<P> Withnail and I is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson . Based on Robinson 's life in London in the late 1960s , the plot follows two unemployed young actors , Withnail and `` I '' ( portrayed by Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann ) who live in a squalid flat in Camden Town in 1969 while squandering their finances on alcohol . Needing a holiday , they obtain the key to a country cottage in the Lake District belonging to Withnail 's gay uncle Monty and drive there . The weekend holiday proves less recuperative than they expected . </P>
<P> Withnail and I is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson . Based on Robinson 's life in London in the late 1960s , the plot follows two unemployed young actors , Withnail and `` I '' ( portrayed by Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann ) who live in a squalid flat in Camden Town in 1969 while squandering their finances on alcohol . Needing a holiday , they obtain the key to a country cottage in the Lake District belonging to Withnail 's gay uncle Monty and drive there . The weekend holiday proves less recuperative than they expected . </P>
who portrayed with nail in the film withnail and i
who portrayed with nail in the film withnail and i
Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant