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* ShoutOutToShakespeare: Don has a habit of quoting the Bard when getting hammered. His first quote, "Purple the sails, and so perfumed ... " is from ''Theatre/AntonyAndCleopatra'', and his second, "Yea, all which it shall inherit ...", is from ''Theatre/TheTempest''.

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* ShoutOutToShakespeare: Don has a habit of quoting the Bard when getting hammered. His first quote, "Purple the sails, and so perfumed ... perfumed... " is from ''Theatre/AntonyAndCleopatra'', and his second, "Yea, all which it shall inherit ...inherit...", is from ''Theatre/TheTempest''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I've '''never done''' anything. I'm '''not doing''' anything. I '''never will''' do anything. Zero, zero, zero!"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I've '''never done''' never '''done''' anything. I'm '''not doing''' not '''doing''' anything. I '''never will''' never '''will''' do anything. Zero, zero, zero!"'']]
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* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: Don has gone to the opera. Unfortunately for him, the opera has a party scene in which everyone is [[OdeToIntoxication drinking and singing about drinking]], and bottles of champagne are everywhere.[[note]]The piece that is being sung on stage is "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" ("Let's drink the joyful cups") from ''Theatre/La Traviata''.[[/note]] He has to leave.

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* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: Don has gone to the opera. Unfortunately for him, the opera has a party scene in which everyone is [[OdeToIntoxication drinking and singing about drinking]], and bottles of champagne are everywhere.[[note]]The piece that is being sung on stage is "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" ("Let's drink the joyful cups") from ''Theatre/La Traviata''.''Theatre/LaTraviata''.[[/note]] He has to leave.
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* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: Don has gone to the opera. Unfortunately for him, the opera has a party scene in which everyone is [[OdeToIntoxication drinking and singing about drinking]], and bottles of champagne are everywhere.[[note]]The piece that is being sung on stage is the "Champagne Aria" from La Traviata.[[/note]] He has to leave.

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* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: Don has gone to the opera. Unfortunately for him, the opera has a party scene in which everyone is [[OdeToIntoxication drinking and singing about drinking]], and bottles of champagne are everywhere.[[note]]The piece that is being sung on stage is "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" ("Let's drink the "Champagne Aria" joyful cups") from La Traviata.''Theatre/La Traviata''.[[/note]] He has to leave.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I've never '''done''' anything. I'm '''not doing''' anything. I '''never will''' do anything. Zero, zero, zero!"'']]

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* AdaptationalSexuality: The film differs significantly from the novel by leaving out the latter's strong implication that Don Birnam is a [[ClosetGay closeted homosexual]] (as was the book's author, Charles Jackson).

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* AdaptationalSexuality: The film differs significantly from the novel by leaving out the latter's strong implication that Don Birnam is a [[ClosetGay closeted homosexual]] (as was the (the book's author, Charles Jackson).Jackson, was bisexual and closeted for most of his life).
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->''"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. I can't *take* quiet desperation!"''

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->''"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. I can't *take* '''take''' quiet desperation!"''
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* BattleaxeNurse: "Bim" is a rare male example. He's openly contemptuous of Don and the other patients, and takes a sadistic delight in describing what Don has to look forward to from the [=DTs=].

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* BattleaxeNurse: "Bim" Bim is a rare male example. He's openly contemptuous of Don and the other patients, and takes a sadistic delight in describing what Don has to look forward to from the [=DTs=].
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An alcoholic writer, Don Birnam (Milland), leads a tough existence in New York City. His girlfriend, Helen (Creator/JaneWyman), is one of the few people out there who can hopefully lead him on the straight and narrow. However, Don's personal life has been at a crossroads due to his insecurities. After ditching a planned weekend trip to the country with Helen and his brother Wick (Phillip Terry), Don begins a long drinking binge, the titular "lost weekend". Of course, the more he drinks, the closer it may be to his last one...

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An alcoholic writer, Don Birnam (Milland), leads a tough existence in [[BigApplesauce New York City.City]]. His girlfriend, Helen (Creator/JaneWyman), is one of the few people out there who can hopefully lead him on the straight and narrow. However, Don's personal life has been at a crossroads due to his insecurities. After ditching a planned weekend trip to the country with Helen and his brother Wick (Phillip Terry), Don begins a long drinking binge, the titular "lost weekend". Of course, the more he drinks, the closer it may be to his last one...
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* AdaptationalSexuality: The film differs significantly from the book by leaving out the novel's noted homosexual overtones, namely the strong implication that Don Birnam (as was the book's author, Charles Jackson) is a [[ClosetGay closeted homosexual]].

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* AdaptationalSexuality: The film differs significantly from the book novel by leaving out the novel's noted homosexual overtones, namely the latter's strong implication that Don Birnam is a [[ClosetGay closeted homosexual]] (as was the book's author, Charles Jackson) is a [[ClosetGay closeted homosexual]].Jackson).
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* AdaptationalSexuality: The film differs significantly from the book by leaving out the novel's noted homosexual overtones, namely the strong implication that Don Birnam (as was the book's author, Charles Jackson) is a closeted homosexual.

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* AdaptationalSexuality: The film differs significantly from the book by leaving out the novel's noted homosexual overtones, namely the strong implication that Don Birnam (as was the book's author, Charles Jackson) is a [[ClosetGay closeted homosexual.homosexual]].

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