The Cinefamily (Venue Partner)
611 N Fairfax Avenue
323.655.2510
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Zach Galifianakis
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Monday Aug 2, 2010 (8pm)
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$14
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“This sparkling gem of British cult cinema continues to inspire tales of personal meaning, real-life resemblances, and bouts of unstoppable dialog-citing in generations of cinephiles, more than 20 years after its release. If you've never seen it, shame on you. Take this opportunity to remedy that hole in your film education. If you've seen it far too often, then undoubtedly you'll have shareable moments and profound insights for mutual fan Zach Galifianakis, who appears in support of tonight's screening.”
Shana Nys Dambrot, Flavorpill
WATCH CLIP
Richard E. Grant gives not only one of the greatest comedic performances on film of the last few decades, but also one of the best on-screen drunks ever in Bruce Robinson's criminally underseen Withnail & I, which comes to the Cinefamily in a rare 35mm screening, hosted by one of our favorite funny people, Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover)! Grant and Paul McGann breathe boozy, riotous life into the duo of Withnail and Marwood, two out-of-work actors in late '60s London who decide to take a break from their drug-and-drink-riddled squalor, and head out to the country for some R&R -- only to encounter something even more distressing in the form of predatory Uncle Monty (a scene-stealing Richard Griffiths). This cracked classic plays like a big screen version of "The Young Ones" as filtered through the cracked sensibilities of late-era Beatles; alternately funny, creepy and poignant, Withnail & I is pure brilliance.
Dir. Bruce Robinson, 1987, 35mm, 107 min.
