Withnail And I (Blu-ray)

Withnail And I (Blu-ray)Camden Town, the arse end of the sixties. Two struggling, unemployed actors decide some respite is in order and so depart their miserable flat for a week in the Lake District one that will involve rain, booze, minimal supplies, a randy bull and an even randier Uncle Monty. Based on the real life experiences of former actor turned writer director Bruce Robinson, WITHNAIL and I has become one of British cinema's most fondly remembered comedies. A cult

Camden Town, the arse-end of the sixties. Two struggling, unemployed actors decide some respite is in order and so depart their miserable flat for a week in the Lake District – one that will involve rain, booze, minimal supplies, a randy bull and an even randier Uncle Monty.

Based on the real-life experiences of former actor turned writer/director Bruce Robinson, WITHNAIL and I has become one of British cinema's most fondly remembered comedies. A cult film in the truest sense that has also become a classic.

Perfectly cast – with career-defining roles for Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths and Ralph Brown – and crammed with irresistibly quotable dialogue, WITHNAIL and I is a sheer delight, even on the umpteenth viewing.

Region B Blu-ray (Australian compatible)

Special Features

• 2K restoration from the original negative by Arrow Films, supervised and approved by director of photography Peter Hannan.
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
• Audio commentary by writer-director Bruce Robinson.
• Audio commentary by critic and writer Kevin Jackson, author of the BFI Modern Classic on Withnail & I.
• All four original Withnail Weekend documentaries, first screened on Channel 4 in 1999, including The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson, which looks at the director's career, Withnail & Us, which focuses on the film's making, and two shorter documentaries, I Demand to Have Some Booze and Withnail on the Pier
• Interview with production designer Michael Pickwoad.
• An appreciation of Withnail & I by Sam Bain, co-creator of Peep Show and Fresh Meat.
• Theatrical trailer.