Withnail and I is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson. Based on Robinson's life in London in the late 1960s, the plot follows two unemployed young actors, Withnail and "I" (portrayed by Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann) who live in a squalid flat in Camden Town in 1969 while squandering their finances on alcohol. Needing a holiday, they obtain the key to a country cottage in the Lake District belonging to Withnail's lecherous gay uncle Monty and drive there. The holiday is less recuperative than they expected.
Withnail and I was Grant's first film and launched him into a successful career. The film also featured performances by Richard Griffiths as Withnail's Uncle Monty and Ralph Brown as Danny the drug dealer. The film has tragic and comic elements (particularly farce) and is notable for its period music and many quotable lines. It has been described as "one of Britain's biggest cult films".
Plot
The film depicts the lives and misadventures of two unemployed young actors in late-1969 London. They are the flamboyant alcoholic Withnail and "I" (named "Marwood" in the published screenplay but not in the credits) as his relatively more level-headed friend and the film's narrator. Withnail comes from privileged background and sets the tone for the friendship. They live in a filthy Georgian flat in Camden Town. Their only company at the flat is the local drug dealer, Danny.
On 4K UHS in the UK June 24, 2024
The finest cult film known to humanity!
Camden Town, the arse-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, WITHNAIL and I is a sheer delight, even on th...
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Withnail & I Tearoom
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Withnail and I - Original Trailer
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It’s 1969 and London isn’t exactly swinging for struggling, unemployed actors Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and ‘I’ (Paul McGann). Living amongst the crumbling squalor of a Camden flat, their uneventful existence is fuelled by cheap booze, drugs and lighter fluid.
When Withnail’s eccentric Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) offers them his cottage retreat, both Withnail and I decide to escape to the glorious English countryside for a carefree weekend. But what they find when they get there is far less idyllic than they had imagined as they are forced to contend with disastrous weather conditions, hostile locals and the amorous motives of a certain Uncle Monty.
Starring Richard E...
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Withnail and I - Newly restored and back in cinemas October 3rd!
The finest cult film known to humanity!
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, WITHNAIL and I is a shee...
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In this short scene from Withnail and I, Withnail (Richard E Grant) spins the Crow's landlord a tall story about being in the Territorials as Marwood (Paul McCann) looks on
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Withnail and I... Hamlet Soliloquy (HD)
I have of late, but wherefore
I know not, lost all my mirth
and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition;
that this goodly frame the Earth, seemes to me a sterrill
Promontory; this most excellent Canopy the Ayre,
look you, this brave ore-hanging firmament,
this Majestical Roof,
fretted with golden fire: why,
it appeares no other thing
to me, then a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
What a piece of work is a man,
How noble in Reason, how infinite in faculties,
how like an angel in apprehension
how like a God !
the beauty of the world,
the paragon of animals. and yet to me,
what is this quintessence of dust?
Man delights not me; no,
nor Woman neither;
—The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Act II, Scene ii, 285-300)
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Scene from Withnail & I starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann #funny #darkcomedy #lipsync
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Withnail And I - Clip
The pub scene in Camden followed by Danny & his doll which has voodoo qualities (it contains a pill called "The Embalmer" back at the house.
On 4K UHS in the UK June 24, 2024
The finest cult film known to humanity!
Camden Town, the arse-end of the sixties. Two struggling, unemployed actors decide s...
On 4K UHS in the UK June 24, 2024
The finest cult film known to humanity!
Camden Town, the arse-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, WITHNAIL and I is a sheer delight, even on the umpteenth viewing.
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On 4K UHS in the UK June 24, 2024
The finest cult film known to humanity!
Camden Town, the arse-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, WITHNAIL and I is a sheer delight, even on the umpteenth viewing.
#arrowvideo #boutiquebluray #withnailandi #richardegrant #paulmcgann #brucerobinson
We thought we would add this just in case you have not seen the film!!!! We won't tell anyone your secret .......
It’s 1969 and London isn’t exactly swinging fo...
We thought we would add this just in case you have not seen the film!!!! We won't tell anyone your secret .......
