Friday, March 21, 2025

Musing of the Moment: Bourbon in the Movies

I was watching Bull Durham before a March Madness game began today, and I noticed that in the pool room scene Crash Davis is drinking Jim Beam standard offering. That's not a good choice in my opinion, but the scene got me thinking. 

What other films feature bourbon drinking? 

I know the "Fast Eddy" Felson character (played by Paul Newman) drinks one of my favorite bargain borbons, J.T.S. Brown in The Hustler

And I vaguely remember John Wick drinking Blanton's

Other than those I couldn't think of others except maybe the Al Pacino character in Heat drinking Jack Daniel's Old No. 7

Uproxx has done the work for me though with this article: "The Most Iconic Bourbons Drinkers in Film History." 

Cheers to Four Roses, Wild Turkey, and Old Forester. 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

My favorite bargain (?) bourbon is Wild Turkey 101. Which movie, or must I read the article?

Quintilian B. Nasty said...

Same here. Wild Turkey works with my palette well. The movies noted in the article are The Punisher and Payday. Old Grand-Dad, which is another great bargain bourbon is in more.