For some reason I have always missed this film over the years. The film follows the lives of two unemployed actors (Withnail - Richard E. Grant and Marwood/I - Paul? McGann). For want of a better word they live like student scrubbers complete with piled high unwashed pots and rodents in their Camden flat.
Withnail who is under the influence of alcohol throughout the film has a rich uncle (Richard Griffiths) who happens to own a cottage in the Lake District. He somehow gets the key for a short break away with Marwood. What follows are a good thirty minutes of shenanigans in Penrith featuring more alcohol, weird farmers and cottage barricading like Straw Dogs. Uncle Monty turns up to make proceedings interesting. Monty has a liking for wine and Marwood it seems! The film is mildly interesting watching Marwood try and scrape out of the clutches of Uncle Monty. The late George Harrison has an Executive Producer credit. His Handmade Films made the film.
Withnail who is under the influence of alcohol throughout the film has a rich uncle (Richard Griffiths) who happens to own a cottage in the Lake District. He somehow gets the key for a short break away with Marwood. What follows are a good thirty minutes of shenanigans in Penrith featuring more alcohol, weird farmers and cottage barricading like Straw Dogs. Uncle Monty turns up to make proceedings interesting. Monty has a liking for wine and Marwood it seems! The film is mildly interesting watching Marwood try and scrape out of the clutches of Uncle Monty. The late George Harrison has an Executive Producer credit. His Handmade Films made the film.