Withnail & I Blu-ray

Release Year: 1987

Runtime: 108 min

Director: Bruce Robinson

Cast: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick

Studios: Handmade Films, Cineplex-Odeon Films

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.

Special Features:

New 4K digital restoration

Supervised by director of photography Peter Hannan, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.

Two audio commentaries

One from 2020 featuring director Bruce Robinson, and the other from 2001 featuring actors Ralph Brown and Paul McGann.

New short program

Featuring Robinson and actor Richard E. Grant.

Withnail and Us (1999)

A documentary on the making of the film.

British Film Institute Q&A from 2017

With Robinson and Grant.

Stills gallery

Featuring photographs by artist Ralph Steadman.

Trailer

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: An essay by critic David Cairns