Object number
2009/10
Title
Withnail and I,
Collection
Exhibition
Creator
Description
Poster 1987 Handmade Films production 'Withnail and I', directed by Bruce Robinson. Designed by George Rowbottom, artwork by Ralph Steadman.
This is an original poster for the 1987 Handmade Films production 'Withnail and I', which was directed by Bruce Robinson and starred Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant. The poster was designed by George Rowbottom, with artwork by Ralph Steadman. The film was set in the 1960s, and followed two unemployed actors who escaped their city flat for a week in the country.
Physical description
Linen backed poster in good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Original poster for the 1987 Handmade Films production Withnail and I, directed by Bruce Robinson and starring Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant. // Poster designed by George Rowbottom with artwork by Ralph Steadman. // ... Purchased at a sale of Vintage Film Posters for the Collecting Twentieth Century Rural Culture Project.', MERL miscellaneous note - 'Poster designed by George Rowbottom with art by Ralph Steadman for the 1987 Handmade Films production written and directed by Bruce Robinson and starring Paul McGann and Richard E.Grant. Set in the 1960s, two unemployed actors escape the squalor of their flat for a week in the country.'
Production date
1987 - 1987
Object name
Associated subject
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