[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
2009/10
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]
Withnail and I,
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[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
Linen backed poster in good condition
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
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.'
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1987 - 1987
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