I didn’t realize that the film Withnail and I came from an unpublished book by Bruck Robinson, who then turned it into a screenplay and became the film’s director. I’ve been reading some of the screenplay, and it’s just as hilarious as the movie. In fact, I kind of like the screenplay better because there are so many hysterical lines that, in the movie, go by too fast - and in the book you don’t miss anything.
Has anyone read it or seen the book? What are your thoughts?
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Man, what I’d give to go on holiday by mistake and nestle up by a fire of broken furniture, reading this book, drinking all of Uncle Monty’s wine cellar, while the chicken peacefully roasts sitting on a brick in the oven…