The one that impressed me was Val Kilmer making himself sick drinking iced tea out of whiskey bottles in order to film “The Doors”.
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What, you’ve never had the sobriety nightmare? Or even worse, the “Prohibition II” doozy?!? I’m getting shivers just thinking about it, thank goodness I keep a mini-bar in my filing cabinet.
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Dammit, what is she doing with her right hand?
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She’s keeping the fur sleeve in-shot.
Today’s actors wouldn’t even be able to wear a coat, while sitting at a table. No standards anymore.
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No, it looks like she’s catching something in the last second.
A Feench 75 is quite excellent and not as sweet as you might think. Most often a splash of simple syrup is used instead of the direct sugar. And traditionally the Champage used is a Brut…not something sweet like a Prosecco.
2 local places to me do a French 75 on their brunch menus. One uses brut and cognac with the simple syrup, the other drops the extra sugar and uses a Prosecco instead of brut champagne. Both are tasty as hell and much better than a Mimosa (which isn’t too bad from time to time either) IMO.
EDIT: Uh…all the gin joints and no one ever drank any actual gin?!? There has to be some irony here and I don’t see it mentioned. Anyone else notice this?
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It could be a lo-res gif frame stutter.
If it was a different movie I’d say it was the stuff that dreams are made of.
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No one has mentioned the drinking in Black Books!
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Besides there being a lot of drinking in the book (which took place during prohibition) the screenplay was written just after prohibition. BOOZE EVERYONE BOOZE!
ETA I see @tuhu beat me to the gif…
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I also use gin in a French 75. And have never used sugar or simple syrup. Since we never have any leftover bubbly, and can’t get half-bottles of good brut around here, I also came up with the Belgian 75 - replacing the sparkling wine with a nice gueuze lambic.
One thing nobody here has mentioned about the French 75 is that it will fuck. you. up.
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In these old movies beer is a blue collar drink.
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Yes, gin is the standard recipe.
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Prosecco Brut exists, and is drier than “Extra Dry” Prosecco (but is still not real champagne).
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People order drinks in a bar? I’m shocked.
It lacks Hemingway’s brutal simplicity, however.
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I am shocked, shocked, to find drinking going on here! Your champagne, sir.
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Properly served these should be consumed three at a time. As the name might suggest the first is for range, the second for elevation and the third should be right on target.
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Doesn’t, like, 80% of Casablanca take place at Rick’s bar? I’m shocked that there’s drinking at this establishment!
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