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Withnail & I (1987) [The Criterion Collection #119 - Out Of Print] [ReUp]

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Date: 26 Feb 2015 13:29:00
Withnail & I (1987) [The Criterion Collection #119 - Out Of Print] [ReUp]

Withnail and I (1987)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 4:3 | Cover+Booklet | 01:47:31 | 6,26 Gb
Audio: English AC3 1.0 @ 160 Kbps | Subtitles: English SDH
Genre: Comedy, Drama | The Criterion Collection #119

Director: Bruce Robinson
Stars: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths

London. The 1960s. Two unemployed actors - acerbic, elegantly wasted Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and the anxiety-ridden “I” (Paul McGann) - drown their frustrations in booze, pills, and lighter fluid. When Withnail’s Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) offers his cottage, they escape the squalor of their flat for a week in the country. They soon realize they’ve gone on holiday by mistake when their wits - and friendship - are sorely tested by violent downpours, less than hospitable locals, and empty cupboards. An intelligent, superbly acted, and hilarious film, Bruce Robinson’s semi-autobiographical cult favorite is presented here in its complete and uncut version.

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Apparently, right now, an episode of Star Trek is being broadcast somewhere around the world. But so what? Far more impressive is the thought that, at this very moment, another group of happy campers are settling down in front of the telly to watch a video of Withnail And I. All of them as drunk as skunks.

Withnail & I (1987) [The Criterion Collection #119 - Out Of Print] [ReUp]

Even re-released on the big screen to celebrate the film's tenth anniversary, it has to be said that, for a cult movie, Withnail has a less than tantalising premise. Set at the fag-end of the 60s, the film opens with two dissolute, unemployed actors - Withnail (Grant) and 'I' (McGann, the story's narrator who is never referred to by name in the film, but for anoraks, was named Marwood in the screenplay) - who become fed up with their squalid London abode and convince Withnail's ultra-camp uncle Monty (Griffiths) to lend them the keys to his country cottage.

Unfortunately, the rural retreat turns out to be a freezing hell-hole and, to make matters worse, Monty unexpectedly turns up and begins flirting with a decidedly reluctant 'I'. Eventually, our heroes arrive back at the Big Smoke to have, well, a big smoke. And, as far as plot goes, that's about it.

Withnail & I (1987) [The Criterion Collection #119 - Out Of Print] [ReUp]

Okay, so there are drink and drugs and groovy 60s music. Moreover, Grant and McGann are excellent throughout. But what has really given Withnail its enduring appeal is Bruce Robinson's script. Crammed with a ready-made lexicon of off-beat catch phrases ("Don't you threaten me with a dead fish!" etc.) Withnail And I seesaws between hilarity and tragedy in a manner that doesn't waste a single slurred syllable. The end result is not only incredibly funny but also one of the saddest, sharpest and, hell, downright educational movies ever made.

Fans can mouth the words of Grant's big speeches along with him, relishing every viperish turn of phrase…this is and always will be a perfect dark comedy and a student staple.
Empire
Withnail & I (1987) [The Criterion Collection #119 - Out Of Print] [ReUp]

This is the directorial debut of Bruce Robinson ("How to Get Ahead in Advertising"/"Jennifer Eight"), who also wrote this absurdly hilarious black comedy from his own experiences (his roommate was an elegant but wastrel eccentric actor named Vivian MacKerrell, who eventually died from throat cancer due to an overindulgence in drink and smoke). It has become a cult favorite and has stood the test of time to remain just as pertinent today as it was when released, and it keeps gathering new friends from different generations. Though very British in tone, it appeals to a broad international audience. It's brilliantly scripted and acted, and plays out as no mere nostalgia trip into the 1960s but a well-realized character study of a pair of oddballs and as a defining rites-of-passage classic film. Its rapid-fire repartee is probably the best of its kind that I can recall from any film covering the bohemian lifestyle in the swinging 1960s.

Withnail & I (1987) [The Criterion Collection #119 - Out Of Print] [ReUp]

It opens in a pigsty of a flat in North London's Camden in 1969 that is shared by two aristocratic but seedy looking, degenerate and broke out-of-work actors, the dissipated Withnail (Richard E. Grant), who must always have a drink, and the nervous and bespectacled I or Marwood (Paul McGann), trying to create a John Lennon image. They exist solely on booze, pills and fags. I reads from his journal notes, which serve as a voice-over for the film. The boys are despondent because they ran out of booze and are freezing, and feel a need to get a change of scenery to the country to freshen up.

Withnail & I (1987) [The Criterion Collection #119 - Out Of Print] [ReUp]

Their best hope is from Withnail's portly, eccentric and wealthy Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths), and so they visit the aging homosexual in his Chelsea flat and manage to swing it so that Monty lets them use his rustic Lake District country cottage in Penrith. But not before Monty tells them all we want to know about him, as he declares: "I think the carrot infinitely more fascinating than the geranium. The carrot has mystery. Flowers are essentially tarts. Prostitutes for the bees. There is you'll agree a certain je ne se quoi oh so very special about a firm young carrot." To the boys surprise the cottage turns out not be a plush one they imagined, but a rundown one in the boonies without all the modern conveniences (theres no heating, electricity or running water) and, to boot, hostile locals. They are once again no better off than they were in their cold London flat.

Withnail & I (1987) [The Criterion Collection #119 - Out Of Print] [ReUp]

To make matters worse, the predatory Monty surprises them with a nighttime visit while they are sleeping together, in fear that the threatening local poacher will carry out his threat to harm them. Uncle brings much welcomed provisions, but has a twinkle in his eye for I which frightens the lad so much he wishes to flee back to London. Once back in London, they find that the pompous drug dealer Danny (Ralph Brown), who is prone to saying the dumbest things which he thinks are brilliant, has sneaked into their flat with a giant black man. He tells the boys "England is a country coming down from its trip." It ends with I realizing he is living the wrong life and change is called for, as he says his goodbyes to Withnail in front of the wolves cage in the London zoo and Withnail, filled with pathos in this bittersweet ending, goes into a Hamlet soliloquy as the wolves pace back and forth.

Withnail & I (1987) [The Criterion Collection #119 - Out Of Print] [ReUp]

Supposedly the Uncle Monty character was based on the randy movie director Franco Zeffirelli, whom Robinson met while an actor on the set of Romeo and Juliet in 1968. No longer willing to put up with an actor's life, Robinson turned to writing and then to directing. He wrote The Killing Fields prior to this film, and never returned to acting.
Dennis Schwartz: "Ozus' World Movie Reviews"
Withnail & I (1987) [The Criterion Collection #119 - Out Of Print] [ReUp]

Special Features:
- Exclusive uncut widescreen version, supervised by director of photography Peter Hannan
- Withnail & Us, a 1999 documentary on the film
- Rare preproduction photos by Ralph Steadman
- Original theatrical trailer
- Limited-edition collectible poster of the original film art by Ralph Steadman
- English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

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