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Withnail & I( 1987)

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If you don't remember the 60s don't worry, neither can they.

Overview

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Richard E. Grant

      Withnail

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      Paul McGann

      ...& I

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      Richard Griffiths

      Monty

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      Ralph Brown

      Danny

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      Michael Elphick

      Jake

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      Daragh O'Malley

      Irishman

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      Michael Wardle

      Isaac Parkin

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      Una Brandon-Jones

      Mrs. Parkin

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      Noel Johnson

      General

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      Irene Sutcliffe

      Waitress

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      Llewellyn Rees

      Tea Shop Proprietor

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      Robert Oates

      Policeman 1

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      Anthony Wise

      Policeman 2

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      Eddie Tagoe

      Presuming Ed

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    A review by LastCaress1972

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    Written by LastCaress1972 on Sun Aug 11 2013
    Bought this on DVD for a £2 on a second-hand market stall a couple of years ago, then upgraded it to blu-ray a few months ago when I saw it on sale in HMV for a bargaintastic three quid. Yet I'd never got around to actually watching it. I'd bought it (twice) off the back of it being this enormous cult classic weighed down with critical praise (Wiki tells me that the readers of Total Film magazine voted it the third greatest comedy film of all time in 2000 and the 13th greatest British film of all time in 2004, it was ranked 38th greatest film of all time by Channel 4 in 2001 in their 100 Greate...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    1544889.00

    Keywords

    • drug dealer
    • london, england
    • northern england
    • countryside
    • alcohol
    • darkness
    • flat
    • bath
    • dark comedy
    • uncle
    • cigar smoking
    • cannabis
    • money
    • rural area
    • cottage
    • poverty
    • cafe
    • strangulation
    • drugs
    • buddy
    • alcohol abuse
    • farmer
    • british pub
    • buddy comedy
    • unemployed
    • 1960s
    • gay theme