Stars: Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick, Daragh O'Malley

Director: Bruce Robinson

Summary: 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.

WITHNAIL AND I is a quirky semiautobiographical account of filmmaker Bruce Robinson's early years as an actor. In 1969 London, two unemployed thespians--Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and Marwood (Paul McGann)--take a holiday in the Lake District at the home of Withnail's uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths), quite unprepared for what is in store for them, not only involving the locals, but the uncle as well.

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Set in 1969, the year in which the hippy dreams of so many young Englishmen went sour, 1986's Bruce Robinson's Withnail and Iis 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 Iis 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

Aspect Ratio:	Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Documentary Withnail And Us, Original Theatrical Trailer, Commentary By Paul McGann And Ralph Brown, Behind The Scenes Stills By Ralph Steadman
Year:	1986
Release Date:	November 12, 2001
Runtime:	103 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	A B D 4006
Keywords:	Comedy, General, Wide, Screen, Withnail, I
Genre:	Comedy