i never made that connection

"My boys my boys... We're at the End of an Age."

Withnail replies to Monty "It's a part that I intend to play, Uncle", Monty replies "And you'll be marvelous." . Not played the way Withnail hoped I suppose. Marvelous nonetheless.

@@briansmith262 Yes, exactly. I think that was inserted to set up the final scene. It really works because Whitnail is a procrastinator like Hamlet

@@1seansouth Dude, this is all beautifully put and I thank you for it.

publicenemymcmenemy - And all the non player characters portrayed stumble in to their insignificance.

Ah but how much of that was acting, and how much of that was his heart breaking?

Even the wolves left him.

He bows to the wolves

Real character killed himself

I've always took this to be a suggestion of his homosexual feelings for "I". Very poignant if so.

Not all love is sexual. I don't get sexual vibes from Withnail at all. Unlike Monty. But do sense a yearning to be adored.

Definitely the best on screen.

In a drunken you tube review just now everything else seems totally fake and "actory". Grant's version perfectly meshes the character and the words and it is absolutely perfect in this context.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gbCcgNSezdCpdJs.html this comes close

Apparently, not a soliloquy , as it is spoken to Rozenkrantz and Guildenstern. But like a solioquy in delivery. Not sure what it would be called, though? A speech? A statement? ...a lament? An explanation ..to his friends of his morbid behaviour

@@jandekock4345 good knowledge! sounds like he's just having a moan or thinking out loud 🤔

Without doubt, is and always will be my No. 1

It Certainly is. A beautiful and heartfelt film, extremely well made with the perfect actors and locations and script. Oh, what a piece of work is a man!

Most certainly he does. Exceptional.

Incredible character, I hope it does him justice, it feels like it was made with love. I have been watching this film since I was teenager and still find new aspects to it with every watch. This particular scene is one of the best renditions of Hamlet ever in my opinion, the drunken bittersweet tone suits it so well.

He was nick-named ‘Crime’ because he never paid, yes?!🤔😳

Did he get some acting work? Please say yes.

Did you know him as a child, what happened to him to make him so self destructive?

My cousin also knew Vivian and directed him i several plays, chronologically after the ending of Withnail and I, one of which was Hamlet. The roles he gave him were out of kindness but couldn’t get him back on his feet. My cousin also visited his home in Islington and said the apartment in the film was very accurate. Very sad story.

I believe the original ending was even darker.

Ending of Midnight Cowboy?

@@ally11488 That's a good one

@@user-sw6xf6hw9z what was the original ending?

@@TomorrowWeLive i believe withnail shot himself in the mouth with montys shotgun after drinking loads of wine

Gatorade237 - It wasn't lost. Sometimes it takes a while to percolate.

Used to. Past tense unfortunately. But thankyou. God Bless x

Id say there are ten times the number per population of depressed individuals than there were in the 60's.

Hamlet was profoundly suicidal

​@@MsMesemTen times the number of people who know they're depressed

@@jackmclean4120 No ....just more.

It's based on a real person too...

Adam Unwin If you want to learn to act. Just do this.

What can be said in so few lines. Setting it in Regents Park with those nasty railings and facing caged animals. I wonder if it was real rain ? Not that it matters.

Sherry?

@@thejoker114 sherry.

Sherry

“We’ve gone on holiday by mistake!”

Is it the love that he has for his craft, whilst being frustrated with his own current position in the acting world/industry that motivates his wonderful display? Knowing 'I' has gone off to join those circles + peers, does Withnail give into the futility of his situation, when he has been waiting for acceptance from the same crowd for some time? Is losing his partner an egregious pain that inspires such a passionate, true, breakout performance? Is it the first acting he does in the film, other than blagging strangers to get a freebie? He cannot do this until this experience occurs and his heart broken. Even if its just for the wolves in the rain? Will his love(of acting and/or 'I') be enough to carry him through to his next evolution? Or is losing his friend too much to take and will send him into a lonely retreat, while the wolves still have their pack, and 'I' has a new one. Or is Withnail the apex wolf after all, who goes it alone, head strong with no doubt he will land exactly where he needs to be to thrive. Was he just helping out his other pack members first until they had the strength to fend for themselves and find their own feet and journeys. They are somewhat still behind bars in cages in Withnail's eyes, whereas he can only survive or feel alive outside their walls of protection, even if it means solitude. The fact he still has an umbrella gives me hope he still has regard for himself, as useless as it is in this scene, with the torrents around him. If he had bought some wellies when told to by Monty it might have done him better! Come to think of it, there is alot of references to feet and shoes in the movie. Do we all have to find our feet in harsh terrain and unstable ground? And start using them but look after them?! And the dealer whose had more drugs than hot dinners breaks into their place with nothing on his!!😂 Just some random thoughts brother seeing as you posted this recently. Stay on your feet and keep them moving forward!

