Amazon.co.uk: Withnail And I [1986]: Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick, Daragh O'Malley, Bruce Robinson: Video

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Withnail And I [1986]
VHS ~ Paul McGann

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Product details

Actors: Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick
Directors: Bruce Robinson
Format: Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
Language English
Classification:
Studio: Starz Home Entertainment
VHS Release Date: 12 Nov 2001
Run Time: 103 minutes

Average Customer Review:

(91 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00004CKB8
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,483 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Set in 1969, the year in which the hippy dreams of so many young Englishmen went sour, 1986's Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I is an enduring British cult. Fellow enthusiasts cry immortal phrases from the endlessly brilliant script to one another like mating calls; "Scrubbers!", "We want the finest wines known to humanity and we want them now!" Withnail is played by the emaciated but defiantly effete Richard E Grant, "I" (i.e., Marwood) by Paul McGann. Out-of-work actors living in desperate penury in a rancid London flat, their lives are a continual struggle to keep warm, alive and in Marwood's case sane, until the pubs open. A sojourn in the country cottage of Withnail's gay Uncle Monty only redoubles their privations--they have to kill a live chicken to eat. The arrival of Monty spells further misery for Marwood as he must fend off his attentions. This borderline homophobic interlude apart, Withnail and I is a delight, enhanced by an aimless but appallingly eventful plot. Popular among students, it strikes a chord with anyone who has undergone a period of debauchery and impoverished squalor prior to finding their way onto life's straight and narrow.--David Stubbs

Synopsis
Escaping from their less-than-successful theatrical careers in London, two young impoverished actors, named Withnail and Marwood, set off on an outrageous vacation in the English countryside, at the home of bizarre Uncle Monty.