Withnail & I
- 1987 film
Film following the drink-and drug-fuelled misadventures of two struggling actors in a squalid London flat and an isolated Lake District cottage. Stars Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick and more.
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Why I love Withnail And I
Happy 30th to Bruce Robinson's cult British comedy: Sooz Kempner thinks you haven't aged a day.
Sooz Kempner, Standard Issue, 10th April 2017Withnail & I: 10 reasons why it's the best UK comedy
Withnail and I is a melancholic masterpiece and one of the funniest British films ever made.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 10th April 2017A sordid, supremely funny trudge through the pathetic lives of two destitute actors - Paul McGann's Marwood and the languidly furious Withnail (Richard E Grant) - who survive on drugs and drink in grotty Camden Town, then head unwisely for the rural idyll of Uncle Monty's (Richard Griffiths) freezing country cottage. A glory of British cinematic comedy.
Paul Howlett, The Guardian, 3rd June 2016First draft of Withnail and I set for auction
The first draft of the novel that went on to be turned into cult film Withnail and I is set for auction at Sotheby's.
BBC News, 12th December 2015Withnail and I: 'farewell to a lost era'
Withnail and I was regarded for many years as a cult film but stands now as one of the finest British films of the Eighties. And what's not to like about a film with the line: "Don't threaten me with a dead fish"?
Martin Chilton, The Telegraph, 12th December 2015Jack the Ripper: has Bruce Robinson solved the crime?
After 15 years of research, the director of Withnail & I believes he has cracked the most enduring mystery in British criminal history - and talks about Withnail & I and his own links to both stories.
Mick Brown, The Telegraph, 2nd October 2015Withnail and I, film review
Withnail and I was regarded for many years as a cult film but stands now as one of the finest British films of the Eighties. And what's not to like about a film with the line: "Don't threaten me with a dead fish"?
Martin Chilton, The Telegraph, 24th April 2015Blu-Ray and DVD review: Withnail & I
What makes Withnail & I a classic is their humbling familiarity to anyone who's ever been a bit down and out, or felt scuppered by the hand life has dealt (careers in the arts or otherwise). To paraphrase Charles Dickens: it's most certainly the worst of times, but quite possibly the best of them too.
Emma Hay, TV Bomb, 3rd November 2014How many of these Withnail & I quotes do you remember?
How well you do know this boozy '80s cult classic?
Us vs Th3m, 27th August 2014Is Withnail and I the best British comedy of all time?
With Bruce Robinson's Withnail And I getting an open air release in Caversham tomorrow, as part of Cult Screens commitment to exhibiting the best cult and pop culture films, it's a perfect opportunity to revisit and reflect on a truly unique British comedy and cult classic.
Metro, 15th August 2013