List of films shown at Butt-Numb-A-Thon
The following is a list of films shown at the Butt-Numb-A-Thon film festival formerly held each December in Austin, Texas, and hosted by Ain't It Cool News founder Harry Knowles.
Feature films are listed in bold. Trailers are listed in italics. All other items are annotated as appropriate.
Butt-Numb-A-Thon 1 (1999)
- Plan 9 from Outer Space
- Magnolia
- Song of the South
- Fritz the Cat
- Fade to Black
- Phantom of the Paradise
- Calling All Girls
- Giant Gila Monster
- Pitch Black, followed by special appearance by actor Vin Diesel.
- Vampyres
- Tron
- Six String Samurai
Butt-Numb-A-Thon 2 (2000)
- Destination Mars
- The Hobbit
- The Gift
- The Sea Wolf
- Wonder Bar
- Snatch, followed by special appearance by actor Ade.
- Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
- RoboCop
- Shogun Assassin
- Santa Claus' Story
- Ed Gein, followed by special appearance by actor Steve Railsback.
Butt-Numb-A-Thon 3 (2001)
- Fiend Without a Face
- The Majestic, preceded by pre-taped introduction from Director Frank Darabont.
- Rock All Night
- King Kong
- Vanilla Sky
- Cabin in the Sky
- Stunt Rock - this trailer is a BNAT classic and is always shown, typically early in the evening.
- Kid 'in Africa
- ', followed by a special appearance by Producer Jacky Lee Morgan.
- Terror of Tiny Town, followed by a special appearance by actor Clarence Swenson.
- ', preceded by a wacky pre-taped introduction from Director Peter Jackson and WETA Workshop guru Richard Taylor.
Butt-Numb-A-Thon 4 (2002)
- The Mask of Fu Manchu
- Chicago
- Machine-Gun Kelly
- Odds Against Tomorrow
- Crippled Avengers
- Night Warning, followed by a special appearance by actor Bo Svenson.
- May
- Dust and Blood
- House of 1000 Corpses
- Tiptoes, a special "Director's Cut" that was introduced as representing the true vision of Director Matthew Bright.
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Butt-Numb-A-Thon 5 (2003)
- Haunted Gold
- Adventures of Captain Marvel
- ' followed by Q&A with Director Peter Jackson, Writer Frances Walsh and Writer Philippa Boyens.
- The General with musical accompaniment from Guy Forsyth
- Oldboy
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
- Nid de guepes
- Blind
- '
- Haute Tension
- Teenage Mother
- The Rotten Fruit
- Undead
- The Passion of the Christ followed by Q&A with Director Mel Gibson.
Butt-Numb-A-Thon 6 (2004)
- Putney Swope
- Willie McBean and his Magic Machine
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events followed by Q&A with actress Emily Browning and actor Liam Aiken.
- Madagascar
- The Black Swan
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy slide show/Q&A with Producer Robbie Stamp.
- Blonde Venus
- Legend of the Sacred Stone
- Miss Sadie Thompson
- War of the Worlds with video introduction from Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise.
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Welcome Home, Brother Charles
- The Ring 2
- The Mutations and Q&A with Director Robert Weinbach.
- Toys are Not for Children
- Layer Cake and Q&A with actor Tamar Hussain.
- 2001 Maniacs with introduction from Director Eli Roth.
- Casshern
- Ong-Bak
- Time Piece
- Kung Fu Hustle
The 7th Voyage of Butt-Numb-A-Thon (2005)
- Apocalypto
- The Most Dangerous Game
- The Pit and the Pendulum by Ray Harryhausen
- King Kong
- Footlight Parade
- Sick Girl
- Sympathy For Lady Vengeance
- The Professionals
- District B13
- 2gether 4ever ,
- Cigarette Burns
- Hostel presented by Eli Roth.
- The Descent
- Stunt Rock
- Drum
- '
- '
- Der Fuehrer's Face
- V for Vendetta
OctoButt-Numb-A-Thon (2006)
- Pan's Labyrinth - this film was not part of the core BNAT line-up, but it was open to BNAT attendees the night before.
- Chirpy
- Stunt Rock
- Raw Force
- Teenage Tramp
- The Telephone Book
- Black Snake Moan and Q&A with Director Craig Brewer.
