Withnail and I is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson. Loosely based on Robinson's life in London in the late 1960s...
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Withnail and I is a play by Bruce Robinson, based on the 1987 film of the same name also by Robinson. The play had its world premiere at the Birmingham...
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Bruce Robinson (category Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama)
English actor, director, screenwriter and novelist. He wrote and directed Withnail and I (1987), a film with comic and tragic elements set in London in the...
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Sleddale Hall (category Buildings and structures in Cumbria)
Crag", Uncle Monty's Lake District country cottage in the cult film Withnail and I. Not much is known of the early history of Sleddale Hall. In the medieval...
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Richard Griffiths (section Early life and education)
in Withnail and I (1987), and Henry Crabbe in Pie in the Sky (1994–1997). Over his career he received numerous accolades including a Tony Award and Olivier...
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Richard E. Grant (section Early life and education)
1957) is a Swaziland-born English actor and presenter. He made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy Withnail and I (1987). Grant received critical acclaim...
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Vivian MacKerrell (category Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama)
was a British actor of the 1960s and 1970s. He was the basis for the character of Withnail in the film Withnail and I. Vivian MacKerrell was the son of...
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HandMade Films (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
and distribution company. Notable films from the studio include Monty Python's Life of Brian, Time Bandits, The Long Good Friday and Withnail and I....
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Wayne's World 2 (category Films with screenplays by Bonnie and Terry Turner)
film Withnail and I. The character was a late addition to the script, and came about after Dana Carvey saw a repertory screening of Withnail and I in Los...
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Paul McGann (section Early work and breakthrough)
Mutineer (1986), then starred in the dark comedy Withnail and I (1987), which was a critical success and developed a cult following. McGann later became...
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label Parlophone in the UK and Sire/Reprise in the US. The album's title may be a reference to the 1987 film Withnail and I. Vauxhall is an area of London...
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Dawn Langley Simmons (section Later years and death)
Robinson (director) (1987). Withnail and I. Handmade Films. Event occurs at 3:43. Robinson, Bruce (1987). "Withnail and I" (Script). dailyscript.com....
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Ralph Brown (category English dramatists and playwrights)
(born 18 June 1957) is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in Withnail and I, the security guard Aaron (a.k.a. "85")...
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Robert Sheehan (section Awards and honours)
Draygan. In May 2024, Sheehan will play Withnail in the world premiere of Withnail and I by Bruce Robinson and directed by Sean Foley based on the 1987...
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include: the home of Withnail and his flatmate in the film Withnail and I. A less desirable pad was depicted in the 1966 film The Pad and How to Use It. Finally...
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Daragh O'Malley (category Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art)
(147 episodes) on ITV and then roles in the films The Long Good Friday and Withnail and I. O'Malley went on to star in over 100 UK and US television series...
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in the 1987 film production of Withnail and I, a role that he resumed in 2000 in a stage production of the same work; and as one of the pirates in the 1981...
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Paul Heller (section Multimedia and theatrical)
Dragon, Withnail and I, My Left Foot, The Annihilation of Fish, Skin Game, Hot Potato, The Promise, The Barony, Black Belt Jones, and David and Lisa. His...
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a limited run. In May 2024, Foley will direct the world premiere of Withnail and I based on the 1987 film of the same name, adapted for the stage by the...
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Slacker (section Late 20th century and onward)
You, Me and Dupree, Bachelor Party, Stripes, Withnail and I, Old School, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Trainspotting, Animal House, and Bill and Ted, as well...
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David Dundas (musician) (category Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama)
Those years served as the basis for Robinson's unpublished memoir and the film Withnail & I (1987). Dundas co-wrote the score for the film, considered "one...
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novella Paranoia in the Launderette by Bruce Robinson, writer and director of Withnail and I. It has been described as a low-budget "semicomedy" about a...
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Franco Zeffirelli (section Awards and nominations)
Romeo and Juliet, in which Robinson played Benvolio. Robinson says that he based the lecherous character of Uncle Monty in the film Withnail and I on Zeffirelli...
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inspiration for Withnail in Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I (1987). The story and screenplay are by Philip Norman, Rosemary Sutcliff and Stephen Weeks and music...
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Hearne Gong Li – Red Sorghum Beth Grant – Under Cover Richard E. Grant – Withnail and I Zach Grenier – Radio Days Peter Haber – Nionde kompaniet Don Harvey...
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A Whiter Shade of Pale (section Release and reception)
films, for example, by King Curtis in Withnail and I and by Annie Lennox in The Net. Keith Reid got the title and starting point for the song at a party...
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comedy film Withnail and I, although the film is set in 1969, two years before the performance. Professionally Curtis was having a prolific and successful...
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James Spader, Holly Hunter and Elias Koteas. In a lecture on J. G. Ballard with John Gray, Will Self represented Withnail and I director Bruce Robinson's...
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Olly Smith (section Education and career)
Mastermind; his specialist subject was the 1987 British black comedy film Withnail and I. In June 2024, Smith was a contestant on an episode of Celebrity Bridge...
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the Pink Panther (1983) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Top Secret! (1984) Aliens (1986) Withnail and I (1987) Gorillas in the Mist (1988) The...
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