Some films just are increadably quotable. Some film lines have gone down
in history. Who doesn't know lines such as "Frankly my dear, I don't give a
damn", or even "E.T. Phone home."
Withnail deserves the same recognition.People often quote and misquote Withnail
without even knowing it, sometimes without even having seen the film. Many a
student knows of the Withnail drinking game with its Ronsonoil incident and even
more people know of the mystical "Camberwell Carot"
To those that have seen it, its perfectly formed dialogue is infinately more quotable
than any other film.
Here are a selection of perfectly quotable quotes.
"You think you look normal, your honour?", said with reference to a Judge's wig
"Cunt give him two years", only to be expected after talking back to a Judge!
"Except for personal use I concur with you", Danny's brief bout of non-drug dealing
"one that shits itself too", well, they are like that the little girls
"Hair are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos", the reason bald men
are uptight?
"If I spike you you'll know you've been spoken to", dont mess with a man who knows
his drugs!
"Would you like a smoke?", the eternal question to which there is only one answer!
"The joint I am about to roll requires a craftsman", ahhh... the Camberwell Carrot
"These will tend to make you very high", not a bad thing in any mans books
"Started coming on all bald with me", the sign of a man who needs his "aerials"
"I told him to piss off", fair comment
"Law rather appeals to me actually", well obviously
"Sit down man, take control. You have a rush. It will pass.", it happens to the best of
us
"Why trust one drug rather than the other. That politics ain't it.", once again, a fair
comment
"If you are holding onto a rising balloon you are presented with a difficult political
decission - let go while you've still got the chance or hold onto the rope and continue getting
higher. That's politics man.", a very deep man is Danny