Withnail and I is 20 years old next year. IMO still the finest British comedy of all time and without a shadow of a doubt Richard E Grant's finest performance. Playing an alcoholoic smoker when you're allergic to alcohol is a pretty tough call, but Grant did it with aplomb. As a celebration they're bringing out an anniversary DVD. Get it.
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Love the film.
A confession: I always had a bit of a hankering for Withnail's coat...
it's the saveloy that gets me every time.
And the pure unadulterated child's piss.
Fantasic film, and so many quoteables!
"Don't threaten me with a dead fish."
The funny thing about this is that it's popularity is purely down to Channel 4 and word of mouth. I've got a copy of the script somewhere, not that you need it as the other posters have shown we all know the lines:
"You're incapable of indulging in anything but pleasure. Am I not right?"
Well, I'm on my own here.
I watched the DVD last week, loaned by a friend.
Everything was fine until they got to the country, were hungry, found a live chicken....I nearly fainted as I thought I knew what was coming next, and I turned it off.
Ah my favourite.
So many great great lines - 'I mean to have you boy even if it must be burglary'
Have you ever played the drinking game ?
love the drinking game idea - some of my peers at university were into it...."a pair of pints" and "bring me a selection of the finest wines known to humanity".
I was on the tube once with someone shouting lines from Monty Python. Am beginning to sound equally sad so will stop now.
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