-"Fork it!" -"Gettinthebackothevan!!" -"I must have some booze... I demand to have some booze!" -"You bloody fool - you should never mix your drinks!" -"Don't threaten me with a dead fish!" Etc. - How to describe the indescribable? Ideally, go see this yourself (there is a DVD version for those who prefer shiny tech), but here's a potted precis: It's a tale of indescribable squalor and _fin de decennie_ depression, at a time when the Swinging Sixties were swinging out of control, partly inspired by the director-screenwriter's own life and times with his dipsomaniac friend Vivian. It's a comedy in a peculiarly British style: black comedy rather than joke-a-minute farce, though the farce is never far away, even when it treads the fine line with tragedy (the original story, according to the novel, ends with Withnail committing suicide: this isn't in the film, but could be read into it). It's also the most quotable 'student' film you're likely to see. ObSF: the two leads have gone on to play the lead role in two separate productions of DoctorWho, and Richard E. Grant in particular has done a variety of bit-parts in rather mediocre sci-fi/fantasy movies, such as 'The Little Vampire' and the first 'Warlock' film. Still, it made his name in many other mainstream movies, so let us be thankful... Referenced in ZoolV, for the _real_ hardcore O__U__S__F__G__i. CategoryMovie