Withnail & I: 35 Years Young
When two out-of-work actors went on holiday by mistake, the end result was the greatest British comedy since the days of Ealing. But how did TV tough guy Michael Elphick come to be in Cumbria?
So what’s your favourite line from Withnail & I? “We want the finest wines available to humanity”? “I must have some booze, I DEMAND to have some booze”? “There must and shall be Aspirin”? “Of course he’s the farmer, Withnail, stop fucking saying that”? “GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN!”?
When it comes to quotable dialogue, Bruce Robinson’s Withnail & I is in a lea…
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