Withnail & I

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black comedy film cult film film

Withnail & I is a 1987 British black comedy cult film about two out-of-work actors on a disastrous holiday in the English countryside.

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Observed surface forms (3)

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Withnail and I 2
1987 British film Withnail & I 1
Withnail 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf black comedy film ⓘ
cult film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn Bruce Robinson’s experiences as a struggling actor ⓘ
characterPortrayed Paul McGann as Marwood ⓘ
Richard E. Grant ⓘ
surface form: Richard E. Grant as Withnail

Richard Griffiths as Uncle Monty ⓘ
cinematographyBy Peter Hannan NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
cultStatusRecognizedIn United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
director Bruce Robinson ⓘ
distributor HandMade Films ⓘ
editedBy Alan Strachan NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation Cumbria ⓘ
London NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
hasCastMember Michael Elphick NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul McGann ⓘ
Ralph Brown ⓘ
Richard E. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard Griffiths NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasHomeMediaRelease Blu-ray ⓘ
DVD ⓘ
VHS ⓘ
mainCharacter Marwood ⓘ
Withnail & I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Withnail
musicBy David Dundas ⓘ
Rick Wentworth ⓘ
narrativeLocation English countryside ⓘ
notableElement heavy use of alcohol as a comedic motif ⓘ
notableQuote We’ve gone on holiday by mistake ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary Two out-of-work actors take a holiday in the English countryside that turns disastrous ⓘ
producer Paul Heller ⓘ
productionCompany HandMade Films NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 1987-06-19 ⓘ
releaseYear 1987 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 107 ⓘ
screenplayOrigin original screenplay ⓘ
screenwriter Bruce Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInLocation Lake District ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
setInPeriod 1969 ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 1960s ⓘ
writer Bruce Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Uncle Monty
this entity surface form: 1987 British film Withnail & I
Withnail & I → mainCharacter → Withnail & I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Withnail
Paul McGann → notableWork → Withnail & I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Withnail and I
Richard Griffiths → notableWork → Withnail & I ⓘ
Paul McGann → playedInFilm → Withnail & I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Withnail and I