Mar 14, 2017 the 15 best drinking movies of all time. It seems that people more interested in seeing how the filmmakers handle the topic of beer than they are with the actual story line. Some people feared that a more accessible film would diminish. With 50 years of acting under his belt and over 100 film and television credits to his name, lee certainly kept busy as a thespian.
The lincoln square native is preparing for the friday release of drinking buddies, a new movie by magnolia pictures. Luke and kate are coworkers at a brewery who spend their nights drinking and. Peter otoole was the last of the hellraising actors who ushered in the swinging 60s and was almost as famous for his drinking as for his dazzling eyes as with his peers and sometime drinking. Aug 12, 20 thankfully, this is not the case in drinking buddies, which is comprised of a light and breezy pace due to the magnificently concise editing. The acting is good and i love the minimalist nature of it. Drinking buddies wikimili, the free encyclopedia wikimili. Dec 16, 20 peter otoole was the last of the hellraising actors who ushered in the swinging 60s and was almost as famous for his drinking as for his dazzling eyes as with his peers and sometime drinking. They drink nearly every night after work at the bar. Olivia wilde talks about nudity in drinking buddies. Man, if they didnt use alcoholfree beer during the production of this film, i bet it has been a long process with many pauses in order to sober up.
Drinking buddies is a 20 american comedydrama film written, directed and edited by joe. One day, luke and kate are drinking with coworkers, and jill and chris also show up. They talk and talk and oh god please bust my eardrums. Shes such a hilarious writer that shes thisclose to taking all of our jobs, shes beyond talented in the. The will they wont they tug of war between kate and luke all movie long felt so real. Drinking buddies is an awful dramedy but an excellent documentary on douchebags. The franchise began in 1997 with the theatrical release of air bud, followed by the. Drinking buddies really tests viewer patience once jill goes to costa rica, leaving luke to pursue rumpypumpy with kate. Drinking buddies on demand 0725 and in theatres 0823 from. It all feels very natural and the relationships depicted felt very authentic, making the film all drinking buddies is far from a bad film and at its very best, it is a very good film. But we can say that his new film, the breweryoriented comedy drinking buddies is his most highprofile to date thanks to a cast which boasts olivia wilde, jake johnson, anna kendrick, ron. The film is about two coworkers at a craft brewery in chicago. The answer to that question becomes crystal clear when luke and kate unexpectedly find themselves alone for a weekend.
Rather than reciting spoonfed dialogue and doing whatever some ohsoclever screenwriter expects their characters to do, the drinking buddies cast are free to say whatever they would normally say in any given situation and react how they would naturally react. I read that you had a lot of options for titles for this film. Jun 21, 20 drinking buddies is written and directed by joe swanberg and stars olivia wilde, jake johnson, anna kendrick, and ron livingston. Drinking buddies is a 20 american comedydrama film written, directed and edited by joe swanberg, and starring olivia wilde, jake johnson, anna kendrick and ron livingston. Aug 20, 20 joe swanberg on why he felt a social responsibility to make drinking buddies, starring olivia wilde and anna kendrick. Who iswas the absolute worst alcoholic in hollywood. Or how they make the grown up choice to stay drinking buddies instead of lovers, without even outright saying it in words. Drinking buddies is far from a bad film and at its very best, it is a very good film. The themes one deals with in a film can sometimes be better than the film itself, and this notion carries true for drinking buddies, the newest film from joe swanberg. The film explores the many intricacies in malefemale relationships and if a purely platonic one can even exist, especially when drinking is involved. For those who like to see a film critic get beaten up, theres a video of it online thats worth watching.
Joe swanberg and his drinking buddies take on hollywood. Released by magnolia pictures, drinking buddies is already on digital platforms and opens in theaters today. Joe swanberg talks olivia wilde, caa and going bigger on. Its a story in which intentions are nothing and deeds.
