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Withnail and I is a British black comedy film written and directed by . Based on Robinson's life in London in the late s, the plot follows two unemployed young actors, Withnail and "I" portrayed by Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann who live in a squalid flat in in while squandering their finances on alcohol. Needing a holiday, they obtain the key to a country cottage in the Lake District belonging to Withnail's lecherous gay uncle Monty and drive there. The weekend holiday proves less recuperative than they expected. Withnail and I was Grant's first film and launched him into a successful career. The film has tragic and comic elements particularly farce and is notable for its period music and many quotable lines. It has been described as "one of Britain's biggest cult films". The film depicts the lives and misadventures of two unemployed young actors in late London. They are the flamboyant alcoholic Withnail and "I" named "Marwood" in the published but not in the credits as his relatively more level- headed friend and the film's narrator. Withnail comes from a privileged background and sets the tone for the friendship. They live in a filthy Georgian flat in Camden Town. Their only company at the flat is the local drug dealer, Danny. The roommates squabble about housekeeping and leave to take a walk. In Regent's Parkthey discuss the state of their acting careers and a possible country vacation, settling on a visit to Withnail's uncle Monty, who has a cottage near Penrith. After a near fight with a large and belligerent Irishman, they return home to prepare for their trip. They visit Monty that evening at his luxurious Chelsea house. Monty is a melodramatic aesthete and Marwood realises he is homosexual. The three briefly drink together as Withnail casually lies to Monty about his acting career and lies that Marwood went to Eton. Before leaving, Withnail arranges to borrow the cottage. The countryside is beautiful, but the weather is cold and often inclement, the cottage is without running water or light, they have no food and the locals are unwelcoming — in particular a poacher, Jake, whom Withnail offends. They see Jake prowling around their cottage. Marwood suggests they leave for London the next day. Withnail in turn demands that they share a bed in the interest of safety, but Marwood refuses. During the night, Withnail becomes paranoid that the poacher is going to come after them and climbs under the covers with Marwood, who angrily leaves for a different bed. Hearing the sounds of an intruder breaking into the cottage, Withnail again joins Marwood in bed. The intruder turns out to be Monty, who has been stranded with a punctured tyre. Monty has brought supplies and persistently comes on to Marwood. He offers to take them into town to get fitted into rubber boots, but they end up spending the money he gave them on drinks. Monty is hurt, though he puts it out of his mind quickly during Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask boozy round of poker. Marwood is terrified of what else Monty might try on him and wants to leave immediately. After much argument, Withnail insists on staying. Late in the night, Marwood keeps trying to evade Monty but he eventually corners him in the guest bedroom. Monty reveals that Withnail, when arranging to borrow the cottage, had told Monty that Marwood was a closeted homosexual and that he himself had rejected Marwood's advances. Marwood claims that Withnail is the closeted one and that the two of them have been in a committed relationship for years. He claims that Withnail is only rejecting him because Monty is around, and that this is the first night that they haven't slept together in years. Monty, a romantic, accepts this explanation and apologises for coming between them. In private, Marwood furiously confronts Withnail and insists that he will pay. The next morning, Marwood finds that Monty has left for London, leaving a note of apology wishing them happiness together. They continue to argue about their behaviour and Monty. When Marwood receives a telegram about a callback from an earlier audition, he insists they return to London. As Marwood sleeps, Withnail drunkenly speeds and swerves until pulled over by the police. Withnail is arrested for driving under the influenceand tries to falsify his urine Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask. The pair return to the flat to find Danny and a stranger named Presuming Ed squatting there. Marwood calls his agent and discovers that he is wanted for the lead part in a play. The three, and Presuming Ed, get high smoking a huge cannabis joint. The celebration ends when Marwood learns they have received an eviction notice for unpaid rent, while Withnail is too high to care. Marwood prepares to leave for the station, turning down Withnail's request for one last drink. In Regent's Park in the rain, Marwood confesses that he will miss Withnail, but does not allow him to accompany him further to the station. Bottle of wine in hand, Withnail declaims " What a piece of work is a man! The camera watches as he turns and walks away into the gloomy distance, swinging the bottle, as the credits start to roll. The film is an adaptation of an unpublished novel written by Robinson in late Actor friend Don Hawkins passed a copy of the manuscript to his friend, the wealthy oil heir Moderick Schreiber in Schreiber, looking to break into the film industry, paid Robinson a few thousand pounds sterling to adapt it into a screenplay, which Robinson did in the early s. On completing Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask script, producer Paul Heller urged Robinson to direct it and found funding for half the film. The script was then passed to HandMade Films. After he read it, agreed to