Remote Retreats ; Follow in the Steps of Withnail and I and Get Lost in Beautiful Cumbria. You Might Even Be Able to Buy a Piece of British Film History, Too, Reveals David Hurst

Evening Standard - London › September 03, 2004

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I RECENTLY returned from a pilgrimage where I came upon a travesty.

Uncle Monty's Cumbrian cottage in the stunning Lake District is in danger of demolition. For those unacquainted, Uncle Monty's countryside getaway is the leading location in the cult 1987 British film Withnail and I.

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Remote Retreats ; Follow in the Steps of Withnail and I and Get Lost in Beautiful Cumbria. You Might Even Be Able to Buy a Piece of British Film History, Too, Reveals David Hurst

It was 18 years ago that writer and director Bruce Robinson began filming Richard E Grant (Withnail) and Paul McGann (I) as two struggling and spaced-out actors who...

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