End of my 20s - Withnail and I

"We've come on holiday by mistake!"

Yep, my second film today has been Withnail and I. Takes me back 11 years, I guess. First saw it after drinks in a pub in Ponty, The Maltsters. Eventually got hold of a copy of my own - a dreadful recording off defunct satelite platform BSB (the one with those 'squariel' dish affairs) - in 1994. The sound was about as quiet as you can imagine, but with my old VCR hooked up to my old hi-fi, it was watchable. Bought the tenth anniversary VHS copy in 1996, it must've been. Bought it on DVD a couple of years ago because it was cheap in HMV.

Like Dawn of the Dead I've seen it a while heap of times, and I used to know the entire script off by heart. It turns out I still remember the lion's share of it. I still smile when I see the various 80s cars (there's a white Escort with white hubcaps that you can't miss, and a plethora of others) and the big fat M25 sign - these days they'd be CGIed out, but in Withnail it's quite charming.

Great film. IMDB link and a website refered to in the DVD booklet. Ace.