I didn’t realize that the film Withnail and I came from an unpublished book by Bruck Robinson, who then turned it into a screenplay and became the film’s director.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?
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…