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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Made in 1987, Withnail & I is a semi-autobiographical classic black comedy set in the end weeks of 1969. It's written and directed by Bruce Robinson, who lived it. The film stars Richard E. Grant as Withnail, a messed-up, flamboyant alcoholic, and Paul McGann as Marwood (or "I", since he's never named in the actual film), his slightly more gentle and sensible friend. Both are perpetually unemployed (and in Withnail's case, almost entirely unemployable) actors living in squalor, who decide to get away from it all with a holiday in the countryside. They do so by way of borrowing a cottage belonging to Withnail's — equally flamboyant — gay Uncle Monty.Trouble is, everything goes wrong; they're totally incapable of looking after themselves, rendering the — in itself rather cosy — cottage a cold, dark, borderline inhospitable shack. They can't find any food, they throw their money away on booze, it won't stop pouring, the locals are surly and unwelcoming, a local poacher takes exception to Withnail and promises violent retribution. And as if that wasn't enough, Uncle Monty makes a surprise appearance, with amorous intentions towards Marwood.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })The film is famous for its hilarious lines, as well as for having one of the saddest endings in comedy film history. It's gained cult status (besides an evergreen popularity among university students, often people who see it will quote it whole) and is considered an important part of British film culture. Equally (in)famous are Robinson's mistreatment by Handmade Films during production, and the film's intense amounts of Ho Yay and Paul McGann Fanservice.The script is also notable as being a work of art just as much as the film is, and Robinson's descriptions outside of the dialogue have to be seen to be believed. | |
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Dirty Coward | |
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Dirty Coward: Withnail much more than Marwood. When he sees the size of the drunken Irishman who called Marwood "perfumed ponce", Withnail backpedals so furiously he almost falls over the bar: Withnail causes Marwood's encounter with a randy bull by forgetting to shut the gate to its field, then he jumps over the wall to let him deal with it. | |
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Adorkable | |
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Adorkable: Both of them have their moments. Marwood gets his adorableness from Paul McGann being, well, Paul McGann, while Richard E. Grant breaking character to giggle in the cafe scene helped humanize Withnail. | |
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Creator Cameo | |
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Creator Cameo: Bruce Robinson appears as the barman in the London pub. Also, he is the postman who brings the telegram to Crow Crag, and possibly the poacher the boys see in the distance. | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed: Monty is a thinly-veiled Franco Zeffirelli, albeit fat and not Italian. According to some people involved with the film, some of his dialogue in the bedroom scene is taken word-for-word from some of Zeffirelli's chat-up lines, which the director had to endure while playing Benvolio in his film version of Romeo and Juliet. | |
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Men Can't Keep House | |
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Men Can't Keep House: Their London flat is squalid, and the kitchen is almost a biological hazard. They're scared to clean out the sink because they're pretty sure something is alive in there, and when they do brave it, they find some sort of grey, mushy matter. | |
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Poisonous Friend | |
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Poisonous Friend: Withnail embodies the trope with absolute relish: he's all but dragging Marwood down with him in his spiral of alcoholism and drug addiction. | |
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All There in the Manual | |
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All There in the Manual: The screenplay is as much a work of art as the movie is. From the stage directions for the opening sequence: Marwood's name and age (25) are only given in the screenplay. | |
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City Slicker | |
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City Slicker: Inverted. Withnail and Marwood keep insisting "we're not from London!" to everyone they meet in the country because they're afraid of getting shafted. | |
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Mr. Fanservice | |
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Mr. Fanservice: If you're not a hard-drinking British university student, it's quite likely you watched it primarily for Marwood's shirtless scenes, even when he's nearly getting raped. Paul McGann spends a good third of his scenes in only his underwear. This was the film that turned Richard E. Grant into a sex symbol. | |
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End of an Age | |
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End of an Age: In rare moment of lucidity by Danny. He states all the thoughts and ideas of The '60s have become little more than commercialised junk for the grim Seventies. Also Marwood and Withnail's friendship is coming to end with Marwood pursuing an acting job. | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners: As Paul McGann said, it's like a "marriage going wrong". But as he's also noted, the "heterosexual" part definitely doesn't apply to Withnail, and maybe not to Marwood either. | |
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I Need a Freaking Drink | |
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I Need a Freaking Drink: Withnail's response to virtually any situation is to get absolutely sloshed. | |
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Byronic Hero | |
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Byronic Hero: Withnail. Artistic, tormented, misunderstood by society. | |
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The Hedonist | |
