UW Cinematheque - Owen Kline Presents!
Withnail & I | UK | 1987 | 35mm | 105 min. Director: Bruce Robinson
Event Details
Date
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths.
In 1969, Withnail (Grant) and Marwood (McGann) are London flat mates, unemployed actors living in an alcohol and drug-fueled squalor. Desperately seeking a change of scenery, the pair embark on a sojourn to a countryside cottage owned by Withnail’s Uncle Monty. Once in the country, the fish-out-of-water pair find themselves woefully ill-equipped at keeping themselves warm and well fed, managing to offend everyone they meet.
In 1969, Withnail (Grant) and Marwood (McGann) are London flat mates, unemployed actors living in an alcohol and drug-fueled squalor. Desperately seeking a change of scenery, the pair embark on a sojourn to a countryside cottage owned by Withnail’s Uncle Monty. Once in the country, the fish-out-of-water pair find themselves woefully ill-equipped at keeping themselves warm and well fed, managing to offend everyone they meet.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-3627 or email ben.reiser@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Saturday, February 14, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.