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.
Withnail And I - Special Edition
Camden Town, the end of the sixties. Two struggling, unemployed actors decide some respite is in order and so depart their miserable flat for a week in the Lake District one that will involve rain, booze, minimal supplies, a randy bull and an even randier Uncle Monty.
Based on the real-life experiences of former actor turned writer/director Bruce Robinson, Withnail And I has become one of British cinema's most fondly remembered comedies. A cult film in the truest sense that has also become a classic.
Perfectly cast with career-defining roles for Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths and Ralph Brown, and crammed with irresistibly quotable dialogue.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
New 2K restoration of Withnail And I from the original camera negative, supervised and approved by director of photography Peter Hannan
Bruce Robinson's follow-up feature, How To Get Ahead In Advertising, newly transferred from original film elements and approved by director of photography Peter Hannan
High definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of both films
Original uncompressed mono 1.0 PCM audio for both films
First released: Monday 9th February 2015
Extra features
- Audio commentary by writer-director Bruce Robinson
- Audio commentary by critic and writer Kevin Jackson, author of the BFI Modern Classic book on Withnail And I
- All four original Withnail Weekend documentaries, first screened on Channel 4 in 1999, including The Peculiar Memories Of Bruce Robinson, which looks at the director's career, Withnail & Us, which focuses on the film's making, and two shorter documentaries, I Demand To Have Some Booze and Withnail On The Pier
- Newly filmed interview with production designer Michael Pickwoad, who discusses his work on Withnail And I
- An appreciation of Withnail And I by Sam Bain, co-creator of Peep Show and Fresh Meat
- Theatrical trailers for both films
- Illustrated collector's booklet containing new writing by Vic Pratt and Frank Collins, an Empire interview with Bruce Robinson, Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann and Ralph Brown and more.
- Distributor: Arrow Video
- Region: B
- Discs: 2
- Minutes: 104
- Subtitles: English
- Catalogue: FCD1044
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