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The Hedonist: One of the qualities at the core of Withnail's personality. | |
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Bathroom Stall Graffiti | |
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Bathroom Stall Graffiti: Marwood sees some graffiti in a bathroom stall which reads, "I fuck arses", This, combined with his encounter with a man who called him a ponce, causes him to be so scared that, as his voiceover tells us, he can't even pee straight. | |
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Only Sane Man | |
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Only Sane Man: Marwood, certainly when compared to Withnail, Monty and Danny. He's not immune to indulging his vices and isn't exactly much better equipped to survive in the country than Withnail is, but overall he's far more reasonable, calm and blessed with more common sense. | |
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Know-Nothing Know-It-All | |
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Know-Nothing Know-It-All: "A coward you are, Withnail. An expert on bulls you are not." Withnail's general approach to any situation is to try and bluff his way out of it, which backfires on him spectacularly a few times throughout the film, most memorably in the scene with the police: | |
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Anachronism Stew | |
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Anachronism Stew: Some scenes have 1980s automobiles visible in the background. Additionally, a modern road sign can be seen while the two are driving down the M25, which itself didn't exist in 1969. | |
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Cloudcuckoolander's Minder | |
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Cloud Cuckoo Landers Minder: A large chunk of Marwood's life involves getting himself and Withnail out of whatever trouble the latter's landed them in. | |
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Funny Background Event | |
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Funny Background Event: Marwood's expression whenever Withnail is making grandiose claims about his success as a film and theatre star. | |
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Extremely Short Timespan | |
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Extremely Short Timespan: Word of God from Bruce Robinson says the film takes place over two or three weeks, with the bulk of the action happening during a single weekend. | |
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Small Name, Big Ego | |
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Small Name, Big Ego: Withnail believes himself to be a great actor despite having done virtually no work in the field. His final scene, however, in which he delivers a word-perfect Hamlet soliloquy with spot-on characterisation and emotion, may prove him right. | |
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Bilingual Bonus | |
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Bilingual Bonus: While Monty, Withnail and Marwood are playing cards, Monty and Withnail have a brief conversation in Latin about Marwood "Needing a Queen to come to the rescue", which also shows off the characters' upper class education. | |
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Break the Haughty | |
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Break the Haughty: For all Withnail's high opinion of himself and his talents, in the end he is forced to face the fact that he'll never make it big. | |
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You Wouldn't Hit a Guy with Glasses | |
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You Wouldn't Hit a Guy with Glasses?: Withnail unsuccessfully tries this approach on the Irishman who is threatening to beat him and Marwood bloody. | |
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Sophisticated as Hell | |
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Sophisticated as Hell: Withnail constantly evokes both Upper-Class Twit and Sir Swearsalot in the same breath. | |
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Kindhearted Cat Lover | |
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Kindhearted Cat Lover: Inverted with Monty: he's clearly not to be trusted, since he despises his own pet cat. | |
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Gratuitous French | |
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Gratuitous French: Monty peppers his speech with French words and quotes. | |
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Cluster F-Bomb | |
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Cluster F-Bomb: The entire film is one, effectively, with swear words ranging from the above to Country Matters to right around again. | |
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TheSixties | |
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In rare moment of lucidity by Danny. He states all the thoughts and ideas of The '60s have become little more than commercialised junk for the grim Seventies. | |
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Ate His Gun | |
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Ate His Gun: Withnail's fate in the original - unfilmed - ending. | |
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Starving Artist | |
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Starving Artist: The protagonists are out-of-work actors with barely a penny to their name. | |
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So Beautiful, It's a Curse | |
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So Beautiful, It's a Curse: Poor Marwood garners unwanted attentions from Uncle Monty thanks to his extraordinary good looks.. | |
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Guttural Growler | |
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Guttural Growler: Presuming Ed | |
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Blatant Lies | |
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Blatant Lies: "I asshure you I'm not officer. I've only had a few ales." | |
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Messy Hair | |
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Messy Hair: Withnail sports a mane of uncombed, uncut and oftentimes unwashed hair. | |
