Quentin Tarantino Film Festival

Defunct semi-annual film festival

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Quentin Tarantino Film Festival

Quentin Tarantino Film Festival marquee, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

Location| Austin, Texas, U.S.
Language| English

The Quentin Tarantino Film Festival, or QT-Fest, was a semi-annual film and multimedia event held by the Austin Film Society in Austin, Texas and attended by film director Quentin Tarantino, where he screened a selection of his favorite films using prints he owns.[1]

## Lineup listings

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QT Fest started in 1996 at the Dobie Theater near the University of Texas.[2] The event moved to the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown for QT3, where it remained until the site's closure in 2007. After QT 5 in 2001, there was a hiatus before QT 6 in 2005.

### QT 1 Lineup

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This showing was held in August 1996.[2]

* The Savage Seven (1968)
* Hollywood Man (1976)
* The Glory Stompers (1967)
* Cry of the Banshee (1970)
* Twisted Nerve (1968)
* Don't Go in the House (1980)
* The House on Sorority Row (1983)
* The Haunted House of Horror (1969)
* The Legend of the Wolf Woman (1976)
* Boeing Boeing (1965)
* All in a Night's Work (1961)
* The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974)
* Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976)
* The Outfit (1973)
* The Nickel Ride (1974)
* Duel of the Iron Fist (1971)
* Seven Blows of the Dragon (1972)
* The Long Duel (1967)
* March or Die (1977)
* White Lightning (1973)
* Jackson County Jail (1976)
* Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)
* War of the Monsters (1966)
* The Beyond (1981)
* The Hellbenders (1966)
* Adiós, Sabata (1971)
* The Girl from Starship Venus (1975)
* Mr. Superinvisible (1970)
* Switchblade Sisters (1975)

### QT 2 Lineup

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This showing was held in 1998.

* Evel Knievel (1971)
* Cannonball (1976)
* Fever Pitch (1985)
* Sitting Target (1972)
* The Dion Brothers (1974)
* Bucktown (1975)
* The Gates of Hell (1983)
* Policewomen (1974)
* Wonder Women (1973)
* Ghetto Freaks (1970)
* 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
* Eager Beavers (1975)
* Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

### QT III Lineup

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This showing was held in 1999.

* The Three Musketeers (1973)
* The Four Musketeers (1974)
* Zulu Dawn (1979)
* Coonskin (1975)
* Nashville Girl (1976)
* Alligator (1980)
* The Death Collector (1976)
* Mighty Peking Man (1977)
* Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
* Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
* The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
* Sol Madrid (1968)
* Tick Tick Tick (1970)
* Junior Bonner (1972)
* Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
* Black Christmas (1974)
* Torso (1973)
* The Prowler (1981)
* Hell Night (1981)
* The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)
* Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
* Clock Cleaners (1937)
* Little Cigars (1973)
* The Stalking Moon (1968)
* Navajo Joe (1966)
* Freebie and the Bean (1974)
* Brannigan (1975)
* The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
* Lady in Red (1979)
* Last Man Standing (1996)
* Eyes of a Stranger (1981)

### QT Quattro Lineup

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This showing was held in 2000.

* Snake in the Monkey's Shadow (1979)
* Dragon vs Needles of Death (1982)
* Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
* Walking Tall (1973)
* White Lightning (1973)
* Macon County Line (1974)
* Gambit (1966)
* Arizona Colt (1966)
* The Master Touch (1972)
* The Muthers (1968)
* The Mack (1973)
* Saint Jack (1979)
* The Chinese Mack (1974)
* They Call Me Hallelujah (1971)
* The Huns (1961)
* The Giant of Metropolis (1961)
* Destroy All Monsters (1968)
* The Mysterians (1957)
* The Psychic (1977)
* Mothra (1961)
* Suspiria (1977)
* Godzilla vs The Smog Monster (1971)
* The Vampire's Coffin (1958)
* Shoot First, Die Later (1974)
* Wipeout! (1973)
* Hickey & Boggs (1972)
* Succubus (1967)
* Sex on the Run (1977)
* Hammerhead (1968)
* Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966)
* Lightning Bolt (1966)
* Message from Space (1978)
* Deep Red (1975)
* Devil Woman (1970)
* The Yakuza (1974)
* The Black Marble (1980)
* French Connection II (1975)
* Jackson County Jail (1976)
* The Bullet Train (1975)
* Sorcerer (1977)
* The Big Gundown (1966)

### QT 5 Lineup

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This showing was held in 2001.

