20 Great Movie Drinkers
Since I’ve just started this, I wanted put a little flavor into the blog. MAXIM Magazine has put together their list of the 20 greatest Movie Drinkers. Here’s the list and I’ve highlighted my favorites with quotes at the bottom.
- 20. Paul Giamatti as Miles Raymond in Sideways
- 19. Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy in Anchorman
- 18. Richard E. Grant as Withnail in Withnail & I
- 17. Jeff Bridges as The Dude in The Big Lebowski
- 16. W.C. Fields as The Great Man in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
- 15. Dave Thomas & Rick Moranis as Doug & Bob McKenzie in Strange Brew
- 14. Gene Wilder as Jim, The Waco Kid in Blazing Saddles
- 13. Walter Matthau as Coach Buttermaker in The Bad News Bears
- 12. Billy Bob Thornton as Willie T. Soke in Bad Santa
- 11. William Powell & Myrna Loy as Nick & Nora Charles in The Thin Man
- 10. Henry Chinaski in Barfly – played by Micky Rourke
- 09. ET in ET-The Extra Terrestrial
- 08. John ‘Bluto’ Blutarsky in Animal House – played by John Belushi
- 07. James Bond in Goldfinger – played by Sean Connery
- 06. Rick Blane in Casablanca – played by Humphrey Bogart
- 05. Trent Walker in Swingers – played by Vince Vaughn
- 04. Marion Ravenwood in Raiders Of The Lost Arc – played by Karen Allen
- 03. Wong Fei-Hung in The Legend Of Drunken Master – played by Jackie Chan
- 02. Arthur Bach in Arthur – played by Dudley Moore
- 01. Frank ‘The Tank’ Ricard in Old School – played by Will Ferrell
Ron Burgundy: [to waiter] I’ll have three fingers of Glenlivet, with a little bit of pepper… and some cheese.
The Dude: Hey, careful, man, there’s a beverage here!
Bob McKenzie: I was the last one left after the nuclear holocaust, eh. The whole world had been destroyed, like U.S. blew up Russia and Russia blew up U.S. Fortunately, I had been offworld at the time. There wasn’t much to do. All the bowling alleys had been wrecked. So’s I spent most of my time looking for beer.
Jim: You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.
Willie: You can’t drink worth shit.
Marcus: I weigh 92 pounds, you dick!
Bluto: They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!
James Bond: My dear girl, there are some things that just aren’t done, such as drinking Dom Perignon ’53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs!
Major Strasser: What is your nationality?
Rick: I’m a drunkard.
Captain Renault: That makes Rick a citizen of the world.
Trent: Um… a malt Glen Garry for me and my friend here. And if you tell that bartender to go extra easy on the water, this 50 cent piece has your name on it.
Frank: [after funneling a beer] Fill it up again! Fill it up again! Once it hits your lips, it’s so good!