Drunks (1996)
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Reviews Counted: 6 Fresh: 3 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 5.5/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Synopsis:
"Drunks" dramatizes an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, from beginning to end, as (fictional) characters discuss their bout with the bottle. The attendees include Jim, who falls off the wagon DURING the meeting; Louis, who is obviously still in denial about his addiction; and Joseph, whose... [More]
"Drunks" dramatizes an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, from beginning to end, as (fictional) characters discuss their bout with the bottle. The attendees include Jim, who falls off the wagon DURING the meeting; Louis, who is obviously still in denial about his addiction; and Joseph, whose drinking caused a drunk-driving death. Others at the meeting, from a twenty-something slacker to a well-to-do doctor, illustrate the wide range of people affected -- and sometimes destroyed -- by alcoholism. [Less]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Richard Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Spalding Gray, Amanda Plummer, Dianne Wiest
Director: Peter Cohn
Composer: Joe Delia
Screenwriter: Gary Lennon
Producer: Larry Meistrich, John N. Hart, Tom Carouso, Irene Landress, Gary Lennon, Shireen Meistrich, Burtt Harris, Peter Cohn
Composer: Joe Delia
Screenwriter: Gary Lennon
Producer: Larry Meistrich, John N. Hart, Tom Carouso, Irene Landress, Gary Lennon, Shireen Meistrich, Burtt Harris, Peter Cohn
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Drunks succeeds in presenting a fictional AA meeting and getting across the idea that alcoholics come from all walks of life...
05/08/05 07:05 AM
Reveals the spiritual underpinnings of AA and the service it provides to those on the path to recovery.
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