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Drunks (1996)
Runtime: 90 mins
Synopsis: "Drunks" dramatizes an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, from beginning to end, as (fictional) characters discuss their bout with the bottle. The attendees include Jim, who falls off the wagon DURING the meeting; Louis, who is obviously still in denial about his addiction; and Joseph, whose... "Drunks" dramatizes an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, from beginning to end, as (fictional) characters discuss their bout with the bottle. The attendees include Jim, who falls off the wagon DURING the meeting; Louis, who is obviously still in denial about his addiction; and Joseph, whose drinking caused a drunk-driving death. Others at the meeting, from a twenty-something slacker to a well-to-do doctor, illustrate the wide range of people affected -- and sometimes destroyed -- by alcoholism. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Richard Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Spalding Gray, Amanda Plummer, Dianne Wiest
Composer: Joe Delia
Screenwriter: Gary Lennon
Producer: Larry Meistrich, John N. Hart, Tom Carouso, Irene Landress, Gary Lennon, Shireen Meistrich, Burtt Harris, Peter Cohn
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Drunks succeeds in presenting a fictional AA meeting and getting across the idea that alcoholics come from all walks of life...
Reveals the spiritual underpinnings of AA and the service it provides to those on the path to recovery.

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