Overview
Two out-of-work 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. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.
Withnail and I
Withnail and I is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson.Loosely based on Robinson's life in London in the late 1960s, the plot follows two unemployed actors, Withnail and "I" (portrayed by Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann, respectively) who share a flat in Camden Town in 1969. Needing a holiday, they obtain the key to a country cottage in the Lake District ...
Withnail & I (1987)Directed by Bruce Robinson. With Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown. In 1969, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.
Withnail and I (1987)Withnail (Richard E. Grant) is an unsuccessful, pill-popping actor; "I," or Marwood (Paul McGann), is Withnail's roommate and another equally underemployed actor. The time is 1969: Withnail is ...
Withnail and IWithnail and I is a 1986 film comedy written and directed by Bruce Robinson and starring Richard E. Grant (Withnail), Paul McGann (Marwood, the "I" of the title), Richard Griffiths (Uncle Monty) and Ralph Brown (Danny). The movie, which takes place in England in late 1969, involves the misadventures of a pair of chronically unemployed actors.
Withnail & I ReviewsSummary: London 1969 - two 'resting' (unemployed and unemployable) actors, Withnail and Marwood, fed up with damp, cold, piles of washing-up, mad drug dealers and psychotic Irishmen, decide to leave their squalid Camden flat for an idyllic holiday in the countryside, courtesy of Withnail's uncle Monty's country cottage. But when they get London 1969 - two 'resting' (unemployed and unemployable ...
Withnail & IWithnail & I. Home. About the film (1987) Richard E Grant and Paul McGann star in Bruce Robinson's cult comedy. Two alcoholic, substance-abusing unemployed actors leave their squalid London flat ...
Withnail and I: The ultimate cult film?Withnail and I wasn’t a box-office sensation when it came out in 1987. “I remember actor friends really liking it,” one of the film’s stars, Paul McGann, tells BBC Culture.
Withnail & I | Film | The GuardianThe star of Withnail & I sent faxes full of gossip, hilarious character assassinations, self-loathing and charm Published: 26 Sep 2015 ‘A slag-fest collusion’: Steve Martin on his friend ...
Withnail & I Quotes. QuotesGramWithnail: To tutor it in the ways of righteousness, and procure some uncontaminated urine. [holding up a Fairy Liquid bottle with a strap and a tube] Withnail: This is a device enabling the drunken driver to operate in absolute safety. You fill this with piss, take this pipe down the trouser and sellotape this valve to the end of the old chap.
