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Actors: Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford, Jack Klugman
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Days of Wine and Roses |
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Joe Clay (Lemmon) is a PR man whose latest job is to provide good-looking women for a client's yachting party. He mistakes the client's assistant (Remick) for one of the women thus starting them off on the wrong foot. He tries to apologize and becomes captivated by the straight-laced, strong-minded Kirsten Arnesen.
Joe has to drink and drink hard in his profession. Arnesen is a tee-totaller. In one date, he introduces her to the pleasures of booze and pretty soon, she is learning to keep up with him.
They marry, much to the horror of Kirsten's disapproving father (Bickford), a dutiful father whose flower business is steady. The Clays have a beautiful daughter, but the picture is not rosy. They are deep in the bottle. Their problems have only begun.
This is a gritty, very difficult film to watch. Lemmon gives a masterful performance that still remains in stark contrast to his cheerful comic persona.
--ldpaulson, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Druggie/Wino problems?
- alcohol
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 60%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a fight for survival
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- San Francisco
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- lot of descript of crop raising
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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