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Shirtless Scene | |
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Shirtless Scene: The movie is extremely dedicated to showing Paul McGann in various states of undress every few minutes. | |
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Important Haircut | |
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Important Haircut: Marwood, in the final scene. | |
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Eye Take | |
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Eye Take: "Congratulations..." We see the precise moment when Withnail and Marwood's friendship ends for good. | |
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Greasy Spoon | |
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Greasy Spoon: Marwood finds himself in a particularly gritty and British one near the start of the film. In the script it is referred to as "Wanker's Cafe." | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold: For most of the movie, Withnail's all too willing to throw Marwood to the wolves for personal gain, but his attempt to "make time" when driving to London is a genuine show of friendship on his part. And when Marwood gets a big role, he manages to muster up a teary-smiled "congratulations", although he's almost certainly very displeased about it. He does show some concern for Marwood after basically betraying him to his uncle, and tries to get him to stay. Jake the poacher probably counts as this, since after his argument with Withnail he does end up bringing them a hare to eat. | |
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Smart People Know Latin | |
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Smart People Know Latin: Withnail and Monty engage in some prep-school Latin badinage at the less highly educated Marwood's expense. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: Marwood can't catch a break, and his instinctive response to bad luck is to grin nervously. He starts to complain after a while that he can't drink coffee because he's got a grinning cramp. | |
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Most Writers Are Writers | |
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Most Writers Are Writers: Marwood keeps a journal filled with various thoughts on his and Withnail's situation in life, which provides the narration. | |
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I Have a Family | |
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I Have a Family: In a last, desperate attempt by Withnail to avoid a beating after he had run afoul of an Irishman, he says, "My wife's having a baby". | |
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1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_4aa24ad9 | |
Withnail & I / int_4ae690ca | type |
Laughing Mad | |
Withnail & I / int_4ae690ca | comment |
Laughing Mad: A very high Withnail can't stop cackling when Danny screws him over and nicks all his post (which means he'll be getting evicted) and arrogantly says that law rather appeals to him. Marwood ends up laughing along, probably due to the drugs. | |
Withnail & I / int_4ae690ca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_4ae690ca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_4ae690ca | |
Withnail & I / int_4c851777 | type |
Black Comedy Rape | |
Withnail & I / int_4c851777 | comment |
Black Comedy Rape: Well, attempted rape. | |
Withnail & I / int_4c851777 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_4c851777 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_4c851777 | |
Withnail & I / int_4e3d253b | type |
Downer Ending | |
Withnail & I / int_4e3d253b | comment |
Downer Ending: Only the wolves know what a good actor Withnail can really be. At our last look of him, he seems in complete and utter despair. The original intended ending had Withnail committing suicide by drinking wine from a gun barrel, then pulling the trigger. | |
Withnail & I / int_4e3d253b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_4e3d253b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_4e3d253b | |
Withnail & I / int_52b9a5ad | type |
No Pronunciation Guide | |
Withnail & I / int_52b9a5ad | comment |
No Pronunciation Guide: For the uninitiated, it's "WITH-null". | |
Withnail & I / int_52b9a5ad | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_52b9a5ad | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_52b9a5ad | |
Withnail & I / int_55232afa | type |
Politically Incorrect Hero | |
Withnail & I / int_55232afa | comment |
Politically Incorrect Hero: Marwood is racist ("There's a giant spade in the bath") and homophobic - a real product of the 1960's. | |
Withnail & I / int_55232afa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_55232afa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_55232afa | |
Withnail & I / int_55365db5 | type |
City Mouse | |
Withnail & I / int_55365db5 | comment |
City Mouse: The duo are completely unsuited to country life, as they soon find out. | |
Withnail & I / int_55365db5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_55365db5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_55365db5 | |
Withnail & I / int_561dab6b | type |
Mistaken for Gay | |
Withnail & I / int_561dab6b | comment |
Mistaken for Gay: Happens to Marwood constantly: "Perfumed ponce!", "So you're a thesbian too?", "You want workin' on, boy..." | |
Withnail & I / int_561dab6b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_561dab6b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_561dab6b | |
Withnail & I / int_56240281 | type |
Country Matters | |
Withnail & I / int_56240281 | comment |
Country Matters: One of Withnail's most famous lines. | |
Withnail & I / int_56240281 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_56240281 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_56240281 | |
Withnail & I / int_5ac47fa6 | type |
Erudite Stoner | |
Withnail & I / int_5ac47fa6 | comment |
Erudite Stoner: Danny the drug dealer. Although his "wisdom" is actually pretty vapid compared to the main characters' much more down-to-earth problems, and it's even indicated that his drugs are at least somewhat to blame for their career problems. | |
Withnail & I / int_5ac47fa6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_5ac47fa6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_5ac47fa6 | |