They can either indulge in false bonhomie with their work colleagues, or refrain from talking altogether and play pool instead. With everything ive made, thats where my loyalties have. They can either indulge in false bonhomie with their work colleagues, or. It was probably an interesting experiment from a filmmaking standpoint i cant remember the last time i gave less of a shit about the people i was watching onscreen. Drinking buddies with olivia wilde and jake johnson. Aug 22, 20 chicago joe swanberg wants to film as many movies as he can in chicago. Aug 23, 20 if you couldnt tell, were pretty, ahem, wild about olivia wilde here at team glamour. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Sep 06, 20 unlike his earlier films, loaded with characters that swanberg described as just out of college and struggling with who they want to be, drinking buddies is a more mature movie.
Drinking buddies is a film that takes all these rites of passage, clashes them together, and emerges with a story that is more realistic them most youll see in a lifetime, let alone this year. Drinking buddies was the first time i ever went back to the right way to make movies and that film school education i received. Kate and luke use their love of beer as an excuse to hang out while concealing their amorous agenda and ambivalence in an alcoholic haze. Whats your interpretation of the end of drinking buddies. Below, i talk with swanberg about working with caa and going bigger how he altered his working methods to work with a larger budget and professional cast. It all feels very natural and the relationships depicted felt very authentic, making the film all the much better. Mar 14, 20 when olivia wilde stripped her clothes off in front of jake johnson in drinking buddies, you could hear an audible gasp in the paramount theater during the film. Yes, old style is from wisconsin, but any chicagoan knows it has infested the city in the last century. The franchise began in 1997 with the theatrical release of air bud, followed by the theatrical release of air bud.
Joe swanberg returns to the interview show, hosted by mark bazer, to talk making his new film drinking buddies, star olivia. Aug 24, 20 rather than reciting spoonfed dialogue and doing whatever some ohsoclever screenwriter expects their characters to do, the drinking buddies cast are free to say whatever they would normally say in any given situation and react how they would naturally react. Anna kendrick on drinking buddies, getting drunk on set. Drinking buddies with olivia wilde and jake johnson can. It may have a plot that revolves around beer, but you dont have to be a connoisseur to understand that the driving force behind this movie is love, not. Olivia wilde shares a behindthescenes look at filming her breweryset 20 film drinking buddies. They are always drinking beer, in the fun, notreallyafunctioningalcoholicbutyoushouldprobablybecareful type of way. Luke and kate are coworkers at a chicago brewery where they spend their days drinking and flirting. Unlike his earlier films, loaded with characters that swanberg described as just out of college and struggling with who they want to be, drinking buddies. The film festival and all the other things that happen has consistently been on the cutting edge of distribution options. In the improvised dialogueheavy and ultimately scriptless indie romantic comedy drinking buddies, which was just released on dvd and bluray last week, actors jake johnson and olivia wilde star as luke and kate, two coworkers at a brewery who spend a lot of time flirting with each other despite both having significant others.
Cast was hammered filming movie in chicago olivia wilde had no problem finding drinking buddies on the chicago set of drinking buddies. The characters in drinking buddies are no fun at all. The film premiered at the 20 south by southwest film festival, and also screened within maryland film. The triumph of this movie is that the answers matter a lot, even if they are ambiguous. I liked the ending because it reinforced that all they could really be was drinking buddies with unresolved feelings for each other. Olivia wilde talks drinking buddies, relationships. Joe swanbergs new film, drinking buddies, which opens in new york city on friday, is already getting him media attention than hes never experienced. Follows the lives of kate olivia wilde and luke jake johnson who work together at a craft brewery.
The film concludes with an open ending with swanberg stating its hard for me, knowing how uncertain the world is, to put a certain, definite. Drinking buddies 20 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. What was most gratifying about drinking buddies was the portrayal of emotion and inclination without coming right out and talking about them. And his four leadsolivia wilde, jake johnson, anna kendrick, and ron livingstonare telling everyone they are thankful they got to play interesting characters unlike anything offered to them in the pastand that they d be pleased to. Sure, the overarching will they, wont they concept is a bit tiring but the improvised nature here coupled with the extremely strong performances all around even from upcoming horror filmmaker ti west. Chicagos revolution brewery gives drinking buddies cast.
