Cinema's greatest screen drunks
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10. Will Smith, Hancock
9. Richard E Grant, Withnail and I
8. Dudley Moore, Arthur
7. Steve Buscemi, Trees Lounge
Can he give up his next shot for 10 bucks? Nope. He’s a weak man. “That’s why I drink it straight. The ice cubes are too heavy.”
6. Joan Allen, Upside of Anger
Abandoned by her philandering husband, Joan Allen’s desperate Detroit housewife Terry is cinema’s Smirnoff Ice queen: “Your father’s a vile, selfish pig. But I’m not going to trash him to you girls.”
5. Val Kilmer, Tombstone
4. Billy Bob Thornton, Bad Santa
Ah, Christmas… ’tis the season to be jolly. Stuff your mince pies and brandy butter, we’re talking real Yuletide over-indulgence.
You roll into work on Christmas Eve drunk, put on your Santa costume, beat up stuffed reindeer and scare the little ’uns off sitting on your knee (“I think I peed myself!”). It’s not a ‘wonderful life’ and Mrs Claus is filing for divorce.
3. Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend
2. Will Ferrell, Old School
1. Nicholas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas
‘Cage’s alcoholic screenwriter stumbles through 12 steps to death. “You can never, ever, ask me to stop drinking,” he tells Elisabeth Shue. “I know,” she replies sadly, watching him slip away with each glug of grog.
An inebriated love story that’ll curl your liver, it’s best watched with a tissue… and a glass of water.
10. Will Smith, Hancock
9. Richard E Grant, Withnail and I
8. Dudley Moore, Arthur
7. Steve Buscemi, Trees Lounge
Can he give up his next shot for 10 bucks? Nope. He’s a weak man. “That’s why I drink it straight. The ice cubes are too heavy.”
6. Joan Allen, Upside of Anger
Abandoned by her philandering husband, Joan Allen’s desperate Detroit housewife Terry is cinema’s Smirnoff Ice queen: “Your father’s a vile, selfish pig. But I’m not going to trash him to you girls.”
5. Val Kilmer, Tombstone
4. Billy Bob Thornton, Bad Santa
Ah, Christmas… ’tis the season to be jolly. Stuff your mince pies and brandy butter, we’re talking real Yuletide over-indulgence.
You roll into work on Christmas Eve drunk, put on your Santa costume, beat up stuffed reindeer and scare the little ’uns off sitting on your knee (“I think I peed myself!”). It’s not a ‘wonderful life’ and Mrs Claus is filing for divorce.
3. Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend
2. Will Ferrell, Old School
1. Nicholas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas
‘Cage’s alcoholic screenwriter stumbles through 12 steps to death. “You can never, ever, ask me to stop drinking,” he tells Elisabeth Shue. “I know,” she replies sadly, watching him slip away with each glug of grog.
An inebriated love story that’ll curl your liver, it’s best watched with a tissue… and a glass of water.
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