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| ![Withnail And I [1986]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517d4Z5pHnL._SL75_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Bruce Robinson
Actors: Paul Mcgann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick
Studio: Starz Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £5.99
Buy New: £2.14
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Avg. Customer Rating:  91 reviews
Sales Rank: 166
Format: Pal, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 103
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060020700675
ASIN: B000MGAW28
Theatrical Release Date: June 19, 1987
Release Date: February 19, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Withnail and I January 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The funniest movie ever made. The script is so wonderful, Bruce Robinson is a genius.
Richard E Grant plays the role of Withnail to complete perfection. So many quoteable lines, if you have never seen this you must.
Truly fantastic
 Great film, rubbish DVD January 18, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've bought two copies of this disc, thinking the first was faulty. It seems that all of the discs produced by Anchor Bay / Bay View have been incorrectly encoded, so the picture looks squashed on the screen. According to the IMDB the aspect ratio should be 1.85:1, but the DVD states it is 1.77:1 - a small difference, but enough to make the movie look very odd, and too small on the screen. I've checked it on my DVD player and on my computer - it's definitely the disc.
It's a shame that such a classic movie should be treated in such a shoddy way - it deserves better. The only way you might enjoy this version is if you've consumed as much booze as Withnail and his friend.
Do not buy!
I told you not to mix your drinks! November 5, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pure pleasure! One could quote the beautiful and unique script forever, and still find the lines delicious. All the viewer is required to do is follow the two characters - that's all for the 'plot'. In short, a masterpiece: touching, moving, scary, pungent and above all genuinely funny.
They'll be setting this for history papers in ten years time October 20, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
1969, Camden Town and two resting actors are eeking out an existence of drugs, drink and penury. Withnail is the splendidly OTT gentleman actor (played by Richard Grant) and I - the narrator- (played by one of the McGanns) is the more normal thesp. They exist in a world that looks exactly like 1969 looked, but with a cast of exotic characters; the slightly-deranged Irishman in the pub, Uncle Monty (which name has passed to cover a whole class of men of a certain age and disposition), Jake the poacher (though Michael Elphick doesn't sound Cumbrian), the junky supplier, and the ladies in the Penrith tearoom. It is as if The League of Gentlemen were better spoken, or Hunter S Thompson was English.
Much of the conversation has passed into the memorable quote category and the episodes range from very funny to excrutiating. But under it all is a very good story. Although "I" gets the acting job, it is Withnail who, in the final scene, shows who can act best by delivering a marvelous rendition of Hamlet's soliloquy. Comedy and tragedy, not bad really for a film about drinking.
It's one of the damned films from which if you start watching you'll not escape.
warning: wrong aspect ratio October 16, 2007
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
5 stars for the film itself.
Flippin great film but I feel its only right to point out a problem with this (very cheap!) DVD. There is something screwy about the way the the DVD has been encoded. My gut feeling (don't know for sure) is that it is not the proper resolution needed for widescreen. I have watched hundreds of DVD's on my system and I have never seen this problem before - I can only conclude there is something wrong.
watching it in 4:3 setting results in a letter-box view of the film: ie there is a black-boarder at the top and bottom as well as the usual black bands to the sides (when watching 4:3 on a widescreen telly). If the movie was "right" I should be seeing a horizontally squashed image (people look thin). The picture itself is small, not full screen by a long way, but not squashed.
watching it in 16:9 results in the picture spanning the full width of the screen but there is still black borders at the top and bottom (like a letterbox) and the image therefore looks vertically squashed (people look fat).
The only way I could correct all this was to use one of the "zoom" functions on my telly. The picture is then correct but less sharp than it should be.
A very clear example of zero quality control on the part of the DVD "maker".
I suggest you don't buy this disk but spend a bit more on the slightly more expensive "20th anniversary addition"
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