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Bruce Robinson is an English director, screenwriter, novelist and actor. He is arguably most famous for writing and directing the cult classic Withnail and I , a film with comic and tragic elements set in London in the 1960s, which drew on his experiences as 'a chronic alcoholic and resting actor,... living in squalor' in Camden Town. As an actor, he has worked with Franco Zeffirelli , Ken Russell and François Truffaut. In 1998, he returned to acting with a cameo in the 70s rock rival film Still Crazy. Bruce Robinson was born in Broadstairs in Kent. In his youth, Robinson aspired to be an actor and was admitted to the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. His first film role was as Benvolio in Franco Zeffirelli's film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet . He then appeared in Ken Russell's The Music Lovers , Barney Platts-Mills's Private Road , and François Truffaut's The Story of Adele H , but eventually became disenchanted with acting after spending several years out of work and living on social security payments and began writing screenplays.
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