[HJCotW Spacemonkey]

Right, I need some haranguing, please.

Laura has never seen Withnail & I, and when I put it on for her tonight she refused to pay attention. After watching the first couple of minutes, she said she just didn't get it and stopped watching altogether.

So, I need everyone who's seen it (I'm not going to say who loves it, because if you've seen it, you love it) to harangue her, call her names, whatever, just to let her know that it's not only me that thinks she NEEDS to see this film.

Incidentally, I got to watch it though. It just never gets old. And I just heard, in the background, 'GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN!' Utter genius.

[Purplexion]

I've never seen it but was in the stage version so got the giste... it's a bit boy on boy kissy wissy to be honest

[Poohbah (Gsq)]

Not seen it, but want to.

[HJCotW Spacemonkey]

Groovy Joinee Purplexion, on 9 May 2007, 01:30 AM, said:

I've never seen it but was in the stage version so got the giste... it's a bit boy on boy kissy wissy to be honest

BLASPHEMY! BLASPHEMY!

[Siobhán]

Right I have seen Withnail and I about twenty times or so. At college we were a little obsesssed by it. It is very funny and also well drwadn in how they respond to each other. Though REG gets a lot of praise for his portrayal of Withnail (nad quite rightly too), Paul McGann is very impressive as well. It has a great cast, however I think you really have to be in the right mood for the first viewing as it does have a slow start.

Maybe that is what is needed, a rainy day, a bottle of wine and Withnail and I.

[Stephy]

Hello? It's like my favourite film EVER.


Lou, I can not believe you haven't seen it. SEE IT.


Don't you threaten me with a dead fish!

[Harpo]

"We've gone on holiday by mistake!"

[Lethal Biddle]

"Are you the farmer?"

It's a fantastic film! I've seen it at least a dozen times & could happily watch it again. Laura & Lou, watch it, watch it as soon as possible. You foolish fools, you.

[PJ Hannah B-R]

Laura - yes, slow start, but give it fifteen minutes and you WILL BE IN LOVE.

[Joinee Varwell]

Saw it once, didn't get it.

I guess it's got such a cult following that it is "must see" even if so you can just say that you've seen it and you don't get what the fuss is about.

That said, I've only seen it once and it was a few years back. Maybe I need to see it again. But I doubt it.

[Joinee Kebab]

You need to see it again. And again. And again - it's one of my most favroutist films of all times.
But it's definitely a grower, because it's one of those films where every time you watch it you pick up something new. Although I defy ANYONE not to laugh at the chicken in the oven even the first time they see it.

"You bloody fool, Withnail, don't you know you should never mix your drinks!"

There's a really good review on IMDB that summarises it's greatness pretty well:

Withnail and I on IMDB

This post has been edited by Spacalicious Joinee Kebab: 09 May 2007 - 10:44 AM

[Drench Fuke]

LSJ Biddle (ga), on 9 May 2007, 10:45 AM, said:

"Are you the farmer?"

of course he's the f*cking farmer Withnail, stop saying that

[Joinee Varwell]

Spacalicious Joinee Kebab, on 9 May 2007, 11:42 AM, said:

You need to see it again. And again. And again - it's one of my most favroutist films of all times.
But it's definitely a grower, because it's one of those films where every time you watch it you pick up something new. Although I defy ANYONE not to laugh at the chicken in the oven even the first time they see it.

"You bloody fool, Withnail, don't you know you should never mix your drinks!"

There's a really good review on IMDB that summarises it's greatness pretty well:

Withnail and I on IMDB

OK, maybe I will do. The review actually makes it look more interesting than I remember. Maybe I'll hunt it down again. Or nail it down, perhaps.

[Joinee Kebab]

Maybe I should hold a Withnail night for all those who have yet to be enlightned? It would be my absolute pleasure.

[Joinee Varwell]

You seem a bit far away for enlightenment provision, sadly!

[Joinee Kebab]

Oh yeah. Darn. Well, anyone in the South East who needs enlightenment is more than welcome.

[joinee doug]

I've seen it a few times; good "atmospheric" film, well cast, good characters. Good music, too; nice choice to go with King Curtis' version of "Whiter Shade of Pale" rather than the Procol Harum one. But I can see why people either love it or are indifferent to it...