- Dreamgirls and Q&A with Director Bill Condon.
- Panorama Blue
- Female Animal
- Baby Love
- Girls Are For Loving
- Underage
- Once Upon a Girl
- Inherit the Wind
- Rocky
- Rocky II
- Rocky III
- Rocky IV
- Rocky V
- Rocky Balboa with introduction by Sylvester Stallone.
- Fanboys preview.
- The Mafu Cage
- The Buttercup Chain
- PEPE
- Mantango
- Knocked Up
- Teen Wolf - started as a joke; not shown in full.
- Black Book
- The Informer
- The Challenge of the Lady Ninja
- The Legend of Hillbilly John
- It Came Without Warning
- Cannibal Girls
- Curse
- Raw Force
- Smokin' Aces
- 300 and Q&A with Director Zack Snyder.
- Children of Men - this film was not part of the core BNAT line-up, but it was open to BNAT attendees the night after BNAT.
Half-Ass-A-Thon (2007)
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- Drum
- Three the Hard Way
- Stunt Rock
- Wonder Bar
- Tarzan and the Brown Prince aka Tarzán y el arco iris
- Gymkata
- Death Ride aka Crash!
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
- Gambit
- Clint Eastwood describes crack cocaine and warns the audience to avoid it.
- Stardust with introduction by Director Matthew Vaughn.
- Battle Beneath the Earth
- Starmaster for the Atari 2600
- The Magic Voyage of Sinbad aka Sadko
- Two Bic lighters talk about refreshments that are available in the lobby.
- Topkapi
- Future Kill
- The Toy Box
- White Comanche aka Comanche Blanco
- Who?
- The Terrornauts
- Tarzan and the Jungle Boy
- Impulse
- Seven Blows of the Dragon aka Shui Hu Zhuan'''
Big Trouble at Butt-Numb-A-Thon 9 (2007)
- Hobo with a Shotgun
- Popcorn
- Pinocchio's Birthday Party
- Happy Birthday to Me
- The Party Animal
- The Great McGinty
- The 'Burbs
- Charlie Wilson's War*
- A Bomb for a Dictator
- Have Your Kids Immunized Today
- Pickup on South Street
- The Secret of Magic Island
- Mongol
- The Exterminator
- Vintage In-Theater Pizza Advert
- Sorceress
- The Abominable Dr. Phibes
- Voyage of the Rock Aliens
- Get Crazy
- Freckles
- *
- Blind Fury
- Lonely Are the Brave
- Man Beast
- W.
- Three in the Cellar
- The Evictors
- The Poughkeepsie Tapes*
- Teen Lust
- "The City on the Edge of Forever" episode of ', broadcast in HD.
- Call Me Bwana
- J.D.'s Revenge
- Golden Needles
- Addio Zio Tom | Farewell Uncle Tom
- Halloween III: Season of the Witch
- Trick or Treat
- Trick 'r Treat'''* with Q&A with director/writer Michael Dougherty.
- "Rambo" with on-screen text intro from Sylvester Stallone.
- "WALL-E" with intros and Q&A with producers.
- ""
- "Fanboys" - Lucas Ranch interrogation filmed four days before BNAT
The Ten Commandments of Butt-Numb-A-Thon (2008)
- Invasion U.S.A
- The Slumber Party Massacre
- Pinocchio's Birthday Party
- Teen Wolf first few minutes, ending with film burning. Guest appearance by Teen Wolf in yellow Beavers basketball uniform.
- Viva Villa!
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Case Study: Amphetamines
- Coraline exclusive clips in 3-D
- Dr. Pepper commercial
- Sahara
- Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
- MegaForce
- The Villain
- Valkyrie with video intro by Director Bryan Singer.
- Up first 45 minutes, featuring unfinished portions and Q&A with co-directors Pete Docter and Bob Peterson.
- Metropolis with rare 1984 Giorgio Moroder soundtrack featuring popular 80s artists.
- Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D, with exclusive clips featuring unfinished portions and Q&A with filmmaker.
- Dimensionscope 3-D presentation
- Black Angels
- The Devil Within Her
- Metal Storm
- My Bloody Valentine in 3D, with introduction and Q&A by director Patrick Lussier and co-stars Jamie King and .
- I Love You, Man with video intro by Paul Rudd and Jason Segel
- Beastmaster 2
- C.H.O.M.P.S.
