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Bruce Robinson (writer)
Release Date:
19 June 1987 (USA)
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You are invited to spend an hilarious weekend in the English countryside. more
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London 1969 - two 'resting' (unemployed and unemployable) actors, Withnail and Marwood, fed up with damp...
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Cottage
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Reference To Hamlet
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Awards:
1 win
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(3 articles)
Griffiths Is Homesick On Broadway
(From WENN. 20 November 2008, 8:02 AM, PST)
Ritchie Movie Tops Best London Film Set List
(From WENN. 24 October 2008, 12:05 AM, PDT)
(From WENN. 20 November 2008, 8:02 AM, PST)
Ritchie Movie Tops Best London Film Set List
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Classic dialogue makes for a hilarious film
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Richard E. Grant | ... | Withnail |
| Paul McGann | ... | Marwood |
| Richard Griffiths | ... | Monty |
 | Ralph Brown | ... | Danny |
| Michael Elphick | ... | Jake |
| Daragh O'Malley | ... | Irishman |
| Michael Wardle | ... | Isaac Parkin |
| Una Brandon-Jones | ... | Mrs. Parkin |
| Noel Johnson | ... | General |
| Irene Sutcliffe | ... | Waitress |
| Llewellyn Rees | ... | Tea Shop Proprietor |
| Robert Oates | ... | Policeman One |
| Anthony Wise | ... | Policeman Two |
| Eddie Tagoe | ... | Presuming Ed |
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107 min
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Canada:R (Ontario) |
USA:R (certificate #28355) |
Australia:MA |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
New Zealand:R13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
Spain:13 |
Singapore:PG |
Finland:K-16
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In the scene where Withnail (Richard E. Grant) ostensibly downs a bottle of lighter fluid, the can, which in rehearsals had been full of water, was full of vinegar. Director Bruce Robinson used vinegar on the take to get a better facial reaction from Grant. The vomiting was scripted and faked.
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Anachronisms: In the first kettle scene, the gas burns blue, whereas in 1969 we still used town gas (coal gas), which burns with a yellow flame. Not a lot they could have done about this of course.
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Referenced in Wicker Park (2004)
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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In the late 1960'sm Withnail and our narrator are two unemployed actors who have little chance of being employed. Fed up with their lot in Camden, they flee for a restful break in Penrith in the cottage of Withnail's Uncle Monty. However the facilities, the oddball locals and the advances of Monty put their friendship under pressure.
There is very little I can add to the many reviews that have rightly praised this film as one of the funniest British films ever. The basic plot is not enough to keep you watching and you should not come to this film looking for an amazing narrative - I have watched this several times and never once has it mattered where the film was going, only how it goes there. The joy of the film is a script that is rich in highly memorable and quotable dialogue that will make you laugh out loud. It is crass to let this become a list of lines but if you stood up in certain circles and declared `I demand booze' or `I want something's flesh' then it would immediately be recognised!
Of course, the dialogue would not work if it were delivered badly, a problem that does not exist here. Grant is, and always will be, Withnail; no matter how many stupid adverts he does for shops this is how I will remember him. His delivery is tremendous and he brings the character to life in a spinning fireball of comedic excess! McGann has the less showy part but is equally as good and has to make his character real in order to hold the film together. Support roles are just as well scripted and just as funny - notably Griffiths (you terrible c*nt!) and the late Michael Elphick.
Overall this is simply one of the best British comedies ever made and it breaks my heart to see voter's lists where things like Four Weddings top it! The delivery is great and the writing is consistently outrageous and hilarious. The only downside of this film is that director/writer Robinson has never topped this wonderful movie and looks like he never will.