Hope you are less inclined to do yourself in lately. As a point of information, love of theatre kept me going through YEARS of bleakness. 'It's a mystery'!

Thank you

My God! Harold Shand in the limo as it pulls out of the Savoy ! I watch that all the time. His expression. And that music! I go there sometimes for a drink in the American Bar and when I come out I do the whole scene witn a taxi. I'm a lady by the way but I play Bob And the IRA guy is Pierce Brosnan!

Let me know you are ok please

I've always thought that too.

You'd be marvellous....marvellous

The regret that I'm too young to have seen Richard E Grant play the Dane. ...but he is the perfect age to play Claudius if they cast a young Hamlet

An evening at the Crow, I think...

We must make haste...the sky is beginning to bruise...

what was the original ending? It's probably my most watched film but this is the first time i've heard there was an alternative ending. I'd love to know!

@@quinboy78 The original ending was going to be Withnail pouring wine into a shotgun then blowing his head off.

@@DrB81 for once, I’m more than satisfied with the non-alternative ending! Thank you, Dr Baptiste

@@quinboy78 Here hare here! Yeah that ending would have been powerful but ultimately sucked.

@ It also wouldn't have made any sense. Withnail was supposed to have stolen Monty's shotgun. But the cops would almost certainly have given the Jag a once-over and found it. So...a bit of a plot-hole there. No, thank God Bruce Robinson saw sense, this ending is infinitely more poignant.

I’d like to believe that Withnail eventually found his way. In this life or the next.

Mess up the lines ?

@@Jlipnicki parts of it are missing; “how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable!”

Such is life isn't it...

Can't find the rosemary?

@@HHM706 Hahahahahaha!! One of the reasons why the ending scene in 'Withnail and I' does it for me. Drama school since 1985. Hamlet. Awesome story! 1987, I watched WNand I, that blew me away too!! Rented on vhs cassette!! :)

@@ksturmer5388 a brilliant film..very funny but also poignant.

@@HHM706 Thank you!! It is!! Both, are wonderful highlights of our art. Best wishes to you, sir.

@@ksturmer5388 and to you!

You'd be marvellous at it! Marvellous!

Crept the boards

@@Lee-eo3ek Cracked. In Canada, they cracked.

Any minute now you're going to rush off and get into your tights.

Please explain? 🤔🧐🤨

It's not too late.

Wolves? Weren’t those deer??

Nope, just watched it again, the clip here at least, and that ain’t no deer but does rather look like a wolf indeed!

I like to believe he eventually found his way. We'll we can hope so rather :)

Indeed, its delivered directly to Rosencrantz.

so·lil·o·quy /səˈliləkwē/ noun noun: soliloquy; plural noun: soliloquies an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

@@Cloudstrike_a soliloquy is spoken to the audience, with an understanding that the character speaking is talking to. Themselves and nobody present on the stage can hear them, only the audience.

He does say, “Look you!”

Indeed.

Fan Made Videos Shotgun filled with shells and merlot. What a way to go.

Agreed.

*Dane

They really don’t.

Sherry

Sherry

Cin cin *

Sherry

Bow

He did say the latter part.

Bittajones it’s from a movie called Withnail And I dude

@@BeefMissileband fancy not knowing, such a shame. Youth is wasted on the young.....

most surreal comment i've ever seen.. i'm glad you loved this clip though. It shows you have taste at the very least. In the 7 years since you made this comment I hope you've progressed with your enjoyment and knowledge of great films.

Almost, yet Vivian M did indeed land a few parts and his rather slim filmography can be found on Wikipedia. His final film role “Ghost Story” from 1974 landed him next to some big acting names, and could’ve gone on much higher, alas that is where his filmography ends. To me, that is far more tragic than him never having any roles at all. Salut.

so·lil·o·quy /səˈliləkwē/ Learn to pronounce noun noun: soliloquy; plural noun: soliloquies an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.