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Two 'resting' actors living in a squalid Camden Flat - and living off a diet of booze and pills - take a trip to a country house (belonging to Withnail’s uncle) to 'rejuvenate'. Faced with bad weather, altercations with the locals, and the unexpected arrival (and advances) of Uncle Monty, the pairs wits and friendship are tested... Set in 1969, the year in which the hippy dreams of so many young Englishmen went sour, 1986's Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I is an enduring British cult. Withnail is played by the emaciated but defiantly effete Richard E Grant, "I" (i.e., Marwood) by Paul McGann. Out-of-work actors living in desperate penury in a rancid London flat, their lives are a continual struggle to keep warm, alive and in Marwood's case sane, until the pubs open. A sojourn in the country cottage of Withnail's Uncle Monty only redoubles their privations.

If you don't remember the sixties, don't worry - neither did they.

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Starring: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths

Released: January 1, 1987

Runtime: 107.0

Popularity Rating: 14.316

Handmade Films Ltd., The Criterion Collection

United Kingdom

Withnail Richard E. Grant
Marwood (I) Paul McGann
Montague Withnail (Uncle Monty) Richard Griffiths
The Poacher Michael Elphick
Danny the Dealer Ralph Brown
Presuming Ed Eddie Tagoe
Irishman Daragh O'Malley
Mr Parkin Michael Wardle
Mrs Parkin Una Brandon-Jones
Isaac Parkin Michael Wardle
General Noel Johnson
Waitress Irene Sutcliffe
Tea Shop Proprietor Llewellyn Rees
Policeman Robert Oates
Policeman 2 Anthony Wise

Directing — Director: Bruce Robinson
Writing — Screenplay: Bruce Robinson