Withnail & I
- Synopsis
- Feature film. Black comedy about two down-on-their-luck actors holidaying in the Lake District in 1969. Richard Griffiths, as Withnail’s gay uncle, frequently quotes from Hamlet, and the film ends poignantly with Richard E. Grant, standing in the rain in Regent’s Park, having just said goodbye to McGann, performing Hamlet’s speech ‘I have of late (but wherefore I know not) lost all my mirth’ (II ii) to the wolves. The closing line ‘no, nor woman neither’ is repeated.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1986
- Duration
- 107 mins; 9,659 feet
Credits
- Director
- Bruce Robinson
- Producer
- Paul Heller
- Cinematographer
- Peter Hannan
- Screenplay
- Bruce Robinson
- Music
- David Dundas; Rick Wentworth
- Cast
Paul McGann & I (Marwood) Richard E. Grant Withnail Richard Griffiths Monty
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Reviews
- Kelly, Aaron & David Salter ‘The Time Is Out of Joint: Withnail and I and Historical Melancholia’ in James R. Keller & Leslie Stratyner Almost Shakespeare: Reinventing His Works for Cinema and Television. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co, 2004), pp99-112.
Production Company
- Name
HandMade Films
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Withnail & I". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36909 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)