Best portrayal of someone under the influence

[Odin's Lapdog]

Simply, In which film did which actor best portray someone who was drunk or on some drug.

remember, funny and memorable performances are not necessarily the best.

cheers in advance

 

[reggiebar]

EASY - Mickey Rourke as Henry Chinaski in BARFLY

 

[blind_fury]

Benicio Del Toro in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

 

[green]

Jared Leto and Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream.

 

[terry78]

A lot of movies portray them in an exaggerated fashion for effect, but it depends. Some people act the exact same way sober as they do drunk.

 

[The Chairman]

Billy Crudup in Almost Famous.

"I am a golden god!"

 

[Obsidian]

Ed Harris in "Pollock"

 

[Strange]

Any movie with Marlon Waynes in it, especially Scary Movie and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood.


But really he did do a good job in Requiem for a Dream.

And maybe in a tie would be anything with Robert Downey Jr. whether he was playing a person on drugs or not.

 

[supzfan]

here's some of my favorites in no particular order:
1)Gene Hackman on heroin in "French Connection 2"
2)Humprey Bogart drunk in "Casablanca"
3)Stan Laurel drunk in "Fra Diavolo"
4)De Niro drunk in "The Last Tycoon"
5)Ray Milland as the alchoholic writer in "The Lost Weekend"(Oscar winner)
6)Frederic March as the alcoholic actor in "A Star Is Born"
7)Frederic March drunk again in "Best Years Of Our Lives"(Oscar winner)
8)Ingrid Bergman drunk in "Notorious"
9)Burt Young(Paulie) drunk in "Rocky"
Whew! After listing all this I need a drink!

 

[tzarinna]

Awakenings(1990)

Directed by Penny Marshall

Robert DeNiro & Robin Williams

Plot Outline: The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.

Tagline: There is no such thing as a simple miracle.

Great tear jerker.

 

[Silver Sable]

Here's a few I have:

1.Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes in Misery
2.Brad Dourif as Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
3.Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman in BB
4.Glenn Close as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction
5.Antonio Banderas as Zorro in Zorro movies
6.Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spidey in Spider-Man

 

[cryptic name]

gary oldman as sid vicious in SID&NANCY

 

[HR-PUFF&STUFF]

nick cage in leaveing las vagas.

 

[Mister J]

Absolutely Nic Cage in Leaving Las Vegas. Damn, that was some good acting.

 

[Jonathan Archer]

Joaquin Phoenix portrayed a very drunk junkie rather flawlessly in Walk The Line, in my opinion.

 

[skorponok]

Absolutely Nic Cage in Leaving Las Vegas. Damn, that was some good acting.

That's what I was going to say

TO prep for the role, he would get drunk and film himself while completely wasted.

 

[Mister J]

Those scenes where he was in the bank were classic.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Benicio Del Toro in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Close thread.

 

[Odin's Lapdog]

6.Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spidey in Spider-Man

when did spidey do any drinking or take any drugs



do you mean when the goblin kidnapped him?

 

[tzarinna]

Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

Directed by Gus Van Sant

Plot Outline: A realistic road movie about a drug addict, his 'family', and their inevitable decline into crime.

Matt Dillon,Kelly Lynch & Heather Graham

To this day I can't put a hat on a bed.

 

[thealiasman2000]

Some you haven't mentioned yet:

1-Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas drunk on "The Adventures of Bob and Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew".

2-Sean Connery piss-drunk in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"

3-James Franco drunk in "Spider-Man 2"

4-Kal Penn and John Cho stoned in "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle"

5-Sean William Scott and Ashton Kutcher stoned in "Dude, Where's My Car'"

6-Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith stoned in the View Askew movies

7-Ewan McGregor on crack cocaine in "Trainspotting"

8-Kyle Labine stoned in "Freddy VS Jason"

9-the entire cast both stoned and drunk in "Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows"

10-Paul Giamatti drunk in "Sideways"

 

[Cinemaman]

Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas. It was his best role!

 

[thealiasman2000]

They already mentioned Nic Cage.

Others that haven't been mentioned:

1-Johnny Depp on drugs in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

2-Bob Hoskins drunk in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

3-Michael Douglas drunk in "Traffic"

4-Martin Lawrence on speed in "Bad Boys 2"

5-Seth Green stoned in "Idle Hands"

6-Bill Murray stoned in "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou"

7-Samuel L. Jackson drunk in "Changing Lanes"

8-Rachel Nicols stoned in "The Amityville Horror"

9-Brad Dourif as Chucky stoned in "Bride of Chucky"

10-Terry-Thomas as Sir Hiss piss drunk in "Robin Hood"

 

[Motown Marvel]

christopher reeve in superman III?

 

[ShaneHelms]

Robert Shaw in Jaws giving his USS Indianapolis Story.

" And the thing about a shark is he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn't even seem to be livin'... 'til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. "