Withnail & I (1987)
Withnail & I (1987)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Richard E. Grant
Withnail
Paul McGann
...& I
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 1
Anthony Wise
Policeman 2
Eddie Tagoe
Presuming Ed
Bruce Robinson
Director / Screenplay / Stunt Double
Paul M. Heller
Producer
George Harrison
Executive Producer
Denis O'Brien
Executive Producer
David Dundas
Music
Rick Wentworth
Music
Peter Hannan
Director of Photography
Alan Strachan
Editor
Michael Pickwoad
Production Design
Henry Harris
Art Direction
Andrea Galer
Costume Design
Peter Frampton
Makeup Artist
Alan Paley
Sound Editor
Lawrence Kirstein
Associate Producer
David Wimbury
Co-Producer
Mary Selway
Casting
Sue Love
Hairdresser
Matthew Binns
Unit Production Manager
Peter Kohn
First Assistant Director
Kathy Sykes
Second Assistant Director
Alan Chesters
Carpenter
Bert Gadsden
Property Master
Trevor Rutherford
Boom Operator
Clive Winter
Sound Mixer
Martin Gutteridge
Special Effects Supervisor
Paul Heasman
Stunt Double
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 19, 1987
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Content RatingR
Box Office$1,544,889
Filming LocationsLondon · Peel Cottage, United Kingdom
Genres
Wiki.
Withnail and I is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson. Loosely based on Robinson's life in London in the late 1960s, the plot follows two unemployed actors, Withnail and "I" (portrayed by Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann, respectively) who share a flat in Camden Town in 1969. Needing a holiday, they obtain the key to a country cottage in the Lake District belonging to Withnail's eccentric uncle Monty and drive there. The weekend holiday proves less recuperative than they expected.
Withnail and I was Grant's first film and established his profile. The film featured performances by Richard Griffiths as Withnail's Uncle Monty and Ralph Brown as Danny the drug dealer. The film has tragic and comic elements and is notable for its period music and many quotable lines. It has been described as "one of Britain's biggest cult films".
The character "I" is named "Marwood" in the published screenplay but goes unnamed in the film credits.