Essential Cinema: England Made Me: Six Films With The Austin Chronicle’s Richard Whittaker

WITHNAIL & I

Directed by Bruce Robinson

UK, 1986, 1h 48min, 35mm

Essential Cinema  England Made Me: Six Films With The Austin Chronicle’s Richard Whittaker

There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.

“Withnail is one of the greatest tragicomic creations in the history of cinema.”
—Ali Arikan, BBC

“Every line is a quotable joy … I feel an intense envy for people who are about to see this for the first time.”
—Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Paul McGann and the incredible Richard E. Grant star as unemployed actors chasing booze and an escape to the countryside as they make sense of the end of a decade. Writer and director Bruce Robinson’s cult comedy classic looks at the rubble surrounding the end of the Thatcher/Reagan era. Screening in 35mm.

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