Top 5 drinking movies of the 80s
So what was the lethal combination of ingredients that left 80s icon Danny DeVito trashed for his recent appearance on the TV gab-show The View? Red wine, vodka, Limoncello and George Clooney.
Clooney and DeVito were joined by publicist Stan Rosenfeld for a night of dinner and drinks at an Italian restaurant, according to one website. Rosenfeld ended up throwing up three times in his hotel room. DeVito, though, suffered the worst from the night: He was obviously still quite drunk the next morning for his live appearance on The View. (Click here to see the video.)
In one interview, Clooney says he felt bad that he didn't let DeVito in on his secret for surviving a hard night of drinking: ""I got to the point where I was dumping the shots into a plant next to me and I don't think Danny saw me do that."
DeVito's an 80s icon, thanks to his timeless roles in Taxi, Ruthless People, Throw Momma from the Train and Twins. Clooney? Well, he had his mullet on Facts of Life and roles in Return to Horror High and Return of the Killer Tomatoes. But they both probably appreciate today's top 5 list.
Top 5 drinking movies in the 80s:
5. My Favorite Year (1982): Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker. What they're drinking: Anything you can put in a flask. "Ladies are unwell ... Gentlemen vomit."
4. Cocktail (1988): Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown. What they're drinking: Red Eye, beer, frothy rum drinks. "Beer is for breakfast around here, drink or be gone."
3. Strange Brew (1983): Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis. What they're drinking: Canadian beer. "If I didn't have puke breath, I'd kiss you."
2. Arthur (1981): Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli. What they're drinking: Martinis, scotch. "I've taken the liberty of anticipating your condition. I have brought
you orange juice, coffee, and aspirins. Or do you need to throw up?
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1. Barfly (1987): Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway. What they're drinking: Everything. "I remember ordering a draft, barkeep. What, are you out of brew, or has that lobotomy finally taken hold?"
Outside the 80s: Animal House, Old School, The Thin Man, Bad Santa, Sideways, The Big Lebowski, Swingers, Casablanca, The Legend of Drunken Master, Baseketball.
Relive the music, movies and culture of the greatest decade ever with Times online editor Steve Spears. A teen during the decade, Steve is obsessed with everything from Duran Duran to Journey, John Hughes to John Cusack, and parachute pants to Reaganomics.
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Bar Fly is DEFINITELY the all time drinking film. My favorite line personally is when Mickey Rourke says that he doesn't hate people he just feels better when they aren't around.
Posted by: honeybear7211 | April 16, 2007 at 10:58 PM
That would be Elsinor beer specifically in Strange Brew. "It's a jelly."
Posted by: Mackenzie | December 04, 2006 at 01:37 PM
So true about "Leaving Las Vegas." I remember watching the scene with Cage and Shue in the food court and practically begging them out loud to drink the tall glasses of water with lemon!
Posted by: Cathy | December 04, 2006 at 12:21 PM
"Leaving Las Vegas" is the drinking movie to end all drinking movies. To watch it is to feel yourself becoming an alcoholic, almost by visual osmosis. By the end of the movie, just hearing the clink of ice in the glass may be enough to make you physically ill.
Posted by: Rodney Welch | December 04, 2006 at 09:56 AM
Are you sure you're not some long-lost brother of mine?
Posted by: Spears | December 02, 2006 at 02:11 PM
How about movies to drink to?
The favorite of my friends and I was Pink Floyd's The Wall. The object was to have a drink every song. The first person to pass out or throw up was the loser. or winner depending on how you look at it.
Posted by: Bassnote | December 02, 2006 at 01:39 PM