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The best junkies

posted 21 years ago by mr_softy
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List some of the best junkie characters performances in movies...

- The lieutenant in "Bad Lieutenant"
- Michel Serrault as Mr Wagner in "Assasin(s)"

I can't think of more right now, I'll post later if I have another idea

"Whatever are you doing in such a nasty place?"

[–] moveemaniac 17 years ago

Fred Savage in "The Rules of Attraction". That "I can feel my d*ck" line was classic.

[–] moveemaniac 17 years ago

Fred Savage in "The Rules of Attraction". That "I can feel my d*ck" line was classic.

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[–] theghostwiththemost 17 years ago

Chris Rock in New Jack City haha

[–] HARDCOREHISTORYX 17 years ago

Good list. Gary in Leon is one of my favourite characters of all time.

"That favour you owe me. Watch your ass out there" (ROTLD)

[–] TheSharkThatAteHartCrane 17 years ago

Agreed - good list.

Peter Weller in Naked Lunch is brilliant.
Anybody mention Frank Sinatra in Man with the Golden Arm?

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[–] pefflyeric 17 years ago

nick nolte in "the good thief"

john travolta "pulp fiction"

ps. a junkie uses heroin not coke or alcohol.

[–] thecrippler_69 17 years ago

Billy Crudup and Jack Black in Jesus' Son the part in the hospital with the shoes cracks me up everytime , not that its comedy just made me laugh

[–] whatyoutalkinboutman 17 years ago

Are you kidding me?!?! Robert Downey Jr in "Less Than Zero", hands down. Dude was reduced to homosexual acts he sank so low. Great movie!

[–] captkirk_4 15 years ago

Downey Jr. in Less than Zero clearly has to be up there at the top. Somehow I wonder if that was the inspiration for Mr. Mackey's warning to the kids in South Park about "giving blowjobs for crack" as the danger of drugs.

Another famous memerable druggie was Robby Benson in "Death of Ritchie" where his dad played by Ben Gazarra shoots him in the end. Back in the 80's they played that movie for us in school all the time as a warning to stay away from drugs.

[–] au_fond 16 years ago

Jeremy Irons as Beverly and Elliot Mantle in Dead Ringers.

[–] Pumpernickel25 16 years ago

Not mentioned yet:

Jennifer Connelly and Jared Leto in Requiem for a Dream

and for alcoholics

Ray Miland in the Lost Weekend

A lesson one learns in prison is things are what they are and will be what they will be-Oscar Wilde

[–] JustPassingTime 16 years ago

What do you mean? RfaD was mentioned 2 or 3 times already.

[–] punkypwap 16 years ago

brad pitt- true romance

[–] Lunalou 16 years ago

Late to the junkie party, but...
Feb2007, Apex63(?) mentioned the junkies in Prince of The City. I agree. There wasn't the big drama as with many junkie characters. Just a very realistic and painful to watch and consume shot of their lives. They were on the screen for maybe a couple of minutes but with a subtley chilling and unforgettable effect.

Kudos bigtime to Harvey Keitel for his Bad Lieutenant. Devastation poured from him. Awesome.

Halle Berry selling $2 blow jobs on the street in broad daylight to support her habit in Jungle Fever is hard to imagine now. But that was pretty hardcore junkified.

[–] corvi_d_syn 16 years ago

Samuel L. Jackson... Jungle Fever ('90)
Michael Wincott... The Crow ('94)
Sean Astin... Where The Day Takes You ('92)
Rory Cochrane... A Scanner Darkly ('06)
Jesse Borego.... Bound By Honor ('93)
Justin Pierce... Kids ('95)
Erika Christensen... Traffic ('00)
Anne Hathaway... Rachel Getting Married ('08)
Shane West... What We Do Is Secret ('07)
Mark Ruffalo... What Doesn't Kill You ('08)
Jean-Claude Van Damme... Until Death ('07)
Jason Barry... The Still Life ('07)
Danny De La Paz... Boulevard Nights ('79)
Michael Pitt... Last Days ('05)
Debi Mazar... Goodfellas ('90)

[–] JimmyMcCool 15 years ago

Ewan Macgregor from Trainspotting, Check out Obi Wan Kenobi trying to kick Heroin!

[–] manuvament 15 years ago

Has anyone mentioned Ben Stiller in Permanent Midnight? The part where he and Peter Greenes character are jumping at the window in the skyscraper is nuts

[–] Knowshon 15 years ago

Bob Hoskins as the drunk PI Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit is my favorite.

The slut daughter in Traffic is good too.

[–] neonbengal 15 years ago

Jason Statham....Crank