Withnail and I (Bloomsbury Film Classics)

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Paterson, Michael (10 March 2003). "Caine takes top billing for the greatest one-liner on screen". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 25 October 2017. This simple but extraordinarily effective casting decision was one of the major reasons for the film’s enormous commercial success, as it became, at the time, the biggest box-office success of any screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play, and Whiting and Hussey briefly became poster-boy and poster-girl for the sexual revolution sweeping the Western world. However, as befits one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, there was a dark, even unseemly side to the movie, one that was instrumental in Bruce Robinson’s development both as an actor and ultimately as a writer-director.

Actors Robinson considered for "Withnail" included Daniel Day-Lewis, [22] [23] Bill Nighy, [22] [23] Kenneth Branagh, [22] and Edward Tudor-Pole. [23] Robinson claims that Richard E. Grant was too fat to play Withnail and told him that "half of you has got to go". [22] Grant has denied this. [24] Alright, Miss Blennerhassit. I'm warning you, if you do, you're fired. We are multi-millionaires. We shall buy this place and fire you immediately.

Camden Town, London 1969.

They walk down to the cottage. There is a hare tied to the door with a note attached. Withnail unfolds the note and hands it to Monty. Monty clearly has some difficulty in reading the note. Because it wouldn't have helped if I hadn't. Just trying to establish you in some sort of context he'd understand. Scovell, Adam (11 April 2017). "In search of the Withnail & I locations 30 years on". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019 . Retrieved 3 May 2020. He rushes to the sink and is immediately repelled by the horrific reality that confronts him. Marwood follows and is similarly overcome.

Liebenson, Donald (10 November 1996). " 'Withnail' and You: A Cult Fave Resurfaces". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020 . Retrieved 3 May 2020. He tries to lean on a convenient post but misses and staggers a bit. He points meaningfully at the various customers as he leaves, shutting his coat in the door.

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Listen! It's not me, it's him. He lied to you. We're in an affair, we have been for years. But he doesn't want you to know. He doesn't want anyone to know. We're both in to; we're obsessed with each other. But he's estranged. He won't come out and accept what he is. That's why he's rejecting me while you're here. On my life Monty, this is the first night we haven't slept together for six years. I can't't cheat on him, it would kill him! Russell, Jamie (October 2003). "How "Withnail & I" Became a Cult". BBC . Retrieved 28 December 2010.

He offers the joint to Withnail, who has risen off of the floor and is on one knee behind the sofa. Calhoun, Dave; Huddleston, Tom; Jenkins, David; Adams, Derek; Andrew, Geoff; Davies, Adam Lee; Fairclough, Paul; Hammond, Wally; Kheraj, Alim; de Semlyen, Phil (10 September 2018). "The 100 best British films". Time Out . Retrieved 10 May 2019. I'm a friend of Montague Withnail. He's lent us his cottage. I wondered if you could sell us some food. Eggs and things. I suppose happiness is relative. I never thought it would be a polythene bag without the hole in it.The effect is bitter and spell-binding, but the wolves are unimpressed. Withnail exits hopelessly into the rain. In 2007, a digitally remastered version of the film was released by the UK Film Council. It was shown at over fifty cinemas around the UK on 11 September, as part of the final week of the BBC's "Summer of British Film" season. [61] Although the first name of "I" is not stated anywhere in the film, it is widely believed [ by whom?] that it is "Peter". This myth arose as a result of a line of misheard dialogue. [20] In the scene where Monty meets the two actors, Withnail asks him if he would like a drink. In his reply, Monty both accepts his offer and says "...you must tell me all the news, I haven't seen you since you finished your last film". While pouring another drink, and downing his own, Withnail replies that he has been "Rather busy uncle. TV and stuff". Then pointing at Marwood he says "He's just had an audition for rep". Some hear this line as " Peter's had an audition for rep", although the original shooting script and all commercially published versions of the script read "he's". a b c "Withnail & I Filming Locations". movie-locations.com. The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations . Retrieved 26 April 2020.