After twenty years of being a drunk, Mort Gleason witnesses his nephew being beaten while in a drunken stupor. The ordeal brings Mort back to what are left of his senses and he returns to the last home he remembers in Chicago.
Acting
Malkovich doing drunk — nobody else comes close.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like people failing each other.
Director
Bob Meyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bob Meyer's only feature; he spent 15 years trying to get it made after his play bombed in 1994.
The 'Drunkboat' title references a Conrad novella about sailors and moral rot — Abe's nautical dreams carry the same doomed weight.
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