Withnail and I (Criterion Collection) - Comedy Classic Movies on DVD (1988) Starring Paul McGann & Richard E. Grant; Directed by Bruce Robinson; Criterion : OLDIES.com

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Withnail and I

(Criterion Collection)

Starring: Paul McGann & Richard E. Grant Director: Bruce Robinson

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Genre: Comedy

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Item Number:
CRIT 119D

DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
Package Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Letterboxed - 1.85
Single Side - Dual Layer - RSDL

Audio:

Dolby Digital Mono - English

Additional Release Material:

Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Bonus Feature/Short - WITHNAIL AND US (1999 documentary)

Text/Photo Galleries:

Production Stills
Stills/Photos - Rare pre-production photos by Ralph Steadman

Additional Products:

Poster - Limited-edition collectible poster of original film art by Ralph Steadman

Entertainment Reviews:

New York Times - 03/27/1987

"...A small, wise, breezy footnote [to the 1960's]....Genuinely funny..."

Variety - 02/11/1987

"...The humor is both brutal and clever, and the acting uniformly excellent..."

Los Angeles Times - 06/30/1987

"...WITHNAIL AND I is as good to look at as it is to listen to.....A knockout directorial debut..."

Entertainment Weekly - 08/03/2001

"...Never before had the antics of two boozers been portrayed as charmingly and unapologetically as in Bruce Robinson's semiautobiographical story..."

Ultimate DVD - 10/01/2006

5 stars out of 5 -- "Robinson's classic film about two drink-sodden out of work actors going on holiday by mistake has lost none of its poignant hilarity."

Sight and Sound - 12/01/2006

"[I]t crackles with stoner wit and despairing self-indulgence, and confirms Richard E. Grant's caddish and cowardly sot Withnail as one of English film's great grotesques."

Empire - 10/01/2007

5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his remains essential cinema for newcomers, but beyond nostalgia there's plenty to come back to, like the gorgeously grotty production design."

Product Description:

Bruce Robinson's semi-autobiographical account of his early years as an actor has become a cult hit of massive proportions, inspiring countless numbers of young men and women to quote stars Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant and their booze-soaked dialogue. The story follows these two unemployed actors in 1969 London, as they take a holiday in the country. Trapped inside a dank, empty cabin with each other, an endless downpour of heavy rain battering their roof, the two men
form a complicated bond fueled by booze, disaster, and nihilism. Though not much happens in terms of plot, WITHNAIL AND I is one of the most subtly hilarious films to come out of 1980's Britain.

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Exerpts:

"You shouldn't mix your drinks" -- I to Withnail (Paul McGann to Richard E. Grant) who is about to drink lighter fluid he is so desperate for a drink to keep warm.

"I demand to have more booze!" Withnail (Grant)

Production Notes:

Feature film directorial debut for actor/writer Bruce Robinson, born May 2, 1946 Broadstairs, Kent.
Film debut for British actor Paul McGann, born in Liverpool, England.
Shot in Technicolor, using Dolby noise reduction.
Filmed in London, England. Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Censors.
Began shooting July 14, 1986, completed August 22, 1987.
Produced in association with Lawrence Kirstein. Copyright 1988 Heron Communications, Inc.
Additional credits: Sally Jones (script supervisor); Murray Close (still photographer); and Damson Studios (Titles). Special production consultant was Richard Starkey (better known as Ringo Starr).

Cast and Crew:

Starring		Paul McGann & Richard E. Grant
Directed by		Bruce Robinson
Performer		Richard Griffiths & Ralph Brown

DVD Details:

Label: Criterion
Originally Released in: 1988
Number of Discs: 1
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
Video: Color
Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
Release Date: July 10, 2001
OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 49,874
Item UPC: 715515012225
Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item(s) for International Shipping.

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