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Oscar party cocktail & drink ideas
Hollywood and the Academy Awards have provided bartenders and mixologists with plenty of material over the years. Try some of these Oscar and Hollywood themed drink ideas to help make your party a winner.
Oscar drink spotlight
Oscar Manhattan »
Offer a timeless classic cocktail like the Manhattan, to suit the occasion.
Cool Cucumber Spotlight »
Fresh herbs and infused fruit cocktails are all the rage with the stars. Impress your friends with the sophisticated Cucumber Dewmartini.
The Red Carpet Fizz »
Moet & Chandon will be the only champagne served at the 2009 Oscars. So why not indulge with a libation the stars will be indulging with, The Red Carpet Fizz.
Movie-themed drinks
Celebrate the alien Na'vi from Jame's Cameron's Avatar by enjoying a Blue Angel or a Blue Lady.
The Blind Side seems suited to a Sidecar, Up in the Air could go well with an Air Mail, and well, as you can see, we're grasping at some fairly tenuous connections.
From L.A. to N.Y.
Can't be in L.A. for the big night? Bring Los Angeles to you. Be more formal with a Hollywood Martini or stay with the big city theme and try our feature on Manhattans. (Thanks to Woody Allen it even ties into the Oscars theme).
Roll out the red carpet with red drinks like Oscar's Big Night, or offer up a simple hosting solution for your guests with our Oscar's Festive Punch.
Classic drinksLike the older films for inspiration? Check the following charts for movie/drink ideas that range from Chicago to Moulin Rouge, or travel further back to classics like Casablanca, which offer not only great drink ideas but great trivia topics for your party.
Not so classic -- but funFor those of you who feel that "Land of the Lost" was overlooked by the Academy, then may we suggest, in the spirit of your evening: the classic Tequila Mockingbird or perhaps Morgan's Fair Child (real drinks, all of them -- who could make these up?)
Academy award "winning" Drinks
The Academy considered:The Academy liked:
The Academy loved:
- Casablanca (Best Picture, 1943)
- Godfather (Best Picture, 1972
- Titanic (Best Picture, 1997)
- Chicago (Best Picture, 2003)
The stars:
Films that have highlighted drinks
- The Thin Man (1934) - Dry gin martinis
- My Man Godfrey (1936 + 1957) - Martinis
- The Big Sleep (1946) - Scotch Mist
- Dr. NO (1962) - The vodka martini
- Wives and Lovers (1963) - Martinis
- Casablanca (1942) - Rick's “gin joint” actually served Champagne and Singapore Slings
- The Seven Year Itch (1955) -- Tom Collins
- Cocktail (1988) -- Multiple drinks
- Swingers (1996) -- Tequila and martinis
- Almost all James Bond films -- Martinis and Champagne
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