"My favorite Richard E. Grant role, in The Player (I love that movie too):
And there's this--
Richard E. Grant
(Hamlet Soliloquy)
Withnail and I (ending) (1986) (1:45)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zEVZGuU3BU[/youtube]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withnail_and_IWithnail and I
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaWithnail and I is a British film made in 1986 by Handmade Films. Written and directed by
Bruce Robinson, it is based on his life in London in the late 1960s.
Withnail was Richard E. Grant's first film role and launched him into a successful career. The film featured performances by
Richard Griffiths as Withnail's Uncle Monty,
Paul McGann as "I" and
Ralph Brown as Danny the drug dealer. The film has tragic and comic elements (particularly farce), and is notable for its period music and many quotable lines. It has been described as "one of Britain's biggest cult films".
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'Marwood' leaves 'Withnail' in the rain in Regent's Park. There, for the first time, Withnail sincerely reveals himself, declaiming "What a piece of work is a man!" from Act 2 Scene ii of Hamlet to an uncomprehending pack of wolves[2] behind a fence in the adjoining London Zoo. Then, the camera remains still as he turns and walks further and further away into the distance, swinging the bottle, as the credits start to roll.
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Actors who were considered for the part of "Withnail" included
Daniel Day Lewis,
Bill Nighy and
Kenneth Branagh.
Richard E. Grant was told "half of you has got to go" by Bruce Robinson, in order to play the part....
