but turns around and says " I can't, I can't " when she walks down that lonely street you always hopes she gets better later on

[@michellebove9734]

Saddest ending in a movie. I cry so hard every time.💔

[@chambeet]

Both of them are just so damn good in this movie. Very powerful.

[@collector8781]

I can't get through this clip without crying...Addiction destroys so many lives.

[@harryohrn6051]

Bill Withers wrote the classic "Aint No Sunshine" after he watched this film

[@elitennant1550]

You serious? Had no idea

[@Moledmc]

Are you sure it wasn't 'Lovely Day'? 😆

[@pedrobakale7180]

2:24 Lemmon's work is prodigious, but Remmick's is out of this world, her face directly reminiscent of that of a beggar or a drug addict, what she interpretively does is admirable

[@ChrisSunfield]

Lee Remick should have gotten an Oscar for this. Her performance hits so close to home (personally) for me.

[@mariabartusiak6947]

One of the best films I’ve ever watched. Superb acting by both.

[@garykerkstra1067]

Still a powerful movie.

[@LukeLovesRose]

Everyone in AA should have to watch this movie. It's a perfect representation of being an alcoholic.

[@LukeLovesRose]

@@omi_god So? I think this movie has a great score

[@bradleymikon1435]

It’s not necessarily a perfect representation of AA. It could confuse people who are newer.

[@PonderousProse]

"The Lost Weekend" is also on the list.

[@ianedwards4400]

The film - Days of Wine & Roses - was made with so great a passion that it even filled the cracks in the structure. Most people tend to look at life through rose-tinted glasses implying that nothing untoward could happen to them. When a guy/gal take a sip of their first tipple, they fly high. But, gradually, one drink is not enough for them to attain that euphoric state. This leads to many more sessions, when they realize, too late, that they are addicted. Lee Remick, in all her vehicles as an actor, conjured up a cheerful, radiant face that was untouched by bitterness. In Days, she gave us a taste of intensity - a searing, soul-bearing passion. Remick's character is full of frailties and she articulates the angst of a tortured soul that journeys between heaven and hell. She was in the throes of a long, hard battle against her addiction to alcohol and her valiant husband's devotion tries to pull her back from the brink, but in vain. The story-telling is embossed with naked realism, rawness and brutal honesty and is terribly disturbing at times. Never in the history of movie-making has there been a film to equate itself with Days of Wine & Roses. See this film and give up drinking for good may be its motto.

[@dessy844]

1:05 . Always gets to me, ... So sad to think that to this day millions are using alcohol to escape the misery of their life. This is one of my all time favorite movie ❤️

[@43jaygee]

A must see film for anyone who loves a great drama with terrific acting. Three of the best and all from Massachusetts. Jack from Newton, Lee from Quincy and Charles Bickford from my city of Cambridge.

[@poetcomic1]

Jack was IN LOVE with her. Really. Didn't do anything about it but that is what makes the movie live.

[@randalllaue4042]

Had to let her go... had a child.

[@edkeaton]

Both Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick's portrayals of an alcoholic couple were quite convincing and genuine. Their Oscar nominations are well deserved and Blake Edwards direction was very harrowing and profound.

[@markwhitman72]

Lee was brilliant in this scene and any other year would have won the Oscar! One finds most drunks cloying but nothing but sympathy for her here!!

[@johnjarou2357]

mark Whitman agreed. should have won an Oscar for this scene alone!

[@paulchristman2456]

Mark Whitman Lee definitely deserved the Oscar that year. Anne Bancroft was adequate in "The Miracle Worker" and won, but Geraldine Page was much better in "Sweet Bird of Youth". So was Katherine Hepburn in "Long Day's Journey Into Night". Bette Davis was sure as hell a lot of fun in " Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" ("Hey Blanche, ya know we got rats in the cellar? ".

[@ronaldososa]

Bette Davis thought she was going to win it, but she said that if someone was going to beat her it would be Lee. In the end neither won.

[@randywhite3947]

The best actress race that year was arguably the best ever.

[@barrymack9516]

A great movie that will always be great .. Lee Remick Jack Lemmon 👍🏻👍🏻

[@user-us5pv8zw3z]

I’m an alcoholic. I currently have 17 years sober, but it’s still a battle. Some days, I have to take it one second at a time. The lure that alcohol has over me has never diminished. I pray that with the continuing help of AA and,my sponsor, I can continue to fight against this horrific disease.

[@CiceroLounge]

One of the best classic films of all time - i cry when i hear her say life is gray coz i know this... so wonderful how this movie captured all the emotions...By the way you Guys at Warner Brothers rock for giving us guys this...

[@kenhernandez8128]

One of the best movies ever

[@jewgirl952]

Jack Lemmon was such an amazing actor that this movie nearly sent him over the edge, because he put so much of himself into the role!

