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Magic R4 programme
« on: May 06, 2008, 09:32:17 PM »
If you are a fan of the film 'Withnail and I' then you should use the 'listen again' facility (CLICK HERE) to hear a fantastic radio 4 show called The Reunion. It was recorded at the British Film Institute and featured clips and comments from most of the people involved with the film.

I heard it the other day and thought it the most enjoyable piece of radio for a long time, if only for Richard E Grant's account of the wierdest Withnail fan moment he has had.

It was surprising to find out that that the film's backers hated the thing and wanted to cut large parts of it. The director even paid something like £30,000 of his own money to film one sequence that the backers refused to fund. However, he had the last laugh, the film is now considered a classic.

Cheers
GC

Steve Lake

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Re: Magic R4 programme
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2008, 05:54:45 AM »
I heard it live whilst redecorating the bedroom....the best reunion broadcast by far...
but then....the film was superb and will always be funny and worth watching again and again....would love to have been in the audience for that one

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Re: Magic R4 programme
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2008, 08:22:18 AM »
i heard it, but then ive been waiting for it to be broadcast for months!!, if you are a fan of the film, you might want to look in here,  http://www.withnailandiforum.com/