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19 June 1987 (USA) moreTagline:
You are invited to spend an hilarious weekend in the English countryside. morePlot:
London 1969 - two 'resting' (unemployed and unemployable) actors, Withnail and Marwood, fed up with damp... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreNewsDesk:
(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)
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Role of a lifetime more (156 total)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 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
StereoCertification:
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-16Fun Stuff
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Despite Paul McGann's speculation on the DVD commentary that Withnail might have gone to Stowe, both he and Uncle Monty are supposed to be old boys of another public school: Harrow. The first hint of this is the print of Harrow hanging up in the Camden flat (it's the one of the redbrick building just next to the door frame leading to the kitchen), but the real clincher is when later, at Monty's house, Withnail lies that Marwood went to "the other place", to which Monty replies, "Oh, you went to Eton!" Members of Eton and Harrow often refer to pupils of the other in this manner. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: Shows EEC hedge rows planted near the motorway, a policy not introduced until the 80s. moreQuotes:
Marwood: If my father was loaded I'd ask him for some money.Withnail: If your father was my father you wouldn't get it.
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Richard E Grant is simply perfect as Withnail, the addled but undoubtedly well-equipped "actor" on holiday with his pal, the "I" in the title. His soliloquy from Hamlet in the final scene is one of the best readings of that scene anyone's done in film. This is a film with a point, and a great way of avoiding making it too emphatically. I love every character, and every line. When Withnail frantically searches for antifreeze after drinking lighter fluid in a crazed attempt to become drunk, "I" says, "Everyone knows you shouldn't mix your drink!" Superb!