[@michellebove9734]

I saw this movie for the first time when I was 12. My dad recommended it. He told me it was about alcoholism. My dad was an alcoholic and he wanted me to know how bad it was for him. We both cried so hard at the end. When I see it now and anytime in between over the years, I sob so hard. What a truly sad ending. Alcoholism is a very sad dibilitating disease. It destroys families and health. Thank God for Bill Wilson and the life and hope of AA.

[@louisgonzalez8846]

It was quite a performance she gave. But one does realize she truly was "an american beauty". Much like Doris Day or Diane Mcbain. And a great actress as well.

[@robertschroder4797]

The acting and the message sent in this movie was ahead of it’s time when it comes to addiction. I was 7 yrs old watching this with my parents, while they each had a drink in there hands. The message was not received for them sadly.

[@UnitedRoad1987]

Today is my rock bottom, i got 14months sobriety under my belt then decided to lift the drink again, today i start my new sober life

[@johnjarou2357]

good luck Busby. i know all about it, all too well. to be honest, i don't attend AA meetings or anything of the sort at this time. but i'm not knocking it, know that! i have not been to them in many years ago(court ordered, not for alcohol, but another drug of choice, which shall go unmentioned) anyway, i found the meetings not to be unbearable, and sometimes even entertaining! one big concern i remember, was not missing the 2 mandated meetings, that i was supposed to make every week, or my probation would be off. car trouble, or some other unforeseen thing could, put you in a LOT of trouble! this was is in the mid/late 90s. long story short, i know.

[@UnitedRoad1987]

@@johnjarou2357 cheers , I'm 6weeks sober today 🙂

[@Hannah-qg2mm]

@@UnitedRoad1987 amazing!

[@UnitedRoad1987]

@@Hannah-qg2mm thank you 🙂 x

[@robertgraham5709]

Keep going.

[@pedrobakale7180]

Joe Clay gets a really tough lesson in the movie, especially in this particular scene and how blackmail (or sympathy) can lead to addictions.

[@michaeloram6957]

I was an alcoholic at one time I haven't had a drink in 10 years but I do know where this movie is coming out of yes I was in love with her alcoholic and she's dead today watching this movie for sales in my eyes I lost my doll cohol we were very much in love the sad thing I know she's in heaven now like I all I can say is God bless them I still love her

[@normandunnaganjr.5034]

Words from the heart.

[@patriciaolson1852]

My mother's and father's story, childhood of terror. . . . I never have known why as an adult woman I order Brandy Alexanders (quite occasional dinner). I remembered tonight. Both are now passed. I am old. I loved my mama greatly still and feel great guilt for not somehow helping and getting her away from him. Is it true for any of you with like childhoods that 40, 50 years after it can still hurt so much?

[@janewalmsley1013]

I think it's trashed my life having drunks for parents oh god the things I had to do to survive. It haunts me still.

[@mwmann]

As a Texan I must admit there's something about our New England states that produce the greatest actors and actresses and some of the greatest musicians in the world, not just in the United States.

[@nicholasprakash3411]

I've had friends that were alcoholic, and it's not easy to fall in when they're drinking. I fortunately only got drunk, and never fell into alcoholism.

[@acdragonrider]

My friends all drink and also always never gave a damn about the alcohol age rules. I cared about the rules and also never want to drink alcohol. I hate alcohol, and the culture it breed so much.

[@JackPlatt]

This film moves me to tears! One of the greatest films ever made about alcoholism ever made! This is the pain, horror, and sadness of addiction.

[@mariecait]

I’m close to 3 years sober from drinking. To anyone who’s not alcoholic. This is very close to the reality. Don’t drink.

[@kenchamberlain2552]

watched this whole movie in alchohol diversion class.

[@preciousbodilyfluid1]

My mum (mom for you Americans) named me Kirsten, after this character. Unfortunately, I''m starting to live up to the character's arc.

[@hebneh]

"I wanna cigarette" - when alcohol addiction had rightfully been recognized as deadly and destructive, but tobacco addiction was considered to be completely OK.

[@Zeppolino100]

I could never have given up Lee Remick!

[@kenhernandez8128]

He got sober and wouldn't give it up for anyone

[@zejaguar]

I first saw this film waaay back when I was a child. I did not understand everything but, I did understand the emotions.

[@sallybowles2781]

I can t even watch this movie, the spectacle of alchool abuse makes me really depressed, pity because these are top class performances

[@acdragonrider]

Alcohol fills me with disgust.

[@randalllaue4042]

Haunting...

[@jerseypooh4664]

Would love to watch the full movie. Love the tune too.

[@lisaterry2387]

Fabulous acting........Lee Remick is so beautiful

[@charlescopenhagen6198]

Unbelievable job of acting! So good that you didn’t realize that they were acting!

