[…] London 1969 – two ‘resting’ (unemployed and unemployable) actors, Withnail and Marwood, fed up with damp, cold, piles of washing-up, mad drug dealers and psychotic Irishmen, decide to leave their squalid Camden flat for an idyllic holiday in the countryside, courtesy of Withnail’s uncle Monty’s country cottage. …read more […]

Excellent film. Not just very funny indeed in places, but changes gears and really hits you when you don't expect it. This is not just my favourite scene in the movie, but one of my all-time favourite scenes. http://youtu.be/K6R9fY8lfGo

Long time favorite of mine. First script I think I purchased (in book form). Funny that the one mention it received in my film school some years ago, was as an example of how NOT to write action description. Overly descriptive, prose style etc. Obviously easier to get away with when the writer is also the director... and as talented as Bruce Robinson is. Thanks for sharing.

Just watched it for the first time yesterday and I'm hooked. Obsessively hooked!