Withnail and I
1st Edition
Published on 22. December 2015
160 pages
978-1-4088-7731-9 (ISBN)
Description
Bruce Robinson's celebrated cult comedy.
This original screenplay is the sourcebook for these ubiquitous quotes about Withnail and his unnamed house-mate "I" (or "Marwood", as he appears in the script), acting students in the late 1960s, bombed from too many drugs and bummed out by too much poverty. They decide that some time in the country to rejuvenate (in the run-down holiday cottage of rich Uncle Monty) is the best remedy. After a drunken ride through interminable rain they get to the cottage...
Bruce Robinson has proved in his hugely enjoyable novel The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman what a fantastic writer he is and access to the screenplay only confirms that it was the quality of his dialogue that makes "Withnail" such a peerless classic. An essential companion to one of the funniest films ever made.
Screenplay of the classic cult film by Bruce Robinson, with an introduction by the director
This original screenplay is the sourcebook for these ubiquitous quotes about Withnail and his unnamed house-mate "I" (or "Marwood", as he appears in the script), acting students in the late 1960s, bombed from too many drugs and bummed out by too much poverty. They decide that some time in the country to rejuvenate (in the run-down holiday cottage of rich Uncle Monty) is the best remedy. After a drunken ride through interminable rain they get to the cottage...
Bruce Robinson has proved in his hugely enjoyable novel The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman what a fantastic writer he is and access to the screenplay only confirms that it was the quality of his dialogue that makes "Withnail" such a peerless classic. An essential companion to one of the funniest films ever made.
Screenplay of the classic cult film by Bruce Robinson, with an introduction by the director
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-7731-9 (9781408877319)
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Bruce Robinson
Withnail and I
Book
04/1998
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Person
Bruce Robinson is the director and screenwriter of not only Withnail and I, but also How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Jennifer 8 and The Rum Diary. He also wrote the screenplays for The Killing Fields, for which he was Academy Award nominated, Shadow Makers (released in the US as Fat Man and Little Boy), Return to Paradise and In Dreams. He is the author of The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman, Paranoia in the Launderette, the Samuel Johnson-longlisted They All Love Jack and of two books for children, The Obvious Elephant and Harold and the Duck, both illustrated by Sophie Windham.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Withnail and I
- Also available by Bruce Robinson
- eCopyright
