Interesting. I found this list of the "best" drunks in the movies. Do you agree or did they miss some?
Don Birnam (Ray Milland) -- "The Lost Weekend" (1945)
Dude (Dean Martin) -- "Rio Bravo" (1959)
Joe and Kirsten Clay (Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick) -- "Days of Wine and Roses" (1962)
John "Bluto" Blutarsky (John Belushi) -- "National Lampoon's Animal House" (1978)
Arthur Bach (Dudley Moore) -- "Arthur" (1981)
Alan Swann (Peter O'Toole) -- "My Favorite Year" (1982)
Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) -- "The Verdict" (1982)
Henry Chinaski (Mickey Rourke) -- "Barfly" (1987)
Alice Green (Meg Ryan) -- "When a Man Loves a Woman" (1994)
Ben Sanderson (Nicolas Cage) -- "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995)
Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton) -- "Bad Santa" (2003)
They missed one…the best drunken scene ever was Billy Connelly in the restaurant scene in the movie The Man Who Sued God.
I was pregnant when I was watched it, and nearly made myself go into labor I laughed so hard.
Meg Ryan and Nicholas Cage were outstanding in their respective roles. Leaving Las Vegas was just heartbreaking.
omg. been awhile since i watched bad santa. i loved that movie. that’s the best, hands down! billy bob was soooooo f-in funny in that movie!!!! LOL
EDIT: man, i can’t believe that movie is all ready 5 years old. gees, time flies.
What about the Donger from Sixteen Candles?
No way! Lee marvin in ‘Cat Ballou’. The funniest drunk in movie history.
The number two spot goes to, you guessed it, Lee Marvin in ‘Paint Your Wagon’.
The guy has a gift for boozers…
What about Steve Buscemi in The Wedding Singer?
Migalleen Og Flynn (Barry Fitzgerald) –The Quiet Man (1952)
The Waco Kid (Gene Wilder) — Blazing Saddles (1974)
Kid Sheleen (Lee Marvin) — Cat Ballou (1965)
Ben Rumson (again Lee Marvin)– Paint Your Wagon (1969)
George and Martha (Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor)– Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
And, of course:
Dude (Jeff Bridges)–The Big Lebowski (1998)
Withnail and I, with Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann.
Edit: Quote; We just ran out of wine. What are we gonna do about it?" Unquote!
Lee Marvin "Cat Ballou", and also, how about Dudley Moore as "Arthur"?