Quentin Tarantino Film Festival Explained

Quentin Tarantino Film Festival
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

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

This showing was held in August 1996.

• 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

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

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

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

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)
• (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

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

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

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 Swinging Pussycats (1969)
• The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974)

See also

• Austin Film Society

External links

• Presentation of QT Fest - Culture Café (French)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The QT Film Fest. tarantino.info.
2. Web site: Baumgarten . Marjorie . Austin on the Q.T. . The Austin Chronicle . 11 April 2023.