Withnail & I / int_5eb1575b | type |
LennonSpecs | |
Withnail & I / int_5eb1575b | comment |
Lennon Specs: Marwood dons a pair en route to the cottage. | |
Withnail & I / int_5eb1575b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_5eb1575b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_5eb1575b | |
Withnail & I / int_60f92ddd | type |
Oireland | |
Withnail & I / int_60f92ddd | comment |
Oireland: The Irishman (who's given no other name) is a thoroughly unpleasant man who tries to start a fight with our protagonists because he's offended that Marwood put perfume on his shoes (to keep them from stinking from Withnail's vomit). Then again, he's a northerner, so his nationality might be in question—but since it's an I.R.A pub going by the graffiti outside, he's probably Irish. | |
Withnail & I / int_60f92ddd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_60f92ddd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_60f92ddd | |
Withnail & I / int_62518d4a | type |
Sorry Ociffer | |
Withnail & I / int_62518d4a | comment |
Sorry Ociffer: The "GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN!" scene: Withnail is sloshed throughout and trying to maintain his very much imperilled dignity. | |
Withnail & I / int_62518d4a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_62518d4a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_62518d4a | |
Withnail & I / int_627264e0 | type |
Death Glare | |
Withnail & I / int_627264e0 | comment |
Death Glare: Marwood's preferred method of dealing with Withnail's bouts of pigheadedness; one can assume he's had a lot of time to practice. | |
Withnail & I / int_627264e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_627264e0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_627264e0 | |
Withnail & I / int_63b02752 | type |
Hair-Trigger Temper | |
Withnail & I / int_63b02752 | comment |
Hair-Trigger Temper: "GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN!" | |
Withnail & I / int_63b02752 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_63b02752 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_63b02752 | |
Withnail & I / int_63be4131 | type |
Pretty Boy | |
Withnail & I / int_63be4131 | comment |
Pretty Boy: The two leads look like they've have been battered and malnourished for far too long, but still… Marwood has the same looks he later had for the Eighth Doctor and Withnail is pouty-mouthed, has big blue eyes and his hair goes fluffy when they hit the countryside. The battered factor even adds to the appeal. | |
Withnail & I / int_63be4131 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_63be4131 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_63be4131 | |
Withnail & I / int_6469517a | type |
Bath of Poverty | |
Withnail & I / int_6469517a | comment |
Bath of Poverty: The duo talk casually, while Marwood is bathing and attempting to shave in a tiny, stained and cracked bathtub in the middle of the floor. In addition to being a horrible and nonfunctional piece of bathroom furniture, it establishes that they don't even own a bathroom. | |
Withnail & I / int_6469517a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_6469517a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_6469517a | |
Withnail & I / int_65bc92fc | type |
Four-Temperament Ensemble | |
Withnail & I / int_65bc92fc | comment |
Four-Temperament Ensemble: Sanguine: Uncle Monty Choleric: Withnail Melancholic: Marwood Phlegmatic: Danny | |
Withnail & I / int_65bc92fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_65bc92fc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_65bc92fc | |
Withnail & I / int_663f35c0 | type |
Only One Name | |
Withnail & I / int_663f35c0 | comment |
Only One Name: Withnail. | |
Withnail & I / int_663f35c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_663f35c0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_663f35c0 | |
Withnail & I / int_66755d29 | type |
Author Avatar | |
Withnail & I / int_66755d29 | comment |
Author Avatar: Marwood is a stand-in for Bruce Robinson. | |
Withnail & I / int_66755d29 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_66755d29 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_66755d29 | |
Withnail & I / int_67f2c837 | type |
The Pig-Pen | |
Withnail & I / int_67f2c837 | comment |
The Pig Pen: The Camden flat is dingy and squalid - the kitchen area, in particular, is an absolute atrocity. | |
Withnail & I / int_67f2c837 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_67f2c837 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_67f2c837 | |
Withnail & I / int_6b35bdff | type |
Serious Business | |
Withnail & I / int_6b35bdff | comment |
Serious Business: The dishes. As any Troper who has flatted can attest, this is very much Truth in Television. | |
Withnail & I / int_6b35bdff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_6b35bdff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_6b35bdff | |
Withnail & I / int_6c3f8ca8 | type |
Drama Queen | |
Withnail & I / int_6c3f8ca8 | comment |
Drama Queen: Both Withnail and Uncle Monty. | |
Withnail & I / int_6c3f8ca8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_6c3f8ca8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_6c3f8ca8 | |
Withnail & I / int_70e642a9 | type |
Luvvies | |
Withnail & I / int_70e642a9 | comment |
Luvvies: Withnail. Posh, pompous, boastful and eccentric - basically every stereotype associated with British theatre actors rolled into one person. | |
Withnail & I / int_70e642a9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_70e642a9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_70e642a9 | |
Withnail & I / int_71105dfc | type |
Everybody Smokes | |
Withnail & I / int_71105dfc | comment |
Everybody Smokes | |
Withnail & I / int_71105dfc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_71105dfc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_71105dfc | |
Withnail & I / int_722b3319 | type |
Camp Gay | |
Withnail & I / int_722b3319 | comment |
Camp Gay: Uncle Monty. Withnail might also count, although his orientation is somewhat hazy. | |
Withnail & I / int_722b3319 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_722b3319 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_722b3319 | |
Withnail & I / int_72c8b35c | type |
When She Smiles | |
