DVD : Withnail and I - Criterion Collection
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781559409209
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1559409207
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 10, 2001
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 14758
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: June 19, 1987
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London. The 60s. Two unemployed actors-acerbic, elegantly wasted Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and the anxiety-ridden "I" (Paul McGann)-drown their frustrations in booze, pills, and lighter fluid. When Withnail's Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) offers his cottage, they escape the squalor of their flat for a week in the country. They soon realize they've gone on holiday by mistake when their wits-and friendship-are sorely tested by violent downpours, less-than-hospitable locals, and empty cupboards. An intelligent, superbly acted, and hilarious film, The Criterion Collection is proud to present Bruce Robinson's semi-autobiographical cult favorite in its complete and uncut version.
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A corrosively funny, semiautobiographical account by writer-director Bruce Robinson (How to Get Ahead in Advertising) about a couple of destitute roommates, young actors living in drunken squalor in 1969, the twilight days of swingin' London. Withnail (the astounding Richard E. Grant in a definitive performance) is a kind of depraved, modern-day Oscar Wilde, but without the money or the manners. The "I" of the title is the younger and more impressionable Marwood (Paul McGann), who stands somewhat in awe of his scandalous, demented, hysterical pal. While on a miserable holiday in the bitterly cold and damp countryside, they stay with wealthy, corpulent "Uncle Monty" (Richard Griffiths), who takes quite a liking to young Marwood, much to his consternation. Though not well known in the United States, Withnail & I has a major cult following in England. It's uproariously funny in a peculiarly British way, and the acting is absolutely scintillating. (Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert said Griffiths's was the best performance by an actor in a British film since Denholm Elliott in A Room with a View.) This one's a real treat for the caustic at heart. --Jim Emerson
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Withnail and I is a film that got in under my radar; I simply hadn't heard of it until recently. After I did IMDB and Google searches on it, I knew it was "my kind" of movie, and I bought the DVD without having ever seen it. It is, if possible, even a better film than I was expecting.
The direction and performances are first-rate, and the script is wonderful. Based on only two viewings (there will be many more), Withnail and I is in my personal top twenty movies.
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British film set in London in the 1960's. Withnail (played by Richard E. Grant) and Marwood (Paul McGann) are aspiring actors. Both are unemployed and penniless and seemingly always in search of drink. The live in a dirty bachelor pad with the sink filled with dirty dishes, a bathtub filled with who-knows-what and the pitter-patter of rodents ever present. They seeks ways to stay warm as their money has run out. Withnail, the leader of the two, rails over life's injustices. Marwood is the more ... Read More
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In the UK, Withnail and I is a seminal cult classic. A pean to 60s romanticism, alcoholism, individuality and talent sordidly and tragically pissed up the wall. Withnail and Marwood are two 'resting' actors living in magnificent squalor in Camden Town in the late 1960s. Frustrated and depressed with their existence, a pile of fetid washing up in the sink and Withnail with a recklessly unstable antifreeze drinking habit (the film has spawned its own drinking game), they manage to escape to a Lake District ... Read More
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I can't help thinking that a lot of people get this film wrong. Yes, it is very very funnny and yes, it is the most quotable film I know (I know practically the whole script by heart - does that make me a nerd?), but surely it is much more than that? If Withnail was 'just' a funny quotable film, I don't think it would A) have achieved such cult status and B) would have touched so many people (well me at least) in such a profound way. Withnail is funny but it is also a very moving film about friendship. It's ... Read More
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There is one film that might be funnier than Withnail and I, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and that's it. The dialogue is brilliant. Every line is quotable, over and over.
The secret is that you must watch Withnail and I many times. Watch it over and over. Then you will realize its genius. It cannot be gotten in one viewing.
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