fund Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask remainder of the film. Robinson's script is largely autobiographical. For the script, Robinson condensed four or five years of his life into two weeks. The narrative is told in the first person by the character played by Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask McGannnamed just once in passing in the film see below as Marwood, and only credited as "I". Early in the film, Withnail reads from an article headlined "Boy Lands Plum Role For Top Italian Director" and then goes on to imply that the director is sexually abusing the boy. This is a reference to the sexual harassment that Robinson alleges he suffered at the hands of Italian director when, as a young man, he won the role of Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet. The end of the novel saw Withnail committing suicide by pouring a bottle of wine into the barrel of Monty's gun and then pulling the trigger as he drank from it. Robinson changed the ending, as he believed it was "too dark. According to Danny's speech at the end of the film, 'we are 91 days from the end of the greatest decade in the history of the world It is not known if Robinson intended any significance by including such a specific date. Denis O'Brienwho oversaw the filming on behalf of HandMade Films, nearly shut the film down three days into the shoot. He thought that the film had no "discernible jokes" and was badly lit. He was never reimbursed his money after the film's success. Paul McGann was Robinson's first choice for "I", but he was fired during rehearsals because Robinson decided McGann's accent was wrong for the character. Several other actors read for the role, but McGann eventually persuaded Robinson to re-audition him, promising to affect a Home Counties accent. He quickly won back the part. Grant that "half of you has got to go", and put him on a diet to play the part [8] [11] although Grant denies this in the documentary "Withnail and Us". The role of Withnail was Grant's first in film and launched him into a successful career. Though playing a raging alcoholic, Grant himself is a teetotaller with a health condition preventing him from properly processing alcohol. He had therefore never been drunk prior to making the film. Robinson decided that it would be impossible for Grant to play the character without having ever experienced inebriation and a hangover, and thus "forced" the actor on a drinking binge. Grant has stated that he was "violently sick" after each drink, and found the experience as a whole deeply unpleasant. During the filming of the scene in which the lighter fluid is consumed, Robinson changed the contents of the can, which had been filled with water, to vinegar. While the vomiting is scripted, the facial expression is totally natural. Sleddale Hallthe location used as Monty's cottage. This photo dates from The hall was restored in The film was not shot entirely on location. There was no filming in the real Penriththe locations used were in and around nearby Shap and Bampton. Sleddale Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask was offered for sale in January ; [14] a trust has been created by fans who wish collectively to purchase the building for its preservation as a piece of British film history. It was bought by Sebastian Hindley, who owns the Mardale Inn in the nearby village of Bampton, which did not feature in the film. Hindley was unable to raise the necessary finances and in August the property was resold for an undisclosed sum to Tim Ellis, an architect from , whose original bid failed at the auction. The bridge where Withnail and Marwood go fishing is located at the bottom of the hill below Sleddale Hall, a quarter of a mile away. The telephone box where Withnail calls his agent is beside the main road in Bampton. Template:Citation needed. Although exterior and ground floor interior shots of Crow Crag were shot at Sleddale Hall, Stockers Farm in Rickmansworth was used for the bedroom and stair scenes. Stockers Farm was also the location for the "Crow and Crown" pub. For some time after the film, it was officially called "The Mother Black Cap". It has since been demolished. The shot of them leaving for Penrith as they turn left from the building being demolished was shot on Freston road W The cafe where Marwood has breakfast at the beginning of the film is located at the corner of and Lancaster Road. The scene where Withnail and Marwood are ordered to "get in the back of the van" was filmed on the flyover near John Aird Court, . The final scene was shot in Regent's Park. Read Download Withnail And I PDF – PDF Download

Tom Chesshyre, left, and friend Chris check their bearings on the way to Sleddale Hall. It's noon on a Friday afternoon in August. Light is filtering through the windows of an old boozer on a corner near a flyover and a council estate in West London. Voodoo Chile is playing on the stereo. I'm sitting at the bar with my friends Paul and Chris, who have just placed their order: 'Two large gins, two pints of cider - ice in the cider. They have just drunk the same round at a pub nearby and they are in an 'animated' state. Chris is of the same opinion but then he says: 'We'd better make some time. We're on our way to , where we're to spend a 'delightful weekend in the country', re-enacting the film Withnail And I as closely as possible by visiting as many of the locations from the cult comedy as we can. The pub we've just left is the Tavistock, on the edge of . It was here that, in the movie, out-of-work actors Withnail and Marwood plotted their trip to the Lake District. In the film, the Tavistock is described as being in Camden but website www. Grant and Paul McGann - are chased out of the bar by a large local who takes a dislike to them. In real life we are not threatened with physical abuse and