Withnail & I / int_72c8b35c | comment |
When She Smiles: Male version, subverted with Marwood, who has a very sweet smile, but he deploys it mainly when he's nervous, which ruins the effect slightly. Withnail smiles only a few times throughout the film, and only when he's panicking, trying to charm someone into giving him something or, when Marwood gets his job, heartbroken. | |
Withnail & I / int_72c8b35c | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Withnail & I / int_72c8b35c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_72c8b35c | |
Withnail & I / int_73f8d546 | type |
Working-Class Hero | |
Withnail & I / int_73f8d546 | comment |
Working-Class Hero: Unlike Withnail, Marwood wasn't born into money, which may be partially responsible for his better work ethic and common sense. | |
Withnail & I / int_73f8d546 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_73f8d546 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_73f8d546 | |
Withnail & I / int_7a54c458 | type |
Mock Millionaire | |
Withnail & I / int_7a54c458 | comment |
Mock Millionaire: "We want the finest wines available to humanity. We want them here and we want them now!" "We are not drunks, we're multi-millionaires". One of the least convincing examples of this trope. | |
Withnail & I / int_7a54c458 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_7a54c458 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_7a54c458 | |
Withnail & I / int_7eebe99c | type |
The Alcoholic | |
Withnail & I / int_7eebe99c | comment |
The Alcoholic: Both protagonists are booze-addled layabouts, although Withnail's the one who stoops so low as to drink lighter fluid. | |
Withnail & I / int_7eebe99c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_7eebe99c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_7eebe99c | |
Withnail & I / int_7efd2e30 | type |
Expository Hairstyle Change | |
Withnail & I / int_7efd2e30 | comment |
Expository Hairstyle Change: At the end of the film, Marwood gets rid of his wild curls and becomes noticeably more clean-cut and less bohemian in appearance, to signify his improved circumstances and the severing of ties with Withnail. On a more mundane level, it's because he's been cast as the lead in the play Journey's End, which is set in the World War I trenches, and all of the leading characters of which are British Army officers, so he has to look the part. | |
Withnail & I / int_7efd2e30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_7efd2e30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_7efd2e30 | |
Withnail & I / int_823c6e3e | type |
LargeHam | |
Withnail & I / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Richard E. Grant isn't one but his character, Withnail, certainly is. All the world is a stage for him, and while we never see him on an actual stage we get to see him overact in his everyday life: Uncle Monty is quite hammy as well. Presumably it's a family trait. | |
Withnail & I / int_823c6e3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_823c6e3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_823c6e3e | |
Withnail & I / int_82518cf7 | type |
Motor Mouth | |
Withnail & I / int_82518cf7 | comment |
Motor Mouth: GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN!! | |
Withnail & I / int_82518cf7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_82518cf7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_82518cf7 | |
Withnail & I / int_82b4f38e | type |
Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist | |
Withnail & I / int_82b4f38e | comment |
Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: Withnail - hedonistic, cowardly, and somewhat lacking in both common sense and empathy departments. | |
Withnail & I / int_82b4f38e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_82b4f38e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_82b4f38e | |
Withnail & I / int_83b464fb | type |
Straight Man | |
Withnail & I / int_83b464fb | comment |
Straight Man: Marwood plays a pitch-perfect straight man to Withnail, grounding his manic performance in a solid emotional reality; the film wouldn't work nearly as well as it does without him. | |
Withnail & I / int_83b464fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_83b464fb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_83b464fb | |
Withnail & I / int_8411ab92 | type |
Red Oni, Blue Oni | |
Withnail & I / int_8411ab92 | comment |
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Withnail is the energetic, impulsive red to Marwood's cool and reflective blue. | |
Withnail & I / int_8411ab92 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_8411ab92 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_8411ab92 | |
Withnail & I / int_84764598 | type |
Dramatic Thunder | |
Withnail & I / int_84764598 | comment |
Dramatic Thunder: Right before the telegram comes, signifying that their friendship is coming to an end. | |
Withnail & I / int_84764598 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_84764598 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_84764598 | |
Withnail & I / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
Withnail & I / int_86b21114 | comment |
Badass Boast: Withnail is incredibly skilled at giving these. | |
Withnail & I / int_86b21114 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_86b21114 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_86b21114 | |
Withnail & I / int_88cee6e2 | type |
Abhorrent Admirer | |
Withnail & I / int_88cee6e2 | comment |
Abhorrent Admirer: Monty's amorous intentions towards Marwood are entirely unwanted on Marwood's part. | |
Withnail & I / int_88cee6e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_88cee6e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_88cee6e2 | |
Withnail & I / int_8a295a46 | type |
Cool Car | |
Withnail & I / int_8a295a46 | comment |
Cool Car: Monty's custom 1953 Rolls Royce. (Definitely not Marwood's Mark 2 Jaguar; see The Alleged Car.) | |
Withnail & I / int_8a295a46 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_8a295a46 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_8a295a46 | |
Withnail & I / int_8ace85ef | type |
Audience Surrogate | |
Withnail & I / int_8ace85ef | comment |
Audience Surrogate: Bruce Robinson used this trope so literally that Marwood doesn't even get a name, allowing the audience to more easily identify with his misfortunes. | |