Joe swanberg on drinking buddies the sag harbor express. Drinking buddies makes me want to get drunk huffpost. Drinking buddies director joe swanberg talks filming. Aug 27, 20 his latest film, drinking buddies, succeeds not by the prolific indie directors shift up in budget and crowd appeal but by just how adeptly he tweaks that framework for a surprisingly. They re perfect for each other, except that they re both. The air bud film series also known as air buddies or disney buddies is an american film franchise based on a sportsplaying golden retriever named buddy, portrayed by air buddy. Drinking buddies on dvd december 3, 20 starring olivia wilde, jake johnson, anna kendrick, ron livingston. We did a lot of improv on end of watch, so i kind of think of end of watch as training wheels for drinking buddies, but this was the first time i had done it to this extent. Spot these 8 chicago details in drinking buddies chicago. Directed by joe swanberg, drinking buddies tells the story of kate olivia wilde and luke jake johnson, who work together at a craft brewery. If youre actually connected in a scene, thats where the real magic comes from.
When olivia wilde stripped her clothes off in front of jake johnson in drinking buddies, you could hear an audible gasp in the paramount theater during the film. They re perfect for each other, except that they re both in relationships. In joe swanbergs drinking buddies, couples face tests. However, the film certainly drinking buddies is far from a bad film and at its very best, it is a very good film. Joe swanberg on why he felt a social responsibility to make. In fact, otoole and his drinking buddies were so often smashed that he fondly recalled going for a. The film is heavily unscripted, leaving viewers to feel like they ve. Drinking buddies is a sort of romantic and sort of dramatic movie about two couples in which partners seem to be each others opposite. Their scenes together become intolerable, with luke doing the kind of passiveaggressive dance no man would do, and kate being coy about it all. Olivia wilde, jake johnson take the training wheels off in. The flick has been receiving a fair amount of buzz in the craft beer community. Oct 16, 2015 olivia wilde said she and cast members were hammered while filming the 20 movie drinking buddies in chicago because beer on the set was cheaper than water. As a result we remain skeptical as to whether the two of them will actually make up at all.
Lessons in extreme productivity from the director of. Best known for his flybytheseatofyourpants filmmaking technique that has slowly grown in popularity under the mumblecore moniker, this project boasts his most notable ensemble yet, with olivia wilde, anna kendrick. It is truly a one of a kind festival for a number of reasons and while they wont pay for filmmaker travel, they do provide huge opportunity for the savvy filmmaker. Drinking buddies is written and directed by joe swanberg and stars olivia. A talented cast, a great director, and a clever conceit prove the genre isnt dead after all. And then on set, on a day to day basis, they did great.
They re perfect for each other, except that they re both in. There is a story that after john barrymore died a small group of his drinking friends that included humphrey bogart, john huston and david niven borrowed barrymores corpse, taking it to their other buddy errol flynns home and propped him up in. Beer is a living, breathing character in drinking buddies and probably should have been billed fifth. Swanberg and livingston openly discuss their drinking on set, education on craft beer and how they pulled off a hilarious film where nothing was planned. Who iswas the absolute worst alcoholic in hollywood history. Smart, funny, and powered by fine performances from olivia wilde and jake johnson, drinking buddies offers a bittersweet slice of observational comedy. Anna kendrick on drinking buddies, getting drunk on set, and.
Drinking buddies falls somewhere in the upper half of his range as it portrays how a couple of brewery coworkers deal with mutual sexual attraction while engaged in relationships with other partners. Interview with joe swanberg, director of drinking buddies. Everything you need to know about drinking buddies movie. The title drinking buddies is a suggestive one, for it is within a group situation in a bar, a glass of beer in hand, that sustains at least two of the characters, kate olivia wilde and luke jake johnson. Drinking buddies is in many ways a painful film to watch, as it lays bare the realities of living in a world whose inhabitants seem so busy that they never have time for one another. Why did you choose drinking buddies and can you tell me some of the other options you were throwing around. Thankfully, in the meantime, id had seven years of. It communicates a series of human truths that we would do well to understand. A description of tropes appearing in drinking buddies. But what got me were all the subtleties, like being in lukes shoes seeing how his gf treats his wound vs how kate reacted. Luke and kate are coworkers at a chicago brewery, where they spend their days drinking and flirting. Drinking buddies feels like a series of outtakes and home movies of its stars. Everyone likes to joke you do a thousand movies a day. I chatted with the director of drinking buddies, joe swanberg to get some more information straight from the source.
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