Very "quote-filled" as well, my favorite being, "Bit early in the morning for festivities isn't it sir?"

This post has been edited by joinee doug: 09 May 2007 - 03:04 PM

[Joinee Bonathan]

Spacalicious Joinee Kebab, on 9 May 2007, 12:29 PM, said:

Maybe I should hold a Withnail night for all those who have yet to be enlightned? It would be my absolute pleasure.

This from the girl who doesn't "get" Casablanca!!!!!


But Withnail is genius.. absoultulty genius.. in fact so good I've mastered the part where "I" is driving the Jag with "All along the Watchtower" playing.. when he drops the clutch out to fast.. lurches forward... stops.. pulls his sunglasses down.. and gently pulls away...


One of my favourite moments in Cinema EVER...


Tell him if you must, I no longer care. I mean to have you even if it must be burglary.

This post has been edited by Joinee Bonathan: 09 May 2007 - 03:01 PM

[Poohbah (Gsq)]

I MUST WATCH THIS.

[HJCotW Spacemonkey]

Spacalicious Joinee Kebab, on 9 May 2007, 12:29 PM, said:

Maybe I should hold a Withnail night for all those who have yet to be enlightned? It would be my absolute pleasure.

Do it! And I'll invite the North-West Joinees round to mine for a viewing at the same time, so we can all watch it together. Hey, we could even open up a Skype conference call and get about five different viewings all at once. It'd be a virtual meet.

[Joinee Varwell]

Spaca Northern Monkey, on 9 May 2007, 04:15 PM, said:

Do it! And I'll invite the North-West Joinees round to mine for a viewing at the same time, so we can all watch it together. Hey, we could even open up a Skype conference call and get about five different viewings all at once. It'd be a virtual meet.

Hmmm... I'm not desperately far from your so-called North-West, either!

[HJCotW Spacemonkey]

SiVar, you're UBER-invited.

[Harpo]

Enjoy the viewing, but don't playing the drinking game!
(well, maybe on your fifth or sixth viewing)

[Joinee Kebab]

The drinking game's half the fun! What better way to end an evening than in A&E due to alcohol poisoning?

[Joinee Varwell]

Spaca Northern Monkey, on 9 May 2007, 04:33 PM, said:

SiVar, you're UBER-invited.

Thengyaw... although the way you write that makes it sound either offensive or painful...

[Silver Joinee Katy Matey]

Marwood to Withnail: "Right there's only one way to handle this...I'll take charge of the food, you deal with the fuel and wood situation"

*Screen fades out*

*Withnail walks through door from the piss rain holding a twig*

Marwood: "What's that?"

Withnail: "The fuel and wood situation" *throws it in the corner and walks off*

End of scene

This post has been edited by Silver Joinee Katy Matey: 09 May 2007 - 07:31 PM

[Silver Joinee Katy Matey]

One little thing that bugs me about Withnail and I though, is that shouldn't it be Withnail and Me? Like Polly and Me, and Me, Myself and Irene. If it was a film about just Marwood, without Withnail, he wouldn't have called it "I".

[GJ Drought]

ace film!


i have a heart condition.. if you hit me... it'll be murder

[Joinee Kebab]

Silver Joinee Katy Matey, on 9 May 2007, 08:36 PM, said:

One little thing that bugs me about Withnail and I though, is that shouldn't it be Withnail and Me? Like Polly and Me, and Me, Myself and Irene. If it was a film about just Marwood, without Withnail, he wouldn't have called it "I".

You don't quibble with genuis. Shakespeare wasn't always grammatically correct, was he?


I:
Please! I don't feel good.
Withnail:
That's what you'd say but that wouldn't wash with Geoff. No! He'd like
a bit of pleading. Add spice to it. In fact, he'd probably tell you
what he was going to do before he did it. "I'm going to pull you head
off". "Oh no, please, don't pull my head off". "I'm going to pull your
head off because I don't like your head!"



Monty:
Do you grow?
Withnail:
Geraniums.
Monty:
Oh you little traitors. I think the carrot infinitely more fascinating
than the geranium. The carrot has mystery. Flowers are essentially
tarts. Prostitutes for the bees. There is you'll agree a certain je ne
ses quoi oh so very special about a firm young carrot. Excuse me. Do
help yourselves to another drink.