[@donmenza147]

Director Blake Edwards became a non-drinker a year after completing the film and went into substance-abuse recovery. He said that he and Jack Lemmon were heavy drinkers while making the film.[

[@hebneh]

I was fortunate to always be mostly on the edges of all this evil and madness, but I certainly had to deal with it in varying ways. I think most of those people are dead by now, the ones who couldn't stop. Or they stopped, but the physical and mental damage had already happened.

[@lorrainenoneofyourbusiness]

This is what my husband told me. He watched this but I didnt. He died. I lived but now I'm doing it again.

[@robertgraham5709]

This hits close to home.

[@shegoglavern9228]

Love this movie...PERIODT

[@stxa2594]

"Mis-ter Booze, Mister Booze ... Mister Bee, double-O, zee, e-e-e-ee!"

[@ashleybreckheimer1387]

This movie To the heart n through the bottle ❤

[@acdragonrider]

This is why I hate any form of addiction as well as alcohol. It's the worst and if it were on me, I would destroy alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, e cigarettes. All of it. Straight to hell!

[@autumnmeadows4079]

I feel so badly for alcoholics

[@acdragonrider]

If you feel bad for it, don't drink and destroy alcohol. It shouldn't exist. No reason for it to exist. Get rid of all forms of addiction. Why is Marijuana being made legal?! Destroy marijuana, burn it all. Burn heroin, burn Opium, burn crack.

[@jeffgreen7499]

Please stop drinking...here, have a cigarette.

[@oldestgamer]

If you want to see a similar, heartbreaking movie about addiction and it's costs, check out the Australian film "Candy", with the great Geoffrey Rush. Just devastating, and much like DOWAR, the happiness of the couple soon falls into the pit of horror. Based on a true story, Candy herself said that as bad as it looked in the film, the reality was 50,000x worse!

[@amiblueful]

This scene and the last one are so sad. He basically strong-armed her into being his drinking buddy when she was reluctant, then he got sober and she didn't. I wish he had at least acknowledged that.

[@sheg1969]

Me too...

[@fredgwynn8933]

Men in the 60s

[@jerrybeaver4677]

Very hard scene to watch what booze can do is you great actors

[@phillyboylaboy]

Great movie. 🙂 needs a modern day remake? 🤔

[@jwac3io]

One is too many; and 100 is not enough.

[@santyclos1302]

I can sum up this movie with these few words: it's all Joe Clay's fault.

[@jamesdrynan]

It's just that easy to start back.

[@mm2200]

What does she say at the beginning?

[@vogelfrau2425]

Alcoholism is so hopeless to me. Can't stand it.

[@acdragonrider]

Same! I would burn it, cigarettes and drugs all to hell if I could. But a lot of people would hate me so I will let them go. But I don't drink and don't intend to make drinking a part of my life as long as I live. I have only had a few glasses of champagne at weddings sip of whisky. Whisky tastes like piss.

[@lisaprince5767]

Two parts to my comment here.. 1. He NEVER accepted ANY responsibility for his wife's own alcoholism. Even though it began with him coercing her to join him in drinking. 2. The moment he had attempted to pressure her into joining him on his drunken binges..she should have taken her daughter and blazed. Even though women didn't have the options for independence back then that they do now...women still made it on their own under worse circumstances. A red flashing light like alarm bells clanging should have sounded...that all he was going to do was pull her down

[@johnjarou2357]

Lisa, i think your missing something here. the story was wrote that way ON PURPOSE! yes, Joe introduced her to alcohol, when she really had no interest in it , to begin with. and yes, later, he was the one saying he could not live with her if she was going to continue to drink. there is definitely an irony there! anyway you cut it, i still think it's a fine fine movie!!

[@andreadanielczyk7388]

Don't drink alcohol!!! Or smoke!!!

[@jerrybeaver4677]

Very sad and heartbreaking movie show what booze can do to the human mind destroying everything

[@edwardgoering1237]

I lived this episode ! When it turned BAD I was hard and I didn't care No Car but I beat any car with my Italian Racer Bi-cycle or Hell I'd just Hump it being former Marine Work if nothing came my way I had a small chain saw and trimm dead wood for a couple Hundred sell Firewood

[@kell_checks_in]

Got here after watching the Season 6 Better Call Saul trailer. Oh, crap, it's not going to be good for Kim.

[@patrickhicks9880]

It's hard to watch when you've seen the real horrors alcohol can do I've never associated alcohol with pleasure

[@LMM0716]

He killed her

[@markwhitman9029]

No Joe didn't kill her but he did get her started. Afterwards he tried to help her get betterand TRULY loved her but she couldn't face reality> That in itself was the tragedy. Her last scene in the apartment almost changed her but not going into Debbie"s room sealed the deal for her. I always hoped she get better like Jack did!

[@SnowGiant.9]

My ideal wife.🍺

[@Hannah-qg2mm]

An alcoholic?

[@randywhite3947]

A alcoholic?

[@mgsparky8870]

Mind blowing and terrifying.