Withnail and I (1987)

Review: Withnail and I (1987)

Director: Bruce Robinson

Cast: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick,

Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant
Paul McGann
Paul McGann
Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths
Ralph Brown
Ralph Brown
Michael Elphick
Michael Elphick

Plot: Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.

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Boxed in … the urge to collect

Boxed in … the urge to collect

The collector is attracted to more than just the movie itself; there’s a desire to heighten and amplify the experience of watching by surrounding it with tangible things which can serve as reminders of the experience of the movie. Shelves […]

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