Withnail and I

Withnail and I

Withnail and I is a 1987 black comedy film produced by HandMade Films. It was written and directed by Bruce Robinson and is based on his life in London in the late 1960s. The main plot follows two unemployed young actors, Withnail and “I” who live in a squalid flat in Camden Town in 1969 while waiting for their careers to take off. Needing a holiday, they obtain the key to the country cottage in the Lake District belonging to Withnail’s flamboyantly gay uncle Monty and drive there. The holiday is less ‘recuperative’ than they expected. The role of Withnail was...
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Release date:1987
Directed by:Bruce Robinson
Rated:R (USA)
Runtime:108 Minutes
Producer:George Harrison, Paul Heller, Denis O'Brien
Editor:Alan Strachan
Music by:David Dundas, Rick Wentworth
Cinematography:Peter Hannan
Screenplay by:Bruce Robinson
Genre:Comedy

Cast of Withnail and I

Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant
Born:May 5, 1957
Age:55
Ralph Brown
Ralph Brown
Born:June 18, 1957
Age:54
Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths
Born:July 31, 1947
Age:64
Paul McGann
Paul McGann
Marwood
Born:November 14, 1959
Age:52
Michael Elphick
Michael Elphick
Born:Sept. 19, 1946
Died:Sept. 7, 2002
Llewellyn Rees
Llewellyn Rees
Born:June 18, 1901
Died:Jan. 7, 1994

Film director of Withnail and I

Bruce Robinson
Bruce Robinson
Born: May 2, 1946
Age: 65

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,...
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Filming locations for Withnail and I

London
London

London /ˈlʌndən/ is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its...
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