108 mins |
Rated
M (Offensive language)
Directed by Paul McGann
Starring Richard E. Grant, Michael Elphick, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Bruce Robinson
Playing as party of Academy's Lost Weekend: A Film Series of Cinema's Most Infamous Drunks, playing March 21 - 28.
'London. The 1960s. Two unemployed actors—acerbic, elegantly wasted Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and the anxiety-ridden "I" (Paul McGann)—drown their frustrations in booze, pills, and lighter fluid. When Withnail's Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) offers his cottage, they escape the squalor of their flat for a week in the country. They soon realize they’ve gone on holiday by mistake when their wits—and friendship—are sorely tested by violent downpours, less than hospitable locals, and empty cupboards. Bruce Robinson’s semi-autobiographical cult favourite is simultaneously an intelligent, superbly acted, and hilarious film.'
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Playing as party of Academy's Lost Weekend: A Film Series of Cinema's Most Infamous Drunks, playing March 21 - 28.
'London. The 1960s. Two unemployed actors—acerbic, elegantly wasted Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and the anxiety-ridden "I" (Paul McGann)—drown their frustrations in booze, pills, and lighter fluid. When Withnail's Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) offers his cottage, they escape the squalor of their flat for a week in the country. They soon realize they’ve gone on holiday by mistake when their wits—and friendship—are sorely tested by violent downpours, less than hospitable locals, and empty cupboards. Bruce Robinson’s semi-autobiographical cult favourite is simultaneously an intelligent, superbly acted, and hilarious film.'