- The film was produced byUnited Kingdom , because the company’s owner George Harrison liked Bruce Robinson’s script very much. But the other executives of "Handmade Pictures" didn't like this movie. They wanted a nonsense movie in the style of "Moncler Theatre".
- "Handmade Films" paid Bruce Robinson a £1 screenwriting fee and £80,000 director fee, but £30,000 of which has never been in Bruce Robinson's pockets, because Robinson insisted on taking the two protagonists to the countryside in the rain. The scene of the villa was filmed, but the producer felt unnecessary. In the end, Robinson had to agree to the producer's deduction of the filming expenses of this scene from his salary.
- Although he plays an alcoholic in the film, Richard Grant Esterhuysen does not drink alcohol in real life because he is allergic to alcohol and he does not even smoke.
- Daniel Day-Lewis was invited to star in "Long Nails", but he refused. Bill Nye and Kenneth Branagh auditioned for the role of "Long Nails."
- Before becoming a director, Bruce Robinson was an actor. The passage in which "I" was hooked up by Uncle Monty in the film was largely due to the fact that Bruce Robinson was directed by Franco when he starred in the 1968 version of "Romeo and Juliet". Zeffirelli's hookup experience.
- The film used Jimi Hendrix’s two songs "Along the Watchtower" and "Voodoo Kid", which prompted Hendrix’s family to take back control of the song because they did not want Hendrix Always associated with drug culture.
Withnail & I behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Monty: Are you a sponge or a stone?
Marwood: What do you mean?
Monty: Do you like to experience all facets of life? Or do you shut yourself off from new experience?
Marwood: I voted Conservative.
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Monty: I'll sleep here. It won't be the first time I've been left with the couch.