Days of Wine and Roses (film)
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| Directed by | Blake Edwards |
| Produced by | Martin Manulis |
| Screenplay by | JP Miller |
| Based on | Days of Wine and Roses by JP Miller |
| Starring |
Jack Lemmon Lee Remick Charles Bickford Jack Klugman Alan Hewitt |
| Music by | Henry Mancini |
| Cinematography | Philip H. Lathrop |
| Edited by | Patrick McCormack |
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Jalem Productions
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time
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117 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $8,123,077 |
Days of Wine and Roses is a 1962 drama film directed by Blake Edwards with a screenplay by JP Miller adapted from his own 1958 Playhouse 90 teleplay of the same name.
The movie was produced by Martin Manulis, with music by Henry Mancini, and features Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford and Jack Klugman. The film depicts the downward spiral of two average Americans who succumb to alcoholism and attempt to deal with their problems.
An Academy Award went to the film's theme music, composed by Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The film received four other Oscar nominations, including Best Actor and Best Actress.
San Francisco public relations executive Joe Clay (Jack Lemmon) meets and falls in love with Kirsten Arnesen (Lee Remick), a secretary. Kirsten is a teetotaler until Joe introduces her to social drinking. She is reluctant at first, but after her first few Brandy Alexanders, she admits that having a drink "made me feel good." Despite the misgivings of Kirsten's father (Charles Bickford), who runs a San Mateo landscaping business, they marry and have a daughter named Debbie.
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