Monday, June 11, 2007

Butt-numb-athon memories


This blog will serve to host stories and photos from the past 7 Butt-numb-athons as well as the Butt-numb-athons yet to come. I'll kick it off with one very quick memory since its very fresh in my mind. In 2002 (BNAT 4), Eli Roth brought to BNAT a copy of a tape he aquired at NYU film school called Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation. Because this was the year that the poster featured the awesome Raiders parody painting with Harry as Indy, Eli thought it would go over well. He was underselling this movie. Although everyone in the entire audience knew that the next film up was THE TWO TOWERS, when we shut off the Raiders Adaptation tape that was playing as filler for the breakfast break, the entire audience screamed, gasped and demanded to have it continue. The audience wanted the Raiders Adaptation more than the U.S. premiere of the Two Towers.

Flash forward to May 30,2003. Eli had since tracked down the filmmakers and suggested that a world theatrical premiere be staged with a reunion of the filmmakers. That's a long story in and of itself, but suffice it to say that through the AICN press that developed around that screening, the Raiders kids, 18 years after making the movie, got their fair due. They are pursuing filmmaking projects again and have optioned their life rights to Paramount. Dan Clowes has just finished the final draft on the screenplay adaptation of their "adaptation" story and the future is looking very bright for the hardest working 12 year olds I have ever known. More memories to come...

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Nordling said...

Oh man. Where to start. BNAT has many, many of my favorite memories, and I sometimes reflect on them if I'm having a bad day and they manage to boost me right up. I remember Massawyrm running like all the banshees of hell were after him during the crowning scene in TEENAGE MOTHER. I remember bursting into tears at Sam's "Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo?" in RETURN OF THE KING. I've been to all but the first BNAT, and each of those events has a cherished place in my heart.

My best, most favorite memory, though, is from the first BNAT. I had planned on going for a few months. Parked my ass outside the Drafthouse at 4 in the morning to wait in line for tickets (and there were already about 6 or so people there). That line ended up stretching down Colorado, and it was obvious some people weren't going to make it in. So we bought our tickets to come back in December 2000.

Then, suddenly, my grandmother died. And her funeral ended up being the same day as BNAT's. I didn't think I would be able to go... until Harry told me he'd hold my seats until I got there. And (although I wasn't there at the time) Harry made an announcement - "Those seats are Nordling's. When he gets here, you two gotta get up." Sure enough, we got there in the middle of THE HOBBIT (Joe was bummed that he missed DESTINATION MARS! because the director and he share the same name). And Harry true to his word held my seats.

It's not much of a memory, to be sure, but it was a kind gesture at a time when I really needed it. And that, to me, is what BNAT is all about. The camaraderie of my friends, the sharing of some great (and hilariously bad) movies, and just the joy of being a movie geek at the Drafthouse. I remember sleeping outside for a couple of days to get tickets to BNAT 2001, and talking all through the night with Harry, Quint, and others about movies and our lives. Those experiences may not mean much to other people, but they mean the world to me, and I thank Harry and Tim League and everyone responsible for this event from the bottom of my heart. Long live the Alamo Drafthouse!

Rickey said...

You cried during LOTR? That's quite unfortunate.

Unknown said...

My first Butt-Numb-A-Thon was last year. I remember sitting next to Harry and Patricia and feeling like the luckiest duck in the whole place. I hadn't even heard about it until about a month before, but Patricia knew I would love it and that I was moving away soon, so she clued me in.

The night before, Patricia let me borrow her phone so that they could call me in the morning to make double sure I woke up.The morning of, I got a call, right on time, and it was Harry telling me to get up. I made my way down to the Drafthouse with no idea what to expect. I took my seat and the first film, BLACK SNAKE MOAN, came on. By the end i was in tears, but not because the film (which I loved) moved me so but because i just felt so happy to take part in smething so *magical* with two of the best people I've ever met.

The rest of the fest was a blat of course, but another especially happy memory for me was Harry challenging me to a chug-off of the 'COCAINE' drink that the David Cross look-a-like brought. I sipped and he chugged and we both regretted it. I spent the better half of SMOKIN'ACES pacing around the parking garage thinking my car had been stolen. It jut wasn't where i thought I'd put it.

And now I live in London and I'm happy, but there is a big part of happiness that is missing becuase Austin, the Drafthouse, BNAT and Harry and Patricia are some of the best things and people I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. I can't wait to go back.

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I love movies. They provide a peek into other worlds, other times, other minds, lift my spirit and help me define my sense of self in this mad world of tomorrow. When I received the opportunity to be a Butt-Numb-A-Thon participant a few years ago, I felt like I had won a golden ticket to the Wonka factory. What a wonderful experience to see movies like: Lemony Snickets, Layer Cake, Ong Back, and Kung-Fu Hustle with fellow movie fanatics from around the globe. Golden memories from a golden time and place in Austin's history of film appreciation. Half-Ass-A-Thon here I come!
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