Withnail And I

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

Home alone tonight, and watching this - it's my usual MO when I have the place to myself, and it's my absolute favourite film. I probably watch it about four times a year on that basis. So quotable, and a great bit of British cinema. Any other fans on GOT, and if so, 'do you grow?', and are you a sponge or a stone? And if not, never mind, season starts tomorrow...

 

[Encoder]

Love it to bits.

"These are the sort of windows faces look in at!"

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

@Donald Twain? "To a delightful weekend in the country!"

 

[aazak]

Love so much. I still remember hearing it reviewed on the radio and wanting to see it for months. It took on huge importance in my group of mates.

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

@aazak, have you been at the controls?

 

[gonetomorrow]

We've come on holiday by mistake is a good one. The wife and I are always quoting that.

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

We've come on holiday by mistake is a good one. The wife and I are always quoting that.

Withnail: "Are you the farmer?"

I: "Of course he's the ******* farmer!"

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Uncle Monty might be my most favourite film character ever "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 sais quoi oh so very special about a firm young carrot."

 

[blue76]

Scrubbers!!!!!

 

[aazak]

@aazak, have you been at the controls?

My head went numb years ago! The whole thing is so good the whole way through, it stood up to endless watching and quoting.
A not all that interesting, but true, story:
One of my mates called to see us last summer wearing a Penrith Tea Rooms teeshirt - I don't remember if I copped it or not, but then my wife says that's a coincidence because our other friend is in Penrith at the moment - at the country house of her new fella. So my mate explains the reference and then adds that the town he grew up in in Australia is also called Penrith.
Small world... but I wouldn't like to have to paint it.

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

Uncle Monty might be my most favourite film character ever "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 sais quoi oh so very special about a firm young carrot."

Richard Griffiths made that role his own, but you can say that about all of them. Bruce Robinson wanted Daniel Day Lewis for Withnail, but Richard E. Grant was perfect. Difficult to imagine any other actor in any of the roles.

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

Scrubbers!!!!!

"They LOVE it!"

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

My head went numb years ago! The whole thing is so good the whole way through, it stood up to endless watching and quoting.
A not all that interesting, but true, story:
One of my mates called to see us last summer wearing a Penrith Tea Rooms teeshirt - I don't remember if I copped it or not, but then my wife says that's a coincidence because our other friend is in Penrith at the moment - at the country house of her new fella. So my mate explains the reference and then adds that the town he grew up in in Australia is also called Penrith.
Small world... but I wouldn't like to have to paint it.

Presumably there was cake and fine wine to accompany this discussion?

 

[Groucho]

Never seen it although it appears to be quoted in entirety above.

Is it good?

 

[abelard]

"How can we make it die?!?!?"