Withnail and I (1987)

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Written by Bruce Robinson

Directed by Bruce Robinson

Running Time: 110 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1987

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: UK

Filmed in Colour

It's 1969. Living in a squalid Camden flat and surviving on a diet of booze and pills, two "resting" actors (Paul McGann, pictured left and Richard E. Grant, right) decide to take a short break at a country house to "rejuvenate".

Faced with bad weather, altercations with the locals, and the unexpected arrival (and advances) of Withnail's Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths), the pair's wits and friendship are tested to the limits.

Released in 1987, this wonderfully funny film quickly became a student cult-classic. A desperate character study of late-1960s frustration, it's directed by Bruce Robinson. Semi-autobiographical, it's based on the director's own experiences as a young actor living in Camden with deadbeat thespian Vivian MacKerrell and his encounters with the predatory Franco Zeffirelli. In his breakthrough performance, Richard E. Grant gets the choicest lines, while Paul McGann's role is suitably understated.

Highly recommended.

Cast

Image for Richard E. GrantRichard E. GrantWithnail
Paul McGannPeter Marwood
Image for Richard GriffithsRichard GriffithsMonty
Ralph BrownDanny
Image for Michael ElphickMichael ElphickJake
Image for Daragh ODaragh O'MalleyIrishman
Michael WardleIsaac Parkin
Una Brandon-JonesMrs. Parkin
Noel JohnsonGeneral
Irene SutcliffeWaitress
Llewellyn ReesTea Shop Proprietor
Robert OatesPoliceman One
Anthony WisePoliceman Two
Eddie TagoePresuming Ed

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