nor do we have to plead heart conditions - 'If you hit me, it's murder. Instead, we head north 'making time', just as they do in the film, slightly worrying whether the Jag, the same model they drive but in a much better conthedition, will make it all the way up the M6. We aim to follow the plot of the film the best we can - finding the old farmhouse that is the pair's destination apparently derelict now, so you can't stay therevisiting the Penrith tea room where Withnail demands 'the finest wines available to humanity', locating the phone box where Withnail talks to his agent and turns down the chance to understudy the part of Constantine in The Seagull, and seeking out the place on a hillside overlooking a lake where Withnail screams hopelessly to the heavens: 'I'm gonna be a star! The Jag makes it, with the passengers having sobered up after their ciders and gins the exact order from the film, of course. We spend an evening drinking finest wines available to the Crown and Mitre Inn in Bampton Grange, a few miles from Sleddale Hall, the farmhouse from the film - making friends with the locals after toasting a 'delightful weekend in the country', just as they do in the film. A blonde barmaid tells us 'No one's ever done this before,' referring to our escapade. Locals are very proud of the film. A retired farmer called Ronald, 72, tells me that the scene where Withnail leaps over a fence to leave Marwood clutching a bag of shopping and facing a 'randy' bull was shot on his old farm. After a late evening, we're up early and driving to Sleddale Hall, which is next to a reservoir. We stop to ask a farmer for directions. Paul enquires 'Are you the farmer? Then Paul says 'We're not from London, you know,' another line, to which the farmer replies: 'So where are you from? Paul ignores this and, sticking with dialogue from the movie, declares: 'We've gone on holiday by mistake. Further on, after parking and walking down an isolated lane, we reach the farmhouse. It's dilapidated - a grey-stone building on a slope with several outhouses surrounded by weeds. Windows are boarded up and there is graffiti from other Withnail fans over the door. It says 'Don't threaten me with a dead fish! Inside - there's an entrance at the back - we find a couple of fold- down picnic chairs in the kitchen, where the characters cook a chicken in the film. There are a few empty bottles of Becks beer, a can of Carling and a box of teabags. A bikini top is hanging from a clothes-drying wire, as though an overenthusiastic female fan has left it. And there's a visitors' book - an old Tesco Value notebook - inscribed on the first page: 'Please feel free to use the facilities provided but please tidy up and remove litter when finished. Thanks, Monty. Monty, the raving homosexual uncle of Withnail, is memorably played by , whose character is given to grandiloquent soliloquies and who drives a huge Rolls-Royce through the tiny Cumbria lanes. Apparently - according to one local we met in the pub that night - Liam and Noel Gallagher are big fans of the film and occasionally come here with friends to have a late-night drink. Chris, who is perhaps the biggest fan of the film out of the three of us, is moved to be in its most famous location. Being a 'film tourist' turns out to Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask a good way to see this area of the Lakes. We find the place overlooking Ullswater where Withnail raises his arms and dreams of being a star - it's a beautiful spot. Then we go back to Bampton Grange, where we track down the old red phone box from where Withnail calls his agent. It is not the location of the tea room in the film - www. John, Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask owner, tells us the film brings him 'quite a lot of business - as many as 15 Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask a day come by, and Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask of them want to know where the phone box is'. We go for a night out in Penrith and then head back down the M6 in the Jag, not getting pulled over by the police Withnail is arrested for drinkdriving and playing Voodoo Chile again on a portable stereo - part of Withnail Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask I's soundtrack. All that's left is to recite in Regent's Park - as Withnail does at the end of the film. And then we go home. We've been on holiday by mistake - and we've completely enjoyed it. Chin chin! The Open Roadwww. The Crown and Mitre Innwww. No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. Rudy Giuliani was tricked by Sacha Baron Cohen into going to hotel room with 'Borat's daughter' and is shown lying back with his hand down his pants before actor bursts in on them. Argos AO. Bampton Grange is home to the Crown and Mitre Inn Further on, after parking and walking down an isolated lane, we reach the farmhouse. The Tea Room in Bampton sells wine but only in bottles from the store Apparently - according to one local we met in the pub that night - Liam and Noel Gallagher are big fans of the film and occasionally come here with friends to have a late-night drink. Lake Ullswater also has a cameo role in the film He adds: 'It's a landmark round here now. If BT changed it, there would be a local revolt. Share or comment on this article:. PM quizzed over covid support Heart-stopping moment lorry veers onto wrong side of road Conspiracy theorist goes into shocking rant against masks on flight Gunshots fired in residential property in Birmingham White woman screaming 'White Lives Matter' over BLM flag gets hosed Dramatic moment children fall down escalator in Russia China's Loch Ness Monster? Comments 0 Share what you think. Bing Site Web Enter search term: Search. 