It’s 1969 and London isn’t exactly swinging for struggling, unemployed actors Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and ‘I’ (Paul McGann). Living amongst the crumbling squalor of a Camden flat, their uneventful existence is fuelled by cheap booze, drugs and lighter fluid.
When Withnail’s eccentric Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) offers them his cottage retreat, both Withnail and I decide to escape to the glorious English countryside for a carefree weekend. But what they find when they get there is far less idyllic than they had imagined as they are forced to contend with disastrous weather conditions, hostile locals and the amorous motives of a certain Uncle Monty.
Starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann in career defining roles, Withnail & I is one of the most hilarious and iconic comedies in British cinema’s history. Written and directed by Bruce Robinson, this twisted, timeless and acerbic black comedy is a genuine cult masterpiece.
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We thought we would add this just in case you have not seen the film!!!! We won't tell anyone your secret .......
It’s 1969 and London isn’t exactly swinging for struggling, unemployed actors Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and ‘I’ (Paul McGann). Living amongst the crumbling squalor of a Camden flat, their uneventful existence is fuelled by cheap booze, drugs and lighter fluid.
When Withnail’s eccentric Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) offers them his cottage retreat, both Withnail and I decide to escape to the glorious English countryside for a carefree weekend. But what they find when they get there is far less idyllic than they had imagined as they are forced to contend with disastrous weather conditions, hostile locals and the amorous motives of a certain Uncle Monty.
Starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann in career defining roles, Withnail & I is one of the most hilarious and iconic comedies in British cinema’s history. Written and directed by Bruce Robinson, this twisted, timeless and acerbic black comedy is a genuine cult masterpiece.
Have you seen all the Withnail & I merchandise we have for sale...https://www.handmadefilms.film/shop/
A. O. Scott examines the aesthetics of failure in Bruce Robinson's film about two young actors in 1969 London.
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Withnail and I - Newly restored and back in cinemas October 3rd!
The finest cult film known to humanity!
Camden Town, the end of the sixties. Two struggling,...
Withnail and I - Newly restored and back in cinemas October 3rd!
The finest cult film known to humanity!
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, WITHNAIL and I is a sheer delight, even on the umpteenth viewing.
Withnail and I - Newly restored and back in cinemas October 3rd!
The finest cult film known to humanity!
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, WITHNAIL and I is a sheer delight, even on the umpteenth viewing.
In this short scene from Withnail and I, Withnail (Richard E Grant) spins the Crow's landlord a tall story about being in the Territorials as Marwood (Paul McCa...
In this short scene from Withnail and I, Withnail (Richard E Grant) spins the Crow's landlord a tall story about being in the Territorials as Marwood (Paul McCann) looks on
In this short scene from Withnail and I, Withnail (Richard E Grant) spins the Crow's landlord a tall story about being in the Territorials as Marwood (Paul McCann) looks on
I have of late, but wherefore
I know not, lost all my mirth
and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition;
that this goodly frame the Earth, seemes to m...
I have of late, but wherefore
I know not, lost all my mirth
and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition;
that this goodly frame the Earth, seemes to me a sterrill
Promontory; this most excellent Canopy the Ayre,
look you, this brave ore-hanging firmament,
this Majestical Roof,
fretted with golden fire: why,
it appeares no other thing
to me, then a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
What a piece of work is a man,
How noble in Reason, how infinite in faculties,
how like an angel in apprehension
how like a God !
the beauty of the world,
the paragon of animals. and yet to me,
what is this quintessence of dust?
Man delights not me; no,
nor Woman neither;
—The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Act II, Scene ii, 285-300)
I have of late, but wherefore
I know not, lost all my mirth
and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition;
that this goodly frame the Earth, seemes to me a sterrill
Promontory; this most excellent Canopy the Ayre,
look you, this brave ore-hanging firmament,
this Majestical Roof,
fretted with golden fire: why,
it appeares no other thing
to me, then a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
What a piece of work is a man,
How noble in Reason, how infinite in faculties,
how like an angel in apprehension
how like a God !
the beauty of the world,
the paragon of animals. and yet to me,
what is this quintessence of dust?