Monty:
It is the most shattering experience of a young man's life when he
awakes and quite reasonable says to himself: [He puts his hand on his
heart] I will never play The Dane. When that moment comes, ones
ambition ceases. Don't you agree?

Withnail is quoting Hamlet in the last scene of the film; I believe in an earlier draft it was made more obvious that he then goes on to commit suicide. Which is what makes the film not only hilariously funny, but also poignant and often touching (and I'm not just talking about Monty). It is a truly humanistic piece of film history.

[HJCotW Spacemonkey]

'My wife's having a baby...'

Donna, that final piece is the greatest rendering of Shakespeare I've ever seen on the screnn. Massively moving, and just absolutely beautiful.

[GJ Peck]

"I demand to have some booze!"

"We want cake, and the finest wines known to all humanity. We want them here and we want them now!"


H.

xx.

[Alex: Digital Cowboy]

How dare you call me inhuman!
I didn't, you merely imagined it.
Right you ****er, I'm going to do the washing up!



Awesomeness!

[Platinum Joinee Plub]

Bless Sean for this thread. He'll probably keep going on about this for months now....

I just don't get it. I'm rubbish!

[Stephy]

Cap, on 9 May 2007, 09:17 PM, said:

ace film!
i have a heart condition.. if you hit me... it'll be murder

My wife's having a baby.....

[Doire]

"Kill it before it tries to make friends with us"

"If I medicined you, you'd think a brain tumour was a birthday present"

"free to those who can afford it, very expensive to those who can't"

"I'm making time"

"Fork it!"

Bahahahaha!! Best film ever. You have to watch the documentary too. It's on the special features of the limited edition dvd (some of the other special features on it are shockingly bad though). It has some footage of the guy Withnail was based on. And it talks about how Richard E. Grant is actually allergic to booze so they made him try and get drunk once in preparation for the role. And in the place where he drinks the lighter fluid and laughs hysterically, they'd secretly filled the thing with vineagar.

*shuffles off to put on the dvd"

[Lethal Biddle]

Spacalicious Joinee Kebab, on 9 May 2007, 09:38 PM, said:

Withnail is quoting Hamlet in the last scene of the film

What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties! In form, how express and admirable! In action, how like an angel! In aprehension, how like a God!
The beauty of the world! theparagon of animals! Yet to me, what is this quintessence of dusk? Man delights not me, no, nor women neither.

Hamlet's convincing of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern. I f***ing love Hamlet. My favourite play by Shakespeare or anyone else, by a long shot. I get all smug & excited whenever I spot a quote.
Amazing scene.

This post has been edited by LSJ Biddle (ga): 10 May 2007 - 10:13 AM

[Worm]

Laura - you really need to watch this film.

Only because I now have a vision of Laura storming into a bar at a JoinMeet and shouting 'I DEMAND TO HAVE SOME BOOZE!'

It's a perfect piece of casting...

[GJ Peck]

It is called the Camberwell carrot, because I invented it in Camberwell and it looks like a carrot.





H.

xx.

This post has been edited by GJ Peck: 10 May 2007 - 07:32 PM

[HJCotW Spacemonkey]

Anyone still fancy doing a multi-venue Withnail watch?

MoT
HJCotW

[Poohbah (Gsq)]

Poohbah (Gsq), on 09 May 2007 - 12:33 AM, said:

Not seen it, but want to.

Poohbah (Gsq), on 09 May 2007 - 03:06 PM, said:

I MUST WATCH THIS.

Hmm. 4 years on and I STILL haven't seen this.

We started watching it one FabFeb, but everyone fell asleep. Me and Toby were the only ones still *just about* awake, and we just about had the energy to switch the DVD off. And infomercials popped up on TV. And we accidentally ended up watching those for hours, laughing so much that we woke everyone else up.

I'm not saying that infomercials are better than Withnail and I, though. Although it's certainly a debate that could be had. (Aww Fridge, where's the love?!)

In summary: Still not seen it. Still want to. Still will. One day.

[GJ Drought]

quite possibly

[Joinee Smith]

I'm making time.



Jason