Director
Bruce Robinson
Starring
Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown
Certificate
15
Run Time
104 mins
Release Year
1987
Country of Origin
UK
Language
English
Director of Photography: Peter Hannan
Editor: Alan Strachan
Produced by: Paul Heller
Music: David Dundas, Rick Wentworth
Screenplay by: Bruce Robinson
Production Designer: Michael Pickwoad
Director Bio
Bruce Robinson
P&I - Director Bio
Bruce Robinson (b. 1946) is an English screenwriter and director who started his career as an actor.
BOTF: Withnail & I
Part of the Retrospective: The Future Is History Strand
Starring Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant as the iconic double-act of the title, Bruce Robinson’s brilliant semi-autobiographical black comedy famously tells the story of two unemployed actors living in London at the tail-end of the Sixties. Now boasting a huge cult following, Robinson’s timeless classic is enjoying a new lease of life in its 30th year with anniversary screenings being viewed from a new perspective as Britain takes a long hard look at itself in the mirror.