Withnail and I (Bloomsbury Film Classics)

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The lounge Later, Withnail is sat on the sofa, reading and Marwood is stood looking out of the window. Danny comes in, stretching. Yes. Yes, please, dear boy. You can prepare me a small rhesus negative Bloody Mary. And you must tell me all the news. I haven't seen you since you finished your last film.

Then it was a rodent. Opened the oven door and it was in there looking at me. Quite freaked me at the time. I was going to cook onions.

Camden Town, London 1969.

Early in the film, Withnail reads a newspaper headline "Boy Lands Plum Role for Top Italian Director" and suggests that the director is sexually abusing the boy. This is a reference to the sexual harassment that Robinson alleges he suffered at the hands of Zeffirelli when, at age 21, he won the role of Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet. [12] Robinson attributed Uncle Monty's question to Marwood ("Are you a sponge or a stone?") as a direct quote from Zeffirelli. [13] [14] The headline "NUDE AU PAIR'S SECRET LIFE" was an actual headline from News of the World on 16 November 1969. [15] This place has become impossible. Perpetual rain, freezing cold and now a madman on the prowl outside with eels. He shouts and throws the shopping in the air. The bull roars, Marwood shouts again and runs at it. It turns and retreats to its field.

Withnail comes into Marwood's bedroom with the shotgun and a lit candle. He looks at Marwood laughing in his sleep.You must, you must. That poop will bore through the glaze. We'll never be able to use the dinner service again. [Rummaging through a drawer] Here, get it with the pliers.