A cult film in the truest sense that has also become a classic. Grant is a depraved dandy without money or ambition, while his anxious sidekick is the younger and more impressionable marwood paul mcgann. I, who is smoking a joint, gets up somewhat precariously and walks into a kitchen which is full of bottles and dirty washing up. A few shafts of sunlight sneak through the curtains and illuminate a sitting room. Needing a holiday, they visit withnail s eccentric uncle monty to borrow the key to. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Two outofwork actors the anxious, luckless marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, withnail spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. Drink exactly what withnail does, when he drinks it. This blackcomedy gem, produced by george harrisons handmade films, stars richard e.
After reading interviews from the cast, one gets the impression that simply being part of withnail and i must be constant source of irritation and delight in equal measures in the brilliant book smoking in bed. I cant compare it to this that and the other dvd versions, but certainly if you last saw this on analogue film 4 or vhs then you really need to treat your eyes and. My favourite love film colin farrell on withnail and i. Enjoy this splendid documentary on the film withnail and i. When withnails uncle monty richard griffiths offers his cottage, they escape the squalor of their flat for a week in the country. London, 1969 two resting unemployed and unemployable actors, withnail and marwood, fed up with damp, cold, piles of washingup, mad drug dealers and psychotic irishmen, decide to leave their squalid camden flat. Withnail and i the 1987 comedy movie featuring richard e. Grant and paul mcgann at the award winning 80s movies rewind. It has been described by the bbc as one of britains biggest cult films. In 1969, two substanceabusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous. Withnail and i is a melancholic masterpiece and one of the funniest british films ever made. Withnail and i is a 1987 british black comedy film written and directed by bruce robinson. If you dont remember the sixties, dont worry neither did they two resting actors living in a squalid camden flat and living off a diet of booze and pills take a trip to a country house belonging to withnails uncle to rejuvenate.
Grant, paul mcgann, richard griffiths and ralph brown. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. Loosely based on robinsons life in london in the late 1960s, the plot follows two unemployed actors, withnail and i portrayed by richard e. Danny is the sort of character you might have found on the fringes of the ladbroke grove underground scene, inhabited by hawkwind and mick farrens group, the deviants, who had little time for peace and love and puckish dilettantes, and whose appetite for rabble. Withnail and i, bruce robinsons autobiographical and magisterial film about the lives of two struggling actors in late sixties london, has completed the rare cinematic journey from cult movie to acknowledged masterpiece. Grant and the anxietyridden i paul mcganndrown their frustrations in booze, pills, and lighter fluid. Faced with bad weather, altercations with the locals, and the unexpected arrival and advances of. Finally, the withnail and i script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the richard e. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of withnail and i. Two unemployed actorsacerbic, elegantly wasted withnail richard e. They soon realize theyve gone on holiday by mistake when. It was shown at over fifty cinemas around the uk on 11 september, as part of the final week of the bbcs summer of british film season.
Well never be able to use the dinner service again. I havent watched withnail and i since the days of vhs so seeing this masterpiece in full hd was a revelation. My favourite love film colin farrell on withnail and i bfi. London, 1969 two resting unemployed and unemployable actors, withnail and marwood, fed up with damp, cold, piles of washingup, mad drug dealers and psychotic irishmen, decide to leave their squalid camden flat for an idyllic holiday in the countryside, courtesy of withnail. Grant and paul mcgann in the title roles as rarely employed but often inebriated actor friends who decide to escape the squalor of their camden flat for a weekend at a country cottage owned by withnails gay uncle monty. Grant stars in his first onscreen role as withnail. If withnail and i is a sixties film at all, it is thanks mainly to the presence of the frazzled drug dealer danny ralph brown. When they take a holiday by mistake at the country house of withnails flamboyantly gay uncle, monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the english countryside. In the film as in life, withnail and i live in poverty and disarray and do not waste valuable drinking time by doing anything else. His name is never spoken, but he is referred to in a letter as marwood. Not happy with just watching the trailer over and over again. Withnail and i original theatrical trailer youtube. Based on the reallife experiences of former actor turned writerdirector bruce robinson, withnail and i has become one of british cinemas most fondly remembered comedies. Withnail and i is a movie directed by bruce robinson in 1987 starring.
Withnail and i film trivia, history and merchandise. Withnail and i is a british film written and directed by bruce robinson. On telling the powers that be on the film desk that withnail and i was my favourite movie, i was informed this was a typical choice for muso types. Grant can be quick to order four quadruple whiskeys and a couple of pints, there is the presumption that he receives funds from his welloff homosexual uncle. Rent withnail and i 1987 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Grant and paul mcgann, respectively who share a flat in camden town in 1969.
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