X-Ray Magazine: Fave British Film

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Courtney: Withnail @ I
"Oh yeah, that huge spliff! What was it called? That's right, the Camberwall Carrot (laughs). I can tell you what my favourite scene is - when they open up the oven and the chicken is just sat upright like this (Does daft impression of a plucked chicken). And they're really freaked out cos this farmer has scared the shit out of them, and it takes them ages to work out he's left the food for them. He's obviously thought, 'there's no way these punkass art school dorks are going to survive'. It's exactly what suburban Americans go through at college. Someone's got an Uncle with a beach house somewhere, and there's a queeny guy who makes puppets, and there's always the big shithead who scares everyone."

Zia: Mary Poppins
"That was my idea of England, totally. Tally-ho! When I first came here I thought everyone was going to say 'tally-ho!' all the time, and nobody, nobody said that. And the chimney sweepers, that was my favourite scene. No, I wasn't disappointed when I first came here cos I had my first stick of rock. I also had my first filling." Courtney: "But I thought nothing happened in Mary Poppins? Oh, hang on, wasn't there that night when she went out to that weird underground club and snorted half a fucking pound of gak?" Zia: "What, Julie Andrews?!?! I think that was cut out of the Disney version."

Brent: The Meaning Of Life
"The bit with the salmon mousse is hilarious. 'You must eat the salmon mousse!'. It's so obviously a puppet arm. We should get it for the tour bus and see. Oh, is 'Willy Wonka' from Britain? I love that movie too."

Peter: 24 Hour Party People
"It showed just how not glamorous it really is. And the music's ace too, although saying that, there's never a time when there's not great music coming from England."