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Withnail & I (1987)
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London 1969 - two 'resting' (unemployed and unemployable) actors, Withnail and Marwood, fed up with damp... See full summary » Director:Bruce RobinsonWriter:Bruce Robinson |
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Jake
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Isaac Parkin
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Mrs. Parkin
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Irene Sutcliffe | ... |
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Llewellyn Rees | ... |
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Robert Oates | ... |
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Anthony Wise | ... |
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London 1969 - two 'resting' (unemployed and unemployable) actors, Withnail and Marwood, fed up with damp, cold, piles of washing-up, mad drug dealers and psychotic Irishmen, decide to leave their squalid Camden flat for an idyllic holiday in the countryside, courtesy of Withnail's uncle Monty's country cottage. But when they get there, it rains non-stop, there's no food, and their basic survival skills turn out to be somewhat limited. Matters are not helped by the arrival of Uncle Monty, who shows an uncomfortably keen interest in Marwood... Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
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If you don't remember the sixties, don't worry - neither did they. See more »Parents Guide:
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Music by Franz Schubert
Performed by Leslie Pearson See more »
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The name "Withnail" came from man called Jonathan Withnall that Bruce Robinson knew as a little boy. He was a local character who reversed his Aston Martin into a police car in a pub car park. Robinson said he's never been able to spell very well, and spelled his last name "Withnail" by mistake. The character of Withnail was based on Robinson's close friend, actor Vivian MacKerrell who died of throat cancer in 1990. They met at The Central School of Speech and Drama in 1964. The pair lived with David Dundas, Michael Feast and others in a Victorian townhouse bought by Dundas's parents in Camden Town, London. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: Several outdoor shots with rain only falling in the foreground. See more »Quotes
Marwood: [voiceover] Speed is like a dozen transatlantic flights without ever getting off the plane. Time change. You lose, you gain. Makes no difference so long as you keep taking the pills. But sooner or later you've got to get out because it's crashing, and then all at once those frozen hours melt out through the nervous system and seep out the pores.See more »
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"Piano Sonata in B Flat Major"Music by Franz Schubert
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