{"product_id":"withnail-and-i-paperback","title":"Withnail and I - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWithnail and I\u003c\/i\u003e sank almost without a trace when it was first released in 1987. Financed by HandMade Films, the late George Harrison's production company, and drawing heavily on first-time writer-director Bruce Robinson's experiences, this virtually plot-free story follows two out-of-work actors (Withnail, played by Richard E. Grant, and 'I', played by Paul McGann), eking out a living in a run-down London of the late 1960s, and embarking on a booze-fuelled weekend in the country which takes various unexpected turns. Although it initially failed to find an audience, it did not take long for the film to attract a dedicated cult following which still persists today. Lines from the film such as 'we've gone on holiday by mistake!' and 'Bring me the finest wines known to humanity!' have become popular favourites and the subject of countless internet memes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKevin Jackson's in-depth study gives a full account of the film's origins and production history. But his main focus is the mood and magic of the film, its aesthetics and sensibility, seeking to show, without ever detracting from the film's comic brilliance, just how much more there is to\u003ci\u003e Withnail and I\u003c\/i\u003e than drunkenness and swearing. 'It is an outstandingly touching yet witheringly unsentimental drama of male friendship, ' Jackson writes, 'a bleak up-ending of the English pastoral dream, a piece of ferocious verbal inventiveness' - and, without question, one of the greatest of all British films. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his new foreword to this edition, writer Bharat Tandon pays tribute to to both \u003ci\u003eWithnail\u003c\/i\u003e's peculiar genius and enduring appeal, and to his close friend Kevin Jackson.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (1955-2021) was a writer, broadcaster and film-maker. His books include \u003ci\u003eConstellation of Genius: 1922: Modernism Year One\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), and BFI Film Classics on\u003ci\u003e Lawrence of Arabia \u003c\/i\u003e(2007) and \u003ci\u003eNosferatu: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eeine Symphonie des Grauens \u003c\/i\u003e(2013). He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Companion of the Guild of St George, and a Regent of the College de Pataphysique, as well as a regular contributor to BBC radio programmes, including BBC Radio 4's \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.5 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47343328133369,"sku":"9781839025457","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/em1XQlh4TjhWSzBicE9tWklJL09Sdz09.webp?v=1769719322","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/withnail-and-i-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}