The Wall of Withnail – superfan Heidi’s collection of objects seen in the background of Withnail & I. I just sincerely hope that we can somehow explain this film and its appeal, and make this interesting for you to listen to (that’ll be hard considering it’s three blokes with similar voices talking about an obscure film that you’ve probably never seen). Those two fans are my brother James and his mate Will. I’m a huge Withnail & I fan but in this episode I’m also joined by several other Withnail fans who are very keen to talk to you about one of their favourite films. Let’s find out in this episode of Luke’s Film Club on Luke’s English Podcast all about Withnail & I. How can you learn some real British English from this?.Why should you as a learner of English take any interest in this film at all?.
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He doesn’t know how to spell “Withnail and I”. You should watch Withnail & I”Īnd the person’s face creases into an expression of “what was that you just said?”īut still, this clearly just seems like a noise to this person.
“Can you recommend British films?” one of my students might say.Īnd I say “Yes, definitely. Even the title of the film somehow fails to register with many people when I tell them. This is a slightly ambitious episode because in my experience this film is usually very difficult for learners of English to fully appreciate. Today on the podcast I am going to be talking about a cult classic of British cinema – a film called Withnail & I. Listen for explanations of the film, its appeal, descriptions of the characters and events, the type of people who like the film and a few bits of dialogue too. Talking about a classic British film which not many learners of English know about.