Withnail & I / int_8ace85ef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_8ace85ef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_8ace85ef | |
Withnail & I / int_92dfffae | type |
Retraux | |
Withnail & I / int_92dfffae | comment |
Retraux: The film's low-key style makes it look much more like something made in 1969 than 1987, to the extent that some viewers think it really is a film from The '60s. | |
Withnail & I / int_92dfffae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_92dfffae | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_92dfffae | |
Withnail & I / int_96251156 | type |
Deer in the Headlights | |
Withnail & I / int_96251156 | comment |
Deer in the Headlights: Marwood is unable to move for a few very long seconds when he realizes that Monty has come to his room. | |
Withnail & I / int_96251156 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_96251156 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_96251156 | |
Withnail & I / int_98576799 | type |
Throw the Dog a Bone | |
Withnail & I / int_98576799 | comment |
Throw the Dog a Bone: The farmer is nearly the only person in the countryside who's nice to the protagonists, bringing them wood and food. | |
Withnail & I / int_98576799 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_98576799 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_98576799 | |
Withnail & I / int_98591d23 | type |
Speech Impediment | |
Withnail & I / int_98591d23 | comment |
Speech Impediment: In common with a good many Londoners, Danny has rhotacism, an inability to pronounce the letter 'r'. In his case it's extreme and sometimes extends to the letter 'l'. | |
Withnail & I / int_98591d23 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_98591d23 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_98591d23 | |
Withnail & I / int_99b2613a | type |
Oop North | |
Withnail & I / int_99b2613a | comment |
Oop North: Much of the film takes place in the Lake District, a mountainous region near the Scottish border on the west cost of Britain. The locals appear to be slightly dismissive of "London types" from down south. | |
Withnail & I / int_99b2613a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_99b2613a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_99b2613a | |
Withnail & I / int_9cc1a329 | type |
Upper-Class Twit | |
Withnail & I / int_9cc1a329 | comment |
Upper-Class Twit: It's made very clear that Withnail comes from an upper-class family (e.g. he went to Harrow), and his common sense and work ethic are both inferior to Marwood's (who was born into the working class). | |
Withnail & I / int_9cc1a329 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_9cc1a329 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_9cc1a329 | |
Withnail & I / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
Withnail & I / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: When they first meet with Monty, he remarks that he gave up his acting career when he came to the same conclusion many ultimately unsuccessful aspiring actors reach: "I will never play the Dane," referring to the title character in Hamlet. Withnail says he intends to play "The Dane" one day. At the end of the film, he mournfully recites a passage from the play, having apparently also come to the sad conclusion that he will never play the role on stage. | |
Withnail & I / int_9d12bbc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_9d12bbc1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_9d12bbc1 | |
Withnail & I / int_9dd2cbc2 | type |
CloudCuckooLander | |
Withnail & I / int_9dd2cbc2 | comment |
Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Danny. | |
Withnail & I / int_9dd2cbc2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_9dd2cbc2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_9dd2cbc2 | |
Withnail & I / int_a07afea2 | type |
Random Events Plot | |
Withnail & I / int_a07afea2 | comment |
Random Events Plot: The plot of the film is effectively that two out-of-work actors go on holiday and things happen to them, eventually resulting in their parting | |
Withnail & I / int_a07afea2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_a07afea2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_a07afea2 | |
Withnail & I / int_a201dad2 | type |
Passive-Aggressive Kombat | |
Withnail & I / int_a201dad2 | comment |
Passive-Aggressive Kombat: Marwood's very skilled at the art of diplomatic putdowns. | |
Withnail & I / int_a201dad2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I / int_a201dad2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Withnail & I | hasFeature |
Withnail & I / int_a201dad2 | |
Withnail & I / int_a2492aff | type |
Dogged Nice Guy | |
Withnail & I / int_a2492aff | comment |
Dogged Nice Guy: Marwood wants to be this, but he carelessly goes along with Withnail's asshole behaviour and substance abuse. | |
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Black Sheep | |
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Black Sheep: Withnail curries no favours with his family, who disdain his choice of profession (and his frankly appalling lifestyle). | |
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Mood Whiplash | |
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Mood Whiplash: A film that's almost unrelentingly hilarious detailing two self-destructive people in the death spiral of their friendship is bound to be full of moments like this. | |
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Gray Rain of Depression | |
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Gray Rain of Depression: The bleak final scene is made even bleaker by the cold, heavy rain. | |
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Bathtub Scene | |
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Bathtub Scene: Marwood has an extended scene where he shaves while taking a bath. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Deadpan Snarker: Marwood has his moments: | |
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Near-Rape Experience | |
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Near-Rape Experience: Uncle Monty is about to force himself on Marwood, before he lies and claims to be in a secret relationship with Withnail, which causes Monty to have a sudden attack of conscience. | |