Man delights not me; no,
nor Woman neither;
—The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Act II, Scene ii, 285-300)
On 4K UHS in the UK June 24, 2024
The finest cult film known to humanity!
Camden Town, the arse-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, WITHNAIL and I is a sheer delight, even on the umpteenth viewing.
#arrowvideo #boutiquebluray #withnailandi #richardegrant #paulmcgann #brucerobinson
We thought we would add this just in case you have not seen the film!!!! We won't tell anyone your secret .......
It’s 1969 and London isn’t exactly swinging for struggling, unemployed actors Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and ‘I’ (Paul McGann). Living amongst the crumbling squalor of a Camden flat, their uneventful existence is fuelled by cheap booze, drugs and lighter fluid.
When Withnail’s eccentric Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) offers them his cottage retreat, both Withnail and I decide to escape to the glorious English countryside for a carefree weekend. But what they find when they get there is far less idyllic than they had imagined as they are forced to contend with disastrous weather conditions, hostile locals and the amorous motives of a certain Uncle Monty.
Starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann in career defining roles, Withnail & I is one of the most hilarious and iconic comedies in British cinema’s history. Written and directed by Bruce Robinson, this twisted, timeless and acerbic black comedy is a genuine cult masterpiece.
Have you seen all the Withnail & I merchandise we have for sale...https://www.handmadefilms.film/shop/
A. O. Scott examines the aesthetics of failure in Bruce Robinson's film about two young actors in 1969 London.
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Withnail and I - Newly restored and back in cinemas October 3rd!
The finest cult film known to humanity!
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, WITHNAIL and I is a sheer delight, even on the umpteenth viewing.
In this short scene from Withnail and I, Withnail (Richard E Grant) spins the Crow's landlord a tall story about being in the Territorials as Marwood (Paul McCann) looks on
I have of late, but wherefore
I know not, lost all my mirth
and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition;
that this goodly frame the Earth, seemes to me a sterrill
Promontory; this most excellent Canopy the Ayre,
look you, this brave ore-hanging firmament,
this Majestical Roof,
fretted with golden fire: why,
it appeares no other thing
to me, then a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
What a piece of work is a man,
How noble in Reason, how infinite in faculties,
how like an angel in apprehension
how like a God !
the beauty of the world,
the paragon of animals. and yet to me,
what is this quintessence of dust?
Man delights not me; no,
nor Woman neither;
—The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Act II, Scene ii, 285-300)
Withnail and I is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson. Based on Robinson's life in London in the late 1960s, the plot follows two unemployed young actors, Withnail and "I" (portrayed by Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann) who live in a squalid flat in Camden Town in 1969 while squandering their finances on alcohol. Needing a holiday, they obtain the key to a country cottage in the Lake District belonging to Withnail's lecherous gay uncle Monty and drive there. The holiday is less recuperative than they expected.
Withnail and I was Grant's first film and launched him into a successful career. The film also featured performances by Richard Griffiths as Withnail's Uncle Monty and Ralph Brown as Danny the drug dealer. The film has tragic and comic elements (particularly farce) and is notable for its period music and many quotable lines. It has been described as "one of Britain's biggest cult films".
Plot
The film depicts the lives and misadventures of two unemployed young actors in late-1969 London. They are the flamboyant alcoholic Withnail and "I" (named "Marwood" in the published screenplay but not in the credits) as his relatively more level-headed friend and the film's narrator. Withnail comes from privileged background and sets the tone for the friendship. They live in a filthy Georgian flat in Camden Town. Their only company at the flat is the local drug dealer, Danny.
I am lost in the crowd I'm standing in line I'm feeling so down And i am full of doubt He's not the one Take notice,hear me out I want him, need him And you, always will pull me through I'm tired This games so dumb He never played, His race is won IÂ'm tired, Can't smile no more i'll sure cave in, just like before I want him, need him And you always will pull me through And i want him, need him And you always will pull me through I want him, need him And you always will pull me through And i want him, need him And you always will pull me through And i...want him, need him And i...want him, need him And i...want him, need him