I have some extremely distressing news.

May 27, 2011 3:15 PM

A long time ago (1987) in a slightly parallel galaxy not so far away, an aspiring filmmaker named George Lucas teamed up with thespian Richard E. Grant to create the epic tale of a frustrated thespidroid trying to find fame on the desolate planet of Tatooine. Withnail and O is the result.
posted by Shepherd (14 comments total)

Also: Vader & I.
posted by Shepherd at 3:19 PM on May 27, 2011

Love it. I'd like to see somebody say to Chewbacca, "Hair are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos and transmit them directly into the brain"
posted by UbuRoivas at 3:26 PM on May 27, 2011

Withail and Y is better, I think.
posted by Decani at 3:27 PM on May 27, 2011 [8 favorites]

WithNail, I mean.
posted by Decani at 3:29 PM on May 27, 2011

I want cake and tea.
posted by Dumsnill at 3:32 PM on May 27, 2011

And the finest wines known to mankind!
posted by Pruitt-Igoe at 3:33 PM on May 27, 2011

I want so badly for this to be as awesome as it possibly can be. I want it to be chock full of things like "He wants to get down there and have sex with those Banthas" and "Warm up? We may as well sit round this light saber " and "GET IN THE BACK OF THE SPEEDER!" but I'm so afraid of being terribly disappointed that I can't bear to watch it. Please, someone tell me I won't be terribly disappointed.
posted by dersins at 3:34 PM on May 27, 2011

You've just made my day. Thank you!

I was praying for "finest wines available to humanity" and I got it, at the very end :)
posted by cell divide at 3:36 PM on May 27, 2011

And the finest wines known to mankind!

We want them a long time ago & we want them in a galaxy far far away!
posted by UbuRoivas at 3:36 PM on May 27, 2011

This mash-up kinda reflects the Quixote/Panza dynamic.

I have watched 'Withnail and I' many times since it was first released.
The first time I watched it, it was the funniest thing I had ever seen.

The last few times it was utterly heartbreaking.
posted by ovvl at 7:05 PM on May 27, 2011 [1 favorite]

I'd like to see somebody say to Chewbacca, "Hair are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos and transmit them directly into the brain"

That would probably be Ric Olié.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:10 PM on May 27, 2011

I thought it was lame.
posted by delmoi at 8:11 PM on May 27, 2011

Thank you thank you thank you.
posted by chinston at 8:23 PM on May 27, 2011

Is it coincidence that this is the year Ishtar was made?
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:00 PM on May 27, 2011