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Absinthe at the Movies
Absinthe continues to be an obsession for Hollywood as filmmakers use the Green Fairy to spice up scenes and to set the stage for hot-steamy fun and intreague.
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Eurotrip, Scotty and his best friends embark on a raucous trip across Europe to find Mieke. Along the way, absinthe is consumed and hilarity ensues, and someone makes out with his sister.
Directed by: Jeff Schaffer
Cast: Scott Mechlowicz, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jacob Pitts, Travis Wester, and Jessica Boehrs.
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Carnivale, the HBO Series about the crew of a traveling carnival working the American Dustbowl circuit, with conflict of good verses evil and morality. Professor Ernst Lodz satisfies his obession for absinthe, a passion from past performances while traveling in Paris.
Directors: Jack Bender, Rodrigo Garcia, Dan Lerner, Steve Shill, Tucker Gates, Alan Taylor, Todd Field, Tim Hunter, John Patterson, Jeremy Podeswa, Scott Winant
Cast: Nick Stahl, Michael Anderson, Patrick Bauchau, Clancy Brown, Clea Duvall and many more.
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Alfie, in this reinvention of the 1960's classic, Jude Law plays Alfie, a sexually promiscuous chauffer, who dedicates his life to seducing women. When Alfie encounters Susan Sarandon, she entices him with the Green Fairy.
Directed by: Charles Shyer
Cast: Jude Law, Sienna Miller, Susan Sarandon, Marisa Tomei and Omar Epps.
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From Hell, this film about Jack the Ripper has a morbid ambiance, enhanced with Fred Abberline (Johnny Depp) addiction to absinthe and Laudanum.
Directed by: Albert and Allen Hughes
Cast: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Holm, Jason Flemyng, Leslie Sharp
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Moulin Rouge, this film set in Paris, circa 1899 is about Christian (Ewan McGregor), a poor writer who arrives in Monmartre, the home of the Moulin Rouge. He meets Toulouse Lautrec (John Leguizamo), drinks absinthe and falls in love with Satine, played by Nicole Kidman.
Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, Garry McDonald, Kylie Minogue (Green Fairy) and more.
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Deceiver, Detective Phillip Braxton (Chris Penn) uses a polygraph to interrogate James Walter Wayland (Tim Roth) about the murder of a prostitute (Renee Zellwegar). Wayland admits to drinking absinthe, while Detective Edward kennesaw (Michael Rooker) tells a bizarre story about a man high on absinthe.
Directed by: Jonas Pate and Josh Pate
Cast: Chris Penn, Ellen Burstyn, Tim Roth, Renee Zellwegar, Michael Rooker, Rosanna Arquette
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Bram Stoker's Dracula, the seductive Dracula (Gary Oldman) travels to London where he shares absinthe with Mina (Winona Ryder) who is the image of this lost love. Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves) joins forces with Dracula's arch nemesis Professor Van Helsing (Sir Anthony Hopkins) to rescue his fiancée from eternal damnation.
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Richard Grant, Cary Elwes, Bill Campbell, Sadie Frost
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Van Helsing, this film set in the dark and supernatural world of 19th century Transylvania is about Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) eternal struggle against Count Dracular (Richard Roxburgh). Van Helsing and Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale) share a few sips of absinthe for courage.
Directed by: Stephen Sommers
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Wilde, this film is about the tragic life of the witty Victorian critic Oscar Wilde (Stephen Frye) and his indulging in absinthe and in "the love that dare not speak its name."
Directed by: Brian Gilbert
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