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.Status: | Released (1987-06-19) |
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Awards: | 1 win & 1 nomination |
BoxOffice: | $1,544,889 |
Screen: | Bruce Robinson |
Productions: | Handmade Films, Cineplex-Odeon Films |
Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
Spoken Languages: | Latin, English |
Casts
- 20766: Richard E. Grant - Withnail
- 47654: Paul McGann - ...& I
- 10983: Richard Griffiths - Monty
- 53916: Ralph Brown - Danny
- 1821: Michael Elphick - Jake
- 144863: Daragh O'Malley - Irishman
- 1248746: Michael Wardle - Isaac Parkin
Crews
- 8966: Bruce Robinson - Director - Directing
- 8966: Bruce Robinson - Screenplay - Writing
- 95109: David Dundas - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 232961: Rick Wentworth - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 4759115: John Roberts - Painter - Art
- 51816: Paul M. Heller - Producer - Production
- 10593: George Harrison - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
LastCaress1972
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Bought this on DVD for a £2 on a second-hand market stall a couple of years ago, then upgraded it to blu-ray a few months ago when I saw it on sale in HMV for a bargaintastic three quid. Yet I'd never got around to actually watching it. I'd bought it (twice) off the back of it being ....
Continue reading ->Arrrrrrrach
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A beautiful, dreary and funny film. At times subtle and others direct. Deeply contemplative with majestic scenery and an atmosphere of grey. Sardonic humour with believable, excellently acted characters and scenarios. It's the greatest film about friendship and only gets better w ....
Continue reading ->Filipe Manuel Neto
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**It's a good film, but it's very damaged by the abuse of alcohol, drugs and tobacco, and by the weakness of the script, in terms of narrative.** I expected a lot more from this movie, I have to confess. It is considered by many to be one of the best British comic films, and there ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Just what exactly was it lurking in the sink? Probably best not to know as we meet the dipso "Withnail" (Richard E. Grant) and his marginally more respectable pal who'd be the "Marwood/I" (Paul McGann). Two "resting" actors who haven't tuppence to rub together. A visit to his gay unc ....
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