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Fish out of Water | |
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Fish out of Water: Both of them are totally at sea in the countryside. | |
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Take That! | |
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Take That!: Bruce Robinson alleges Franco Zeffirelli pursued him at one time. During an early scene in the film, Withnail reads a newspaper headline of "Boy Lands Plum Role For Top Italian Director," and goes on to suggest the reason the actor has the part is the director's amorous interest in him. | |
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Fauxlosophic Narration | |
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Fauxlosophic Narration: Marwood's writings frequently take on a philosophical bent. | |
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Last Note Nightmare | |
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Last Note Nightmare: Withnail's Theme is bouncy and dramatic in a very sad way, but it ends on a thumping flat note. Considering who it's for, it's very fitting, and, considering the original ending, in which he takes a final drink before blowing his brains out, Fridge Horror. | |
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Corpsing | |
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Corpsing: Richard E. Grant failed to stop snorting during the Penrith Tearooms scene, when talking about the jukeboxes. At the end of the film, Paul McGann can't suppress a chuckle in his voice when he tells Withnail to "stop laughing". | |
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Fan Disservice | |
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Fan Disservice: Kind of hard to enjoy the all-but-naked hot twentysomething when he's trying to avoid being taken advantage of by a man approximately twice his size. | |
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Bromantic Comedy | |
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Bromantic Comedy: Roger Ebert once described the film as 'a Bromance going horribly wrong'. | |
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No Name Given | |
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No Name Given: Credited as "...& I", Marwood is named only in the screenplay. We shall never know Withnail's first name, on the other hand, leaving one to think it's something poncey like 'Sheridan'. However, this tweet from Richard E Grant would suggest it is 'Vyvian', which would make sense considering the person on whom the character is based, and the ponce-level of the name. There's a belief among fans that Marwood's first name is "Peter", thanks to a misheard line of dialogue in the movie that is not supported by the script. Although, during this interview Paul McGann does more or less confirm this. | |
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Toxic Friend Influence | |
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Toxic Friend Influence: Withnail is hedonistic and self-destructive - and dragging Marwood along for the ride. | |
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No Sense of Personal Space | |
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No Sense of Personal Space: Even when he's annoyed at Withnail, Marwood is supremely touchy-feely with him. | |
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Sympathy for the Devil | |
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Sympathy for the Devil: Marwood has some typically intolerant attitudes towards homosexuality for the time and certainly is entitled to feel some grievances towards Monty having "narrowly escaped a buggering" that was decidedly unwanted. But he does feel some sympathy for Monty after reading his bittersweet farewell letter. | |
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Walking Shirtless Scene | |
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Walking Shirtless Scene: Marwood spends roughly half of the movie clad only in his underwear. | |
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Does Not Like Shoes | |
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Does Not Like Shoes: Danny walks around barefoot, in keeping with his general hippie vibe. | |
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Revised Ending | |
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Revised Ending: The ending would originally have had Withnail putting a gun in his mouth and pulling the trigger. It was changed to be not so completely depressing. | |
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Friendship Moment | |
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Friendship Moment: Doubly subverted when they're going back home. Marwood is panicking and sleep-deprived while driving and Withnail just cackles. But then he wakes up in the backseat disorientated to find Withnail has taken over and is "making time". | |
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Doomed Protagonist | |
Withnail & I / int_dea5ae31 | comment |
Doomed Protagonist: The movie ends with Withnail alone, in complete and utter despair, still unemployed, and on the brink of getting evicted. It's not a question of whether his self-destructive lifestyle will kill him, but a question of when. (Withnail's real-life counterpart, the little-known actor Vivian MacKerrell, never found success in life and died fairly young of throat cancer.) | |
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Contemplating Your Hands | |
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Contemplating Your Hands: Marwood: "My thumbs have gone weird! I'm in the middle of a fucking overdose!" | |
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Last-Name Basis | |
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Last-Name Basis: Everyone calls Withnail by his last name. | |
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Ambiguously Gay | |