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It was written and directed by Bruce Robinson and is based on his life in London in the late s. Grant and Paul McGann who live in a squalid flat in Camden in while waiting for their careers to take off. The role of Withnail was Grant's first film and launched him into a successful career. The film has tragic and comic elements particularly farce and is notable for its period music and many quotable lines. It has been described as "one of Britain's biggest cult films". The film depicts the lives and misadventures of two "resting" struggling and unemployed young actor friends in London. They are the flamboyant alcoholic Withnail pronounced 'Withnull', played by Grant and "I" named "Marwood" in the published screenplay but not in the credits, played by McGann as his more level-headed, anxiety -prone friend and the movie's narrator. Withnail is filled with indignation over life's injustices, despite his privileged background. He rages against the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune all the more because he blames others for the adverse consequences of his exuberant Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask and habitual lying. Withnail sets the tone for the friendship, with Marwood going along with whatever Withnail wants to do. They live in a filthy Georgian flat in Camden Town. While they wait for a part, daily life revolves around getting coins to use in the meters that provide gas or electricity, going to collect Social Security payments, and waiting for the pubs to open so they can sit somewhere warm alongside being able to drink. The film begins with Marwood smoking in the darkened flat. Needing a change of scene, Withnail and Marwood decide to take a recuperative holiday in the countryside. Withnail secures the loan of the country cottage belonging to his eccentric and homosexual Uncle Monty Griffiths. Monty is an old boy of Harrow Schooland it is suggested that Withnail is one too. Monty is told that Marwood went to " place ". Monty is an aesthete nostalgic for a by-gone age of beauty and poetic friendship among young men, and, fancying himself an actor, is fond of quoting Charles Baudelaire and reciting passages from Hamlet. His only companion in the large luxurious Chelsea house in which he resides is a pet Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask with which he is seen constantly arguing. Withnail and Marwood get into Marwood's battered Jaguar Mark 2which is parked next to a scene of demolition of some old houses significant for the time period and set off north along the motorway. The holiday doesn't quite go according to plan: although the countryside is beautiful, the weather is cold and often inclement, the cottage is run- down and dusty, they have little food or supplies and the locals are surly and unwelcoming — in particular a threatening poacher, Jake Michael Elphickwhom Withnail offends. Then an intruder breaks into the cottage in the middle of the night. Withnail and Marwood are terrified, believing that the intruder is Jake. Comically, the intruder turns out to be Monty, who has been stranded for " aeons " with a punctured tyre. They greet Monty with mixed emotions. Monty brings them ample supplies of food and wine, but it soon becomes clear that — having been falsely told by Withnail that Marwood is homosexual — he has designs on Marwood and will not be deterred by politeness. In a farcical scene of bedroom-switching, Monty eventually corners Marwood, bursting into his room and proclaiming his desire to "have [him] even if it must be burglary. Monty, who believes in love and loyalty, accepts this excuse as the whole truth and apologises for coming between them. Rebuffed, Monty leaves the cottage in the night for London. The next morning, Marwood finds Monty's gracious note of apology and reads it aloud, feeling sympathy for him. Withnail, who Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask eagerly drinking Monty's fine wine, takes no responsibility for the chaos he has caused, and Marwood begins to distance himself from his friend. Marwood receives a telegram that confirms that he has an audition for a part, and he insists that they go back to London immediately. After adventures on the motorway, which consists of Withnail driving without a licencebeing stopped by the police for driving while intoxicated —and attempting to give them someone else's urine sample from a Fairy Liquid bottle attached by a tube to his penis—the film returns to the Camden Town flat, to find a man lying in their bath. Danny, who is squatting at the flat, opines that the oncoming end of the s is the end of the "greatest decade in the history of mankind" and that "there are going to be a lot of refugees. Marwood calls his agent and discovers that the production company now want him to play the lead part in the play. He gets his curly hair cut short, packs his bags, and prepares to leave for the station for what he hopes is a new and more mature phase of his life. He wants to leave by himself, but Withnail insists upon accompanying him at least part of the way, while drinking from a bottle of Monty's wine; " '53 Margauxbest of the century. Marwood leaves Withnail in the rain in Regent's Park. There, for the first time, Withnail sincerely reveals himself, declaiming "What a piece of work is a man! The film is an adaptation of an unpublished novel written by Robinson in the winter of Actor friend Don Hawkins passed a copy of the manuscript to his friend, the wealthy oil heir Moderick Schreiber in Schreiber, looking to break into the movie industry, paid Robinson a few thousand pounds to adapt it into a screenplay, which Robinson did in the early s. On completing the script, producer Paul Heller urged Robinson to direct it and found funding for half the film. The script was then passed to Handmade Films. After he read it, George Harrison agreed to fund the remainder of