Editing Days of Wine and Roses (film) (section)

===Filming===
The film's locations included San Francisco, Albany, California, and the [[Golden Gate Fields]] race track. The [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Oscar]]-winning [[Days of Wine and Roses (song)|title song]] had music by [[Henry Mancini]] and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Single records by [[Andy Williams]] and the Henry Mancini chorus made the Billboard Top 40.

Director Blake Edwards became a non-drinker a year after completing the film and went into substance-abuse recovery. He said that he and Jack Lemmon were heavy drinkers while making the film.<ref>''Days of Wine and Roses,'' [[DVD]] commentary by Blake Edwards.</ref> Edwards used the theme of alcohol abuse often in his films, including ''[[10 (1979 film)|10]]'' (1979), ''[[Blind Date (1987 film)|Blind Date]]'' (1987) and ''[[Skin Deep (1989 film)|Skin Deep]]'' (1989). Both Lemmon and Remick sought help from [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] long after they had completed the film. Lemmon revealed to [[James Lipton]] on ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'' his past drinking problems and his recovery. The film had a lasting effect in reinforcing the growing social acceptance of Alcoholics Anonymous.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Blocker|first1=Jack S.|last2=Fahey|first2=David M.|last3=Tyrrell|first3=Ian R.|title=Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia|date=2003|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|isbn=1-57607-833-7|page=vol. 1, p. 29|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BuzNzm-x0l8C&q=%22Days+of+Wine+and+Roses%22&pg=PA29|access-date=June 17, 2016}}</ref>

In the interview on ''Inside the Actors Studio'', Lemmon stated that there was pressure by the studio to change the ending. To preserve the integrity of the movie, scenes were filmed in the same order as they appeared in the script, with the last scene filmed last. This is in contrast with the standard practice of filming different scenes together that take place in the same location, which reduces expenses, shortens the schedule, and aids with scheduling the actors' time on set. Immediately following the completion of filming, Lemmon left for Europe and remained out of communication so that the studio would be forced to release the movie without changing the story.