Withnail and I

Blaendulais

All Along the watchtower playing as they leave Kilburn in a Jag ! Jimi would have been proud if it was used as a music video

mrkb

We still quote “you’ve got to help us, we’ve come on holiday by mistake!” during most holiday or trips away. It’s a classic film.

west

Scrubbers .... !!

jonnyburgo

We'll buy this place and install a fucking jukebox, liven all of you stiffs up a bit.

We shall buy this place and have it knocked down.

djspecialist

I'm making time.

english_bob

west said:

Scrubbers .... !!

THROW YOURSELVES INTO THE ROAD!!

JezWynd

djspecialist said:

I'm making time.

That's one of my favourites. 

west

LuttiS

Blaendulais said:

All Along the watchtower playing as they leave Kilburn in a Jag ! Jimi would have been proud if it was used as a music video

But his family weren't.. pretty sure I read somewhere that this convinvco them to get back the rights to his music as they didn't like all the drug association it constantly got..

Bridgehouse said:

p90fool said:

I tend to agree it probably hasn't held up that well if you didn't see it in the 80s, but it really was a beacon of light in that artistic desert of a decade, as was anything else which credited the consumer with a bit of intelligence. 

I haven't seen it since, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a bit clunky by modern standards. 

Ah 1987 - the paragon of film virtue. Not.

There were some classics that year. Lethal Weapon.. Predator.. Full Metal Jacket..

But in the edgy comedy and biting alternative humour? Good Morning, Vietnam, Maybe.... that’s about it tho. 

I think this has held up much better (don't get me wrong, those are some great films) but the lack of special effects and Mel Gibson and explosions means the film doesn't look so dated and the script is a strong script regardless of time. 

Bridgehouse

@LuttiS  - I agree. I think 87 was a terrible film year apart from withnail and I 

ICBM

Blaendulais said:

All Along the watchtower playing as they leave Kilburn in a Jag ! Jimi would have been proud if it was used as a music video

[warning: nerd content ahead ]

One thing that irritated me about it is that the Jag could have been no more than ten years old in 1969, and wouldn’t have been anywhere near that ratty and rusty.

Bridgehouse said:

@LuttiS  - I agree. I think 87 was a terrible film year apart from withnail and I 

84 Charing Cross Road
Angel Heart
Barfly
The Big Easy
Broadcast News
Cry Freedom
Dirty Dancing
Empire Of The Sun
Fatal Attraction
Flowers In The Attic
Full Metal Jacket
Good Morning Vietnam
Hellraiser
Hope And Glory
La Bamba
The Last Emperor
Lethal Weapon
The Living Daylights
The Lost Boys
Moonstruck
Personal Services
Planes, Trains And Automobiles
A Prayer For The Dying
Predator
Raising Arizona
Robocop
The Running Man
The Sicilian
Sign O' The Times
Someone To Watch Over Me
Spaceballs
Tin Men
The Untouchables
Wall Street
The Whales Of August
White Mischief
Who's That Girl
The Witches Of Eastwick

... and that's just some of the ones I recognise from the list of 'notable films' for 1987 on Wikipedia. I don't like all of them, I haven't seen them all - in fact some of them are not my kind of thing at all - but they're pretty much all 'good' films. (Well, maybe the last couple aren't .)

jonnyburgo

Yeah but besides them....

Bridgehouse

ICBM said:

Blaendulais said:

All Along the watchtower playing as they leave Kilburn in a Jag ! Jimi would have been proud if it was used as a music video

[warning: nerd content ahead ]

One thing that irritated me about it is that the Jag could have been no more than ten years old in 1969, and wouldn’t have been anywhere near that ratty and rusty.

Bridgehouse said:

@LuttiS  - I agree. I think 87 was a terrible film year apart from withnail and I 

84 Charing Cross Road
Angel Heart
Barfly
The Big Easy
Broadcast News
Cry Freedom
Dirty Dancing
Empire Of The Sun
Fatal Attraction
Flowers In The Attic
Full Metal Jacket
Good Morning Vietnam
Hellraiser
Hope And Glory
La Bamba
The Last Emperor
Lethal Weapon
The Living Daylights
The Lost Boys
Moonstruck
Personal Services
Planes, Trains And Automobiles
A Prayer For The Dying
Predator
Raising Arizona
Robocop
The Running Man
The Sicilian
Sign O' The Times
Someone To Watch Over Me
Spaceballs
Tin Men
The Untouchables
Wall Street
The Whales Of August
White Mischief
Who's That Girl
The Witches Of Eastwick

... and that's just some of the ones I recognise from the list of 'notable films' for 1987 on Wikipedia. I don't like all of them, I haven't seen them all - in fact some of them are not my kind of thing at all - but they're pretty much all 'good' films. (Well, maybe the last couple aren't .)

There’s about 4 on that list that if I saw them come into the telly I might consider watching. The rest, no chance.

Bridgehouse

jonnyburgo said:

Yeah but besides them....

No. Not besides them. 

You can’t come on and have a pythonesque jibe because someone has said 87 was a good film year after listing the Witches of Eastwick.. 

JezWynd

ICBM said:

One thing that irritated me about it is that the Jag could have been no more than ten years old in 1969, and wouldn’t have been anywhere near that ratty and rusty.

If Richard E Grant's character had been the owner then I think it's entirely likely that it could look like that. It had just lived through the 60's.

blobb

ICBM said:

One thing that irritated me about it is that the Jag could have been no more than ten years old in 1969, and wouldn’t have been anywhere near that ratty and rusty.

and the M25 wasn't built in 1969!

ICBM

Bridgehouse said:

You can’t come on and have a pythonesque jibe because someone has said 87 was a good film year after listing the Witches of Eastwick.. 

That was meant to be a joke ... although no film with Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer in it can be *all* bad .

Bridgehouse

ICBM said:

Bridgehouse said:

You can’t come on and have a pythonesque jibe because someone has said 87 was a good film year after listing the Witches of Eastwick.. 

That was meant to be a joke ... although no film with Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer in it can be *all* bad .

Hah I’m not so sure you know. Jack has made some terrible films!

HAL9000

ICBM said:

It must be me, but I just didn’t get it at all. I hadn’t seen it until a year or two ago - found it on DVD in a charity shop and thought it would be great since it’s always mentioned as a ‘must see’. But I found it slightly contrived, not that funny and largely pointless.

I can see why it’s a ‘cult’ film and it’s maybe better if you saw it back in the day and re-watch it to the point you know the lines, but I honestly can’t be bothered - it went back to the charity shop. MrsICBM felt the same, and she usually likes Richard E. Grant...

I watched it again a year or so ago and would say that it really hasn't stood the test of time. What was hilarious at the time simply wasn't that funny more recently. Mrs9000 hadn't seen it before and, like MrsICBM, didn't really get it.

Comedy is very much a product of its time and, quite often, doesn't really work for people who missed it the first time around. Mrs9000 is eight years younger than me and, i guess, that makes a whole lot of difference to how she views a film like this.

Another 'cult' film I rewatched recently was Dark Star (1974). Apart from the elevator scene it really wasn't very funny at all.

Budgie

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