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Ambiguously Gay: Withnail admits to being carried away lying that Marwood was in love with him, but then he looks he's going to cry when he says "man delights not me, no, nor woman neither" at the end. Paul McGann claims that Richard E. Grant actually did have tears in his eyes during the goodbye scene. There's also plenty of Ho Yay going on between him and Marwood, and his family apparently hate his stage career, which could have less to do with wanting him to take a more reputable career and more to do with the association between "inversion" and actors in the U.K at the time. He's also strangely chummy with Monty, who's implied to be the black sheep of the family, which would suggest something of an understanding between them. | |
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Despair Speech | |
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Despair Speech: Withnail mournfully recites a passage from Hamlet at the end of the film upon parting ways with his only friend and realizing his ambitions will never come to fruition. | |
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Double Standard: Rape, Male on Male | |
Withnail & I / int_ecd78a30 | comment |
Double Standard: Rape, Male on Male: Played for laughs, though for very Squicky ones. It's certainly supposed to be hilarious when Marwood gets out of the situation by telling Monty that Withnail is his lover, and that he couldn't stand the thought of being made to be unfaithful to him. Also, his reaction to the "I fuck arses" graffiti plays with this trope. | |
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Vomit Discretion Shot | |
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Vomit Discretion Shot: When Withnail throws up on Marwood's shoes. | |
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Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick | |
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Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: Withnail announces that he needs a small child so he can tutor them into the ways of righteousness. And procure some uncontaminated urine. | |
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The Alleged Car | |
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The Alleged Car: The beaten-up Mark 2 Jaguar. One functioning headlight, one functioning windscreen wiper... on the passenger side. Not what you want for a drive around the Lake District. | |
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Dumbass Has a Point | |
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Dumbass Has a Point: When Withnail observes that he and Marwood are on a downward spiral, Marwood even says (in voiceover), "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." | |
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Giftedly Bad | |
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Giftedly Bad: Withnail believes he's a great actor note and he is... but only we and the wolves know that and genuinely has no idea why he has been out of work for so long: By contrast Marwood has a much higher talent-to-ego ratio. While Withnail indulges in melodramatic bragging, Marwood quietly auditions for a small part in a play... and gets offered the lead. | |
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Unkempt Beauty | |
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Unkempt Beauty: Marwood until the end: he's bedraggled and long-haired, but still gorgeous. Eventually She Cleans Up Nicely comes into affect when he has to look proper. Withnail is this throughout, but especially when they hit the countryside. | |
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Immune to Drugs | |
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Immune to Drugs: According to the Other Wiki, Withnail is shown drinking roughly nine and a half glasses of red wine, half a pint of cider, one shot of lighter fluid [emphasis added]..., two and a half shots of gin, six glasses of sherry, thirteen glasses of whisky and half a pint of ale" throughout the movie. And he also does pot. There's a supposed Drinking Game where the player drinks everything Withnail drinks when he drinks it, with something else substituted for the lighter fluid. It's unlikely that anyone who has even attempted the game has actually completed it. In an earlier scene, he is offered a drug whose street name is "The Embalmer." His response? "Balls. I'll swallow it and run a mile." | |
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Drives Like Crazy | |
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Drives Like Crazy: Withnail, which isn't surprising since he doesn't have a driving licence. When a groggy Marwood wakes up in the back seat of the Jaguar to find a drunk Withnail at the wheel flying round the M25note Anachronistically so; construction on the M25 began six years after the film is set. and chaotically weaving in and out of early morning traffic, Withnail simply explains, "I'm making time." | |
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Name and Name | |
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Name and Name | |
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Department of Redundancy Department | |
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Department of Redundancy Department: A man drives up to the cottage in a tractor with the logs Marwood asked for for firewood. Withnail asks him if he's the farmer... twice. | |
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished | |
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Discussed and averted when Monty is reminiscing about a dalliance he had as a young man. | |
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RaisedCatholic | |
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Raised Catholic: Marwood wears a medallion of the Virgin around his neck. | |
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Perpetual Poverty | |
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Perpetual Poverty: Withnail is even worse-off than Marwood, who at least has enough money on him to loan it to Withnail when needed. This is despite his very posh background, which gives a suggestion of him having been disowned due to his attempt at an acting career. | |
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Chromosome Casting | |
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Chromosome Casting: Withnail, Marwood and Monty (and, at a push, Withnail's dealer Danny) are the only characters of any significance in the film. Moreover, most of the characters of lesser significance are male too. | |
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