Crazy Watto

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Crazy Watto | image = Crazy Watto (2000 film) poster.jpg | director = [[John E. Hudgens]] | producer = John E. Hudgens | writer = John E. Hudgens<br>Sandy Clark<br>[[Lowell Cunningham]]<br>Heather Harris | starring = Sandy Clark | studio = Z-Team Productions | distributor = [[AtomFilms]] | released = {{Film date|2000|11|30}} | runtime = 2 minutes | country = United States | language = English | cinematography = John E. Hudgens | editing = John E. Hudgens | budget = }} '''''Crazy Watto''''' is a two-minute-long [[fan film]] that made its debut on the [[Internet]] in 2000. The film is a [[Parody|spoof]] of used car deal [[advertising|ads]] shown on [[television]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/pickle/archives/2005/05/crazy-watto-str.shtml|title='Crazy Watto' striking deals at Cannes|last=Pickle|first=Betsy|date=May 16, 2005|publisher=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828013459/http://blogs.knoxnews.com/pickle/archives/2005/05/crazy-watto-str.shtml|archivedate=August 28, 2010|access-date=July 9, 2019}}</ref> featuring [[Watto]] from ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]''. Watto offers up for sale familiar ships (and objects) such as an [[X-wing]] with "genuine battle marks used in the [[Battle of Yavin]]" for $599.99 and an [[AT-AT]] for $999.99. Fans of other [[sci-fi]] shows notice that he auctions a [[Borg#Travel|Borg cube]] for $899.99, and also puts up ships from ''[[Star Trek]]'' and ''[[Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.runleiarun.com/fanfilms/crazywatto.html|title="CRAZY WATTO" review|date=February 23, 2003|website=RunLeiaRun.com|access-date=July 9, 2019}}</ref> for $29.99 each.

The film played at the [[2005 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/events/star-wars-fans-to-play-cannes/|title=Star Wars Fans to Play Cannes|last=Ball|first=Ryan|date=May 12, 2005|publisher=[[Animation Magazine]]|access-date=July 9, 2019}}</ref> and is a popular fan film at many [[science fiction convention]]s. The film was originally hosted by [[TheForce.Net]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/shortfilms/crazywatto/|title=TFN FanFilms - Short Films - Crazy Watto|website=[[TheForce.Net]]|access-date=July 9, 2019}}</ref> but is now part of [[The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards]] on [[AtomFilms]].

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0365087|title=Crazy Watto}} * [http://www.zteamproductions.com/watto/index.html Crazy Watto at Z-Team Productions] * [http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/crazy_watto/ Crazy Watto at Atomfilms] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426065749/http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/crazy_watto/ |date=2011-04-26 }}

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