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Actors: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Withnail and I
WITHNAIL AND I is a british movie directed by Bruce Robinson in 1986.

The film relates two weeks of the life of Withnail and Peter ( "I" ), two unemployed actors in the 1969 London. Running low with booze and illegal substances, they decide to spend some days in the english countryside.

A cult movie.

--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Comedy, primarily Yes
Time/era of movie: - 1960's-1970's
Inner struggle or disability Yes
Druggie/Wino problems? - alcohol - drugs

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - actor
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - emotionally unstable
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more... - happy
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - druggie/wino disease

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - blonde
Hair style - (man) short/standard wavey
Body type - (man) very skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality - British

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
City? Yes
City: - London
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids - dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Misc setting - bar

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - thoughtful
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - English
Any profanity? - Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Classic/oldies rock
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