Christmas Past

Bill Murray has come a long way. His corner office is all black lacquer and<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-nbsp-scrooged">... more</a>

Roy Scheider is afraid of the water. He has been his whole life. It’s a difficult one to explain,<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-jaws">... more</a>

Pierce Brosnan only has so much time left. He doesn’t know it yet, but this will be his<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-nbsp-die-another-day">... more</a>

All Roger Moore wants is a drink. He’s had a rough couple of days. He’s Bond—James<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-nbsp-live-and-let-die">... more</a>

Sean Connery has been waiting three entire movies to say this line. The first chance he got, Dr.<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-nbsp-goldfinger">... more</a>

Sean Astin is ready for a break. Time to take a load off. Put up<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-nbsp-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king">... more</a>

Oliver Reed isn’t wasting any time. He has work to do, and he’ll be god-damned if he’s going to let<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-tommy">... more</a>

Kurt Russell needs a moment to himself. It’s been a hard day. Night. Days? It’s hard to tell. He’s<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-the-thing">... more</a>

Simon Pegg would kill for a beer. Will. Has. Is. Over and over again. An hour into<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-nbsp-the-world-rsquo-s-end">... more</a>

It’s a hot day in Oklahoma, and Kurt Russell has been working hard. At what, we’re not entirely<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-nbsp-silkwood">... more</a>

Bill Murray’s Oscar clip comes exactly twenty minutes into Lost in Translation. His<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-lost-in-translation">... more</a>

In one of the last scenes of High Fidelity, John Cusack drinks a beer. Actually, he doesn't.<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-nbsp-high-fidelity">... more</a>

Kingston Falls, USA is the most beautiful matte painting on earth. An idyllic little town with<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-gremlins">... more</a>

Halfway through The Shining, Jack Nicholson accepts a glass of whiskey from a ghost. It’s by no<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-nbsp-the-shining">... more</a>

Walter Matthau, we assume, has had a bad day. Or a bad night. Or both. Hell, back it up<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-nbsp-the-bad-news-bears">... more</a>

At first, you think it’s going to be that old cliché:  men and their brown<a class="more" href="/web_features/great-moments-in-cinematic-drinking-nbsp-star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan">... more</a>