Withnail and I (Bloomsbury Film Classics)

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The effect is bitter and spell-binding, but the wolves are unimpressed. Withnail exits hopelessly into the rain. I've been sitting in front of my laptop reading the script and laughing out loud. In my minds eye I can see those wonderful actors delivering those brilliant lines. The familys looking at me strangely as I burst out laughing for no apparent reason. One question though, why has Paul McGann not gone on to do more? He's as brilliant as Richard E. Grant, and that's high praise indeed. Buy the wellingtons. I'm going to go and buy some razors and some shaving soap. I'll see you overe there in half an hour. Jonze, Tim (14 November 2011). "My favourite film: Withnail and I". The Guardian . Retrieved 15 November 2011. I have to confess, I first heard about Withnail and I in terms of a drinking game – could you watch the film while matching the two lead characters shot for shot, pint for pint, Camberwell carrot for Camberwell carrot?

You're the food and plumbings man. I've no idea. I wish I'd found this an hour ago. I'd have taken great pleasure in gunning this pullet down. Rubbish. [He flings his cigarette across the room] Haven't seen Gielgud down the Labour Exchange. Why doesn't he retire? [He grabs a newspaper from the coffee table] Look at this little bastard. ``Boy lands plum role for top Italian director.'' Of course he does. Probably on a tenner a day and I know what for: two pound ten a tit and a fiver for his arse. Liebenson, Donald (10 November 1996). " 'Withnail' and You: A Cult Fave Resurfaces". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020 . Retrieved 3 May 2020. The cafe Marwood is reading a The People at a table in the cafe. The article is entitled ``Love made up my mind, I had to become a woman.'' Behind him, the proprietor is frying eggs; they flap in a quarter inch of grease. She lifts one out, slaps it into a sandwich and places it in front of a derelict old woman. The sandwich is bitten and yolk pours onto the plate. Marwood turns his attention to another's newspaper. It is the News of the World . Headline: ``Nude Au Pair's Secret Life''. He looks around at the other customers with horror in his eyes.Oh, my boys, my boys. We are at the end of an age. We live in a land of weather forecasts and breakfasts that 'set in'. Shat on by Tories, shovelled up by Labour. And here we are. We three. Perhaps the last island of beauty in the world. [He pauses to look at them] Now, which of you is going to be a splendid fellow and go down to the Rolls for the rest of the wine? Calhoun, Dave; etal. (12 December 2018). "100 Best Comedy Movies". Time Out London . Retrieved 17 September 2011. Canby, Vincent (27 March 1987). " 'Withnail and I', a Comedy". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019 . Retrieved 26 April 2020. I suppose happiness is relative. I never thought it would be a polythene bag without the hole in it.

The film was shot almost entirely on location. There was no filming in the real Penrith; the locations used were in and around nearby Shap and Bampton, Cumbria. Monty's cottage, "Crow Crag", is Sleddale Hall, near the Wet Sleddale Reservoir just outside Shap, although the lake that "Crow Crag" apparently overlooks is Haweswater Reservoir. The bridge where Withnail and Marwood go fishing with a shotgun is over the River Lowther. The telephone box in which Withnail calls his agent is beside Wideworth Farm Road in Bampton. [28] My wife is having a baby. [He hits on a plan of action] Listen, I don't know what my f... [He starts to say ``friend'', but changes his mind] acquaintance did to upset you but it's nothing to do with me. I suggest you both go outside and discuss it sensibly, in the street. It may only be the wolves that listen, but Withnail is on stage, and all his bitterness and injured pride are poured into his performance. Now look, you. Those pheasants are for his pot. These eels are for my pot. Now what makes you think I should give you something for your pot?He scrunches up the paper that was holding his chips and puts it in the toilet. He starts to leave.

One of the most amusing British cult comedies of all time. But I must say that since I bought it on DVD, its does begin to wear a little thin on repeated viewing - mainly due to all those annoying fans who insist on reciting the best lines over and over. Withnail and I (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 27 March 1987 . Retrieved 15 January 2012. Withnail makes no move, so he opens the door. Withnail virtually falls out then stands against the car. The policeman offers him a Breathalyser bag.

They enter and go into the lounge. It is very old fashioned in appearance, paintings, books, a drink's cabinet, a sideboard, an open fire and a pair of opposing sofas separated by a coffee table. There are mementos and photographs everywhere. Withnail's bedroom Marwood is asleep in Withnail's double bed. Withnail creeps in with the candle and puts his hand over Marwood's mouth. Marwood comes violently awake and begins trying to talk through Withnail's fingers. Withnail tries to shoosh him quiet and finally removes his hand.