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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.
Jun 19, 1987 · Withnail & I: Directed by Bruce Robinson. With Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown. In 1969, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.
Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann prove irresistibly hilarious as two misanthropic slackers in Withnail and I, a biting examination of artists living on the fringes of prosperity and good taste ...
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May 26, 2020 · Grant co-stars as his Byronic flatmate, Withnail, an embittered alcoholic who stalks around in a tweed overcoat, firing scabrous insults at a world which has thus far neglected to hand...
Mar 25, 2009 · The performance by Richard E. Grant is a tour de force. "Withnail & I" was his second film. IMDb lists 76 other credits, but it is his destiny to be forever linked with this early role that has become iconic. To this day there must be those who imagine Grant himself to be hostile and furious, yet in person, he is just another talented acting bloke.
London, 1969. Two unemployed actors, Withnail (played by Richard E Grant) and Marwood (Paul McGann), are destitute and desperately in need of a change of fortunes. They decide to go on holiday to a cottage in the country. The cottage is owned by Withnail's eccentric uncle, Monty (Richard Griffiths).
Withnail & I. Acerbic and irresistibly self-destructive Withnail and neurotic Marwood are down-at-the-heels actors in 1960s London, living in self-inflicted squalor and drowning their artistic frustrations with booze and any drugs they can get their hands on. 1,063 IMDb 7.5 1 h 47 min 1987. R. Comedy · Drama · Emotional · Strange.
