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Withnail & I (Original title)Withnail and I (Alternative title)
Dates: 1986 (Copyright), 12 February 1988 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Bruce Robinson

Synopsis: Set in 1969. Two out-of-work, broke young actors share a squalid Camden flat. They are offered a rustic Lake District cottage by 'Uncle Monty'.

Genres:
Comedy, Drama

Subjects:
Actors and actresses, Lake District
Releases
Date: 19 June 1987Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Cineplex Odeon Films
Date: 12 February 1988Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 107 mins 12 secs - Length: 9649 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Handmade Films (Dists) Ltd
Date: April 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 107 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 2022Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): English

Credits (74)
©: HandMade Films (1985) Partnership, Production Company: HandMade Films, Executive Producer: George Harrison, Executive Producer: Denis O'Brien, Produced by: Paul Heller, [Produced] In association with: Lawrence Kirstein, Co-producer: David Wimbury, Unit Production Manager: Matthew Binns, Production Co-ordinator: Valerie Craig, Production Accountant: Bob Blues, Assistant Accountant: Gordon Davis, Accounts Secretary: Jacky Holding, Special Production Consultant: Richard Starkey, Assistant to Producer: Paula Merwin, Production Runner: David Carrigan, Richard Whelan, Assistant Director [1st]: Peter Kohn, Assistant Director (2nd): Kathy Sykes, Script Supervisor: Sally Jones, Casting Director: Mary Selway, Written by: Bruce Robinson, Photographed by: Peter Hannan, Camera Operator: Bob Smith, Focus: Colin Davidson, Loader: Ian Foster, Gaffer: Reg Parsons, Best Boy: Brian Martin, Electrician: Brian Sullivan, Electrician: Perry Evans, Electrician: Don Maton, Grip: John Payne, Stills Photographer: Murray Close, Stills Photographer (Additional): Michael Heller, Special Effects: Paul Corbould, Special Effects Assistant: Dominic Tuohy, Editor: Alan Strachan, Assistant Editor: Anne Sopel, Assistant Editor: Tony Tromp, Assistant Editor: Jeremy Strachan, Assistant Editor: Bob Mullen, Production Designer: Michael Pickwoad, Art Director: Henry Harris, Property Buyer: Leith Boler, Property Master: Bert Gadsden, Props: Wesley Peppiatt, Props: Les Allett, Steve Payne, Supervising Carpenter: Alan Chesters, Painter: John Roberts, Rigger: Don McClellan, Stagehand: Peter Browne, Costume Designer: Andrea Galer, Wardrobe Mistress: Shaun Wyldeck-Estrada, Make-up: Peter Frampton, Hairdresser: Sue Love, Titles by: Damson Studios, Original Music by: David Dundas, Rick Wentworth, Sound Mixer: Clive Winter, Sound Maintenance: Alan Brereton, Boom Operator: Trevor Rutherford, Dubbing Mixer: Hugh Strain, Sound Editor: Alan Paley, Footsteps Editor: Peter Holt, Dialogue Editor: Peter Best, Transportation: Steve Hill, Mick Beaven, Thanks to: Mody Schreiber, Thanks to: Ralph Steadman, Ray Cooper, Catering by: First Unit Caterers, Unit Publicist: Joanna Campling, Publicity Consultants: Zakiya & Associates
Cast (15)
Paul McGann (Marwood/"... & I"), Richard E. Grant (Withnail), Richard Griffiths (Monty), Ralph Brown (Danny), Michael Elphick (Jake), Daragh O'Malley (Irishman), Michael Wardle (Isaac Parkin), Una Brandon-Jones (Mrs Parkin), Noël Johnson (general), Irene Sutcliffe (waitress), Llewellyn Rees (tea shop proprietor), Robert Oates (1st policeman), Anthony Wise (2nd policeman), Eddie Tagoe (Presuming Ed), Bruce Robinson ([bartender])