Episode 499: Withnail & I (1987)

Special Guests: Ralph Brown, Kim Leggatt
Guest Co-Hosts: Jon Cross, Vincenzo Natali

We're looking at a film about the end of the ‘60s, Bruce Robinson's Withnail & I. Released in 1987, the film stars Richard E. Grant as the titular Withnall -- an acerbic drunk who, along with the titular, I (Paul McGann) -- go on holiday by mistake. It's an examination of a friendship between two out of work actors.

Jon Cross and Vincenzo Natali join Mike to talk about the movie while actor Ralph Brown (Danny the drug dealer) and Kim Leggatt (co-director of An Accidental Studio, a documentary about Handmade Films) discuss the making of the film.

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Hear more Ralph Brown on The Perfect Organism Podcast


Links:
Buy Withnail & I on Blu-Ray
Buy Bruce Robinson Q & A by Alistair Owen
Buy Withnail & I: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Drunk To Ask by Thomas Hewitt-Mcmanus
Buy Withnail & I by Kevin Jackson
Buy the Withnail and I screenplay by Bruce Robinson
Buy With Nails: The Film Diaries of Richard E. Grant by Richard E. Grant
Buy Withnail and Us: Cult Films and Film Cults in British Cinema by Justin Smith

Music:
"Marwood Leaves" - Dundas / Wentworth
"Cheval Blanc" - Dundas / Wentworth
"Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" - Jimi Hendrix

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Episode 255: Hudson Hawk (1991)

Special Guest: Daniel Waters
Guest Co-Host: Stephen Scarlata, Jamey Duvall

Catch the Excitement! Catch the Adventure! Catch the Hawk! Hudson Hawk, that is. Directed by Michael Lehmann, the 1991 Bruce Willis vanity project was considered by many at the time to be a disaster. Is that a little harsh? Was the film really a subversive parody of action films?

Stephen Scarlata and Jamey Duvall join Mike this week to examine Hudson Hawk. The episode features an interview with the film's writer, Daniel Waters, who gives us the inside scoop on the making of the film.

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Links:
Buy Hudson Hawk on DVD
Buy Hudson Hawk: The Novelization! by Geoffrey Marsh
Buy With Nails: The Film Diaries of Richard E. Grant by Richard E. Grant
Read the Hudson Hawk Screenplay
Read Bruce Willis defends ‘Hudson Hawk’ for twenty-nine goddamn minutes by Martin Schneider
Read My Year Of Flops Case File #67 Hudson Hawk by Nathan Rabin
Read The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Hudson Hawk by Gabe Delahaye
Read Daniel Waters on Hudson Hawk by Paul Rowlands
Read Looking back at Hudson Hawk by Simon Brew
Hear more of Jamey Duvall at Movie Geeks United
Follow Stephen Scarlata on Twitter

Music:
"Swing on a Star" - Bing Crosby
"Monkey Gone to Heaven" - The Pixies

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