the film. Robinson's script is largely autobiographical. Robinson threw four or five years of his real life into the script, condensing them into two weeks. The narrative is told in the first person by the character played by Paul McGannnamed just once in passing in the film see below as Marwood, and only credited as "I". Early in the film, Withnail reads from an article headlined "Boy Lands Plum Role For Top Italian Director" and then goes on to imply that the director is sexually abusing the boy. This is a reference to the sexual harassment that Robinson alleges he suffered at the hands of Italian director Franco Zeffirelli when, as a young man, he won the role of Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet. Robinson changed the ending, as he believed it was "too dark. Denis O'Brienone of the movie's producers, nearly shut the film down three days into the shoot. He thought that the movie had no "discernible jokes" and was badly lit. He was never reimbursed his money after the film's success. Paul McGann was Robinson's first choice for "I", but he was fired during rehearsals because Robinson decided McGann's Liverpool accent was wrong for the character. Several other actors read for the role, but McGann eventually persuaded Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask to re-audition him, promising to affect a Home Counties accent. He quickly won back the part. Grant that "half of you has got to go", and put him on a diet in order to play the part [ 7 ] [ 10 ] although Grant denies this in the documentary "Withnail and Us". The role of Withnail was Grant's first in film and launched him into a successful career. Though playing a raging alcoholic, Grant himself is a teetotaller, who had never been drunk prior to making the film. Robinson decided that it would be impossible for Grant to play the character without having ever experienced inebriation and a hangover, and thus "forced" the actor on a drinking binge. Grant has stated that he found the experience deeply unpleasant. During the filming of the scene in which the lighter fluid is consumed, Robinson changed the contents of the can, which had been filled with water, to vinegar. While the vomiting is scripted, the facial expression is totally natural. Although the first name of 'I' is not stated anywhere in the film, it is widely believed that it is 'Peter'. This myth arose as a result of a line of misheard dialogue. In his reply, Monty both accepts his offer and says " 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 fans 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". The "I" character's name is given as 'Marwood' in the original screenplay. It has been suggested that it is possible that 'Marwood' can be heard near the beginning of the film: As the characters escape from the Irishman in the Mother Black Cap, Withnail shouts "Get out of my way! Some hear this line as "Out of the way, Marwood! There is, however, one occasion in the film where the name 'Marwood' is given, though not stated. Toward the end of the film a telegram arrives at Crow Crag and as Withnail reads the note, the name 'Marwood' appears to be visible, upside- down, on the envelope. It should also Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask considered that in the ending credits and all media in relation to the film the character played by McGann is referenced solely as " DVD and VHS sales have been quite strong throughout the years, and the film has gained cult status with a number of websites dedicated to the film itself. Inreaders of Total Film voted Withnail and I the third greatest comedy film of all time. In the same magazine named it the 13th greatest British film of all time. Ina digital remastered version of the film was released by the UK Film Council. The film ran to minutes. Although the sleeve claimed that the original cinema trailer was included as an extra, it was omitted from the disc. At the time the sleeve was printed, Seville believed they had access to the trailer but later discovered it was not in their library. This was the first widescreen release of the film and was remastered under the supervision of the film's Director of Photography, Peter Hannan. Although widescreen, the film was actually presented letterboxed in a raster rather than anamorphic. The main feature was converted from the North American release and exhibited some picture and compression artefacts as a result. Like the North American release, it was also letterboxed. This edition was later re-released by Anchor Bay in February It featured an un- remastered version of the film, identical to the original cinema release in later editions of film had several minutes of cut footage reinstated. No extras were included. The third UK release, again from Anchor Bay, came in to coincide with the film's 20th Anniversary. For this three-disc release the film was remastered in high definition and released for the first time in anamorphic format. It included all the extra features from the first UK edition, plus an additional commentary by Bruce Robinson, a featurette on the Drinking Game, a brand new interview with Bruce Robinson and a locations featurette called Postcards from Penrith. A DVD of the film was given away with the Sunday Times newspaper on 14 June to celebrate 40 years since Robinson first conceived the idea. The Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask trailer was also included. One of very few releases if not the only of the film outside anglophone countries. The DVD features besides the original English audio track a German dubbed one stemming from a TV screening from the mid 80s and several extras from the UK releases, such as the audio commentary by Bruce Robinson. On 31 July put the entire film up online as part of their 4oD Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask service.