* Shark! (1969)
* Billy Jack (1971)
* Big Bullet (1996)
* Kung Fu (3 episodes)
* "King of the Mountain" (1972)
* "The Soldier" (1972)
* "The Valley of Terror" (1972)
* Jade Claw (1979)
* Fist of Fury (1972)
* Fist of Fury II (1977)
* Fistful of Yen (from The Kentucky Fried Movie) (1977)
* Dragon Lord (1982)
* The Golden Stallion (1949)
* Omega Man (1971)
* Lifeforce (1985)
* The Blade (1995)
* The Italian Connection (1973)
* Brotherhood of Death (1976)
* Eastern Condors (1987)
* Rolling Thunder (1977)
* Never a Dull Moment (1968)
* Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
* Framed (1975)
* Dark of the Sun (1968)
* Dixie Dynamite (1976)
* Slaughter Hotel (1971)
* The School that Couldn't Scream (1972)
* Loaded Guns (1975)
* The Family (1973)
* Machine Gun McCain (1968)
* King of Beggars (1992)
* Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
* Saturn 3 (1980)
* Planet of the Vampires (1965)
* Gulliver's Travels (1939)
* For a Few Dollars More (1965)
* Death Rides a Horse (1968)
* Day of Anger (1967)
* The Thing (1982)
* Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965)
* Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe (1972)
* Let It Be (1970)

### QT Six Lineup

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This showing was held in October 2005.

* The Spy with My Face (1965)
* The Venetian Affair (1967)
* Shame of the Jungle (1975)
* Psycho II (1983)
* Funeral Home (1980)
* Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
* Beyond Evil (1980)
* Mausoleum (1983)
* Madman (1982)
* BMX Bandits (1983)
* Four Desperate Men (1959)
* Riptide Episode (Hagan’s World) (1969)
* Dark Age (1987)
* Cry of the Wild (1973)
* Blue Water, White Death (1971)
* Five for Hell (1969)
* From Hell to Victory (1979)
* Death Rage (1976)
* No Way Out (1973)
* The Sell-Out (1976)
* Hay Country Swingers (1971)
* Teenage Hitchhikers (1975)
* Hot Summer in the City (1976)
* Crack House (1989)
* The Dirty Outlaws (1967)
* Fistful of Talons (1983)
* Fight for Your Life (1977)
* A special screening of Johnny Firecloud (1975) (out of Ant Timpson's (Incredibly Strange) collection in New Zealand).

### Best of QT Fest Lineup

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This showing was a 7-day event held from April 24, 2006 until April 30, 2006.

* Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966)
* Snake in the Monkey's Shadow (1979)
* The Savage Seven (1968)
* Hollywood Man (1976)
* Wipeout! (1973)
* Brotherhood of Death (1976)
* The Dion Brothers (1974)
* The Outfit (1974)
* The Muthers (1976)
* Billy Jack (1971)
* Vanishing Point (1971)
* Rolling Thunder (1977)
* The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)
* Twisted Nerve (1968)
* Don't Go in the House (1980)
* Policewomen (1974)
* A special screening of Thinning the Herd (2004)
* Hell Night (1981)
* Legend of the Wolf Woman (1976)
* Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
* The Girl from Starship Venus (1975)

### Last Night at the Alamo Grindhouse

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To mark the closure of the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Tarantino organized a three-night mini-festival. This was not an official QT-Fest, but followed the same format, with three themed triple bills. It was held May 10 to May 13, 2007, with a break on May 12.

Sex Comedy Night May 10

* Sex on the Run (1977)
* Sex with a Smile (1976)
* The Oldest Profession (1967)

Redneck Night May 11

* Hot Summer in Barefoot County (1974)
* Redneck Miller (1977)
* In Hot Pursuit aka Polk County Pot Plane (1977)

Swinging Night

* The Swinging Barmaids (1975)
* The Swingin' Pussycats [de] (1969)
* The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974)

## See also

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* Austin Film Society

## References

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1. ^ "The QT Film Fest". tarantino.info.
2. ^ a b Baumgarten, Marjorie. "Austin on the Q.T." The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

## External links

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* Presentation of QT Fest - Culture Café (French)

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* From Dusk till Dawn (1996)

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* My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)
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* Sin City (2005)
* "Grave Danger" (2005)
* Grindhouse (2007)
* Planet Terror (2007)

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