Withnail and I
United Kingdom
1986
108 Min
Color
1.85:1
Latin, English
Synopsis
London. The 1960s. Two unemployed actors—acerbic, elegantly wasted Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and the anxiety-ridden “I” (Paul McGann)—drown their frustrations in booze, pills, and lighter fluid. When Withnail’s Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) offers his cottage, they escape the squalor of their flat for a week in the country. They soon realize they’ve gone on holiday by mistake when their wits—and friendship—are sorely tested by violent downpours, less than hospitable locals, and empty cupboards. —The Criterion Collection
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Bruce Robinson
Bruce Robinson is perhaps best known for having penned the award-winning script to the powerful exposé The Killing Fields (1984), but he is also a former actor and a director. He received training in drama at London’s School of Speech and Drama and made his first screen appearance in Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet (1968). After an undistinguished decade as a thespian, Robinson became an author and screenwriter. He became a director a decade after that with the autobiographical ensemble comedy Whithnail & I (1987), the story of two aspiring actors in 1969. —allmovie guide
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Withnail and I
By asuraf on September 25, 2010
Bruce Robinson never quite lived up to the promise of this bittersweet autobiographical debut, about two unemployed actors in 1969 London, living hand-to-mouth in a cold apartment, who take a trip to…
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By Gary Wood on January 3, 2010
Like most character studies, Withnail and I relies heavily on performance, personality, and dialogue to carry the day. From scene to scene, the audience is tugged along not by action or even plot… read review
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