White Russians & $5.00 Milkshakes

[GordonD]

Let us not forget Blue Velvet, with Kyle MacLachlan's affinity for Heinekin and Dennis Hopper's advocacy of Pabst Blue Ribbon.

[Lone Star]

In "2 Mules For Sister Sarah", it was Sherry....which was offered toClint & Shirley McClain by the Mexican Commandant to celebrate her capture since she had worked to over throw them...Clint said "well, that's certainly better than a stab in the eye with a sharp stick".

[Toliver]

Can't believe no-one has mentioned James Bond yet.

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Post #2 mentions it.

"Auntie Mame" drank oodles of gin martinis, mixed and poured by her very young nephew Patrick...a comedic point in the movie.

There was also mention of a "Monkey Gland" drink in the film (do a Google search to find the recipe and the myth).

And I honestly can't remember the specific cocktail, but when Mame goes to visit her future inlaws, the Upsons, they give her a drink (a Manhattan?) made with their own spin, honey, that Mame chokes on (and tosses over her shoulder when the Upsons aren't looking).

[Wayne]

Bill Murray in the Farrelly Brothers' "Kingpin": Tanqueray and Tab.

[elfin]

Re Auntie Mame-it was Daquiris wiith honey.

[Cusina]

Those Sex and the City girls drank gallons of Cosmopolitans wishing that it made them look like Audrey in Breakfast at Tiffanys with her martini glass.

And I love the scene in The Pink Panther (a very liquid movie all in all) where the zebra costumed police officer is gulping straight out of the punch bowl.

[Toliver]

Re Auntie Mame-it was Daquiris wiith honey.

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Yes!! That's it. Thanks for filling in my memory gap!

Edited to add: Charles Laughton had his thermos of "hot chocolate" throughout "Witness for the Prosecution" which was really brandy. He thought he was putting one past his nurse/caretaker (played by his wife, Elsa Lanchester) who knew all along what it really was.

Edited February 22, 2005 by Toliver (log)

[insectrights]

A Clockwork Orange - Not sure what they were actually drinking, but the fermented milk that was supposedly intoxicating. There's actually a bar in the east village themed after the bar in the movie with milk based cocktails. Not highly reccommended.

[EdS]

Oh man, if we're counting the original Star Trek as a movie, how can we forget Balok offering Captain Kirk some tranya?

Balok: "This is tranya. I hope you relish it as much as I."

Edited February 23, 2005 by esvoboda (log)

[Fresser]

A Clockwork Orange - Not sure what they were actually drinking, but the fermented milk that was supposedly intoxicating.

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Alex and his Ultraviolent Gang drank milk laced with LSD. Given that the characters wore diaper-esque codpieces, a film critic (whose name I forget) suggests there's probably a Freudian element to their choice of beverage.