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Withnail And I: 20th Anniversary Edition (Anchor Bay) (2 Discs & CD)
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Withnail And I: 20th Anniversary Edition (Anchor Bay) (2 Discs & CD)

Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant & Richard Griffiths

Customer rating on Withnail And I: 20th Anniversary Edition (Anchor Bay) (2 Discs & CD): 5 out of 5 stars ( 5 customer ratings )

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Special Features

 

  • Disc 1:
  • Digitally remastered widescreen feature film
  • Audio commentary from writer/director Bruce Robinson
  • Audio commentary: actors Paul McGann and Ralph Brown recall the ups and downs shooting the film
  • Disc 2:
  • 1999 documentary 'Withnail And Us': writer/director Bruce Robinson talks about his debut feature, former flatmates with whom he shared the Withnail lifestyle while writing the film while the casting director recounts the hilarious auditions for the film and of course the stars!
  • Behind the scenes stills from Ralph Steadman
  • The legendary Withnail And I drinking game!
  • 'Swear-a-thon' featurette
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Bonus CD:
  • Original rare score soundtrack on a bonus CD!

Review

 

Withnail And I portrays the last throes of an eccentric friendship during the final days of the sixties. Withnail and I are two young would-be actors who wake up one morning to find only ninety days left in the decade.

Bound together by poverty and dreams of stardom, they share a flat of indescribable squalor and live on a diet of booze, pills and grass. The two friends decide to spend a soul-cleansing weekend in the country in a primitive cottage borrowed from Withnail's eccentric Uncle Monty.

From the very start things go wrong and their dreams of an idyllic retreat rapidly degenerate into an hilarious nightmare.

Customer Reviews

 

Customer rating on Withnail And I: 20th Anniversary Edition (Anchor Bay) (2 Discs & CD): 5 out of 5 stars

Average rating (5 reviews)

Customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars i bought it for the soundtrack on holiday by mistake

balmoraljames | 05/12/2008 | See all balmoraljames' reviews (46) »

Very funny, my favourite film. A masterclass of acting. A masterclass of how to produce a film and a shining example of small budget well managed film making. The film is the most quotable i know, it has everything you could want and a the coolest soundtrack ever fact!. The cd is rubbish i re bought this edition expecting the hendrix tracks etc but it is just the classical score. The guys in the film fly off each other and the laughs just keep comming. The film is a bench mark that people aspire to, it is impossible to highlight 1 stand out scene for me this is perfect and stands above everything that came after. The film is cool, london looks great and the whole thing drips class, buy it and a spare as you can never be without it, now i finished this i demand booze

Customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars Classic Cult Comedy!

adamjenksfilmbuff | 20/07/2008 | See all adamjenksfilmbuff's reviews (2) »

This has got to be the ultimate package for this film. Ignore the person's comments about the soundtrack, as this is just what it suggests, the original, rare 'score' - not music highlights! If you are after Jimi Hendrix or any of the other artists in this film, you can buy them seperatley! The score from this film stays with you long after watching it. The 2nd disc of this DVD is a must for any fan as it has the documentry called 'postcards from penrith', which follows 2 fans revisiting the iconic places from the film, a very good extra to have. Also has a 'swear-a-thon', pretty self explained! The actual film is one of the finest british comedies, with a perfect cast throughout. You have to own this film!!

Customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars Film deserves 6 stars but don't be fooled by the package

Stuart1999 | 15/05/2008 | See all Stuart1999's reviews (1) »

I bought this 20th anniversary edition mainly because of the promise of the "original rare score soundtrack on a bonus CD!" (I've already got a copy of the film). Don't be fooled - this is a blatant half truth. The CD only has some of the tracks (excluding, of course, the more famous ones like All along the watchtower - some sort of alleged copyright issue, I understand). Anyway, buy the film, which is awesome and as fresh and funny as it was 20 years ago. But don't expect much from the "original soundtrack"!

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Technical Details

 

Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown & Michael Elphick

Bruce Robinson

15 years and over

1986

Widescreen 1.85:1 Anamorphic

English - Dolby Digital (5.1) ; DTS

English - Dolby Digital (2.0) Stereo

English

1 hour and 47 minutes (approx)

Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.

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