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- White Dog
- Push exclusive clips
- Know1ng exclusive clip
- Observe and Report exclusive clips with video intro by Seth Rogen.
- Terminator Salvation exclusive clips with guest appearance by Director McG.
- Watchmen first 22 minutes of film, with guest appearance by actorJackie Earl Haley.
- Jim Henson's Time Piece
- Latino Encounter
- Frosted Pop-Tarts commercial
- Mission Thunderbolt
- Che'''
BNAT 1138 (2009)
The name derives from the film THX 1138, as this was the 11th edition of Butt-Numb-A-Thon and the celebration of Knowles' 38th birthday.
- 99 & 44/100% Dead
- Teen Wolf - Opening credits and first scene, with the projector burning through the actual film stock per BNAT tradition. This time, Alamo Drafthouse owner Tim League announced that a new remastered digital version had been found, and a man wearing a Dolby T-shirt—who claimed to be from Dolby and called himself Thomas Dolby—promised to write the Drafthouse a check for $15,000 if the film failed to play correctly. Of course, it did not, and the screen quickly filled with static.
- Faust
- The Rape Killer
- Ricky Schroeder PSA about dealing with abusive situations, dubbed in Spanish
- The Lovely Bones
- Nudes on Tiger Reef
- Girl Crazy
- Candy Candido - "One Meatball"
- The Red Shoes
- Beer-chugging contest between teams consisting of a BNAT attendee, Broken Lizard and Tim League, and members of the Ain't It Cool News staff.
- Shutter Island
- Le Magnifique
- Micmacs à tire-larigot
- The Ski Bum
- Frozen with introduction by Director Adam Green.
- Centipede Horror
- The Honeymoon Killers
- Mr. No Legs
- The Candy Snatchers
- Clip of Asian men dressed as sumo wrestlers being attacked by aroused dogs.
- AICN - True-ish Hollywood Story featuring taped greetings, memories and sarcastic comments for Harry's birthday from Jon Favreau, Danny McBride, Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, J. J. Abrams and Michael Bay. Produced by Paramount Pictures.
- Iron Man 2
- Fearless Frank
- Animal Protector
- Kick-Ass followed by Q&A with Director Matthew Vaughn and star Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
- Avatar
Butt-Numb-A-Thon: The Dirty Dozenth (2010)
- True Grit
- Le Samouraï
- On The Town
- Cowboys & Aliens with in-person intros by Director Jon Favreau, and Producers Ron Howard and Bob Orci.
- Rango Eight-minute exclusive clip with video intro by Director Gore Verbinski.
- Santa Fe Trail
- The Fighter
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Chimes at Midnight
- '
- The Green Hornet
- Hobo With a Shotgun
- Drive Angry with in-person intro by Director Patrick Lussier.
- '
Butt-Numb-A-Thon: ThirTEEN WOLF, aka BNAT13WOLF (2011)
The name derives from the long-standing tradition of playing the 1985 movie Teen Wolf at BNAT, only to have the film burn or be destroyed before any significant portion is screened. Tim League, founder and CEO of the Alamo Drafthouse told Jeff Mahler that the film would be screened at BNAT13WOLF, but that due to scheduling demands the pristine 35mm print film they had found had to be cut into "literally thousands of pieces" and edited into the program whenever time was available. Clips that highlighted the entirety of Teen Wolf were then inserted into the sequences of themed trailers that preceded all of the feature films. The actual clips were in extremely small segments of less than two seconds each. Most often they were only a few frames in length - a hilarious image from the movie popping up and disappearing in a flash.
- Video message from Eric Vespe, Peter Jackson, Orlando Bloom, Ian McKellen and other cast and crew members of
- Mini Teen Wolf clip
- Hugo
- Le Voyage dans la lune
- Mini Teen Wolf clip
Butt-Numb-A-Thon 14: The Lucky Number (2012)
- Ain't It Cool with Harry Knowles sizzle reel
- Teen Wolf
- Star Trek Into Darkness
- in 48 fps RealD 3D, with in-person intro by director/writer/producer Peter Jackson, writer/producer Fran Walsh and writer/co-producer Philippa Boyens, and followed by Q&A with Peter Jackson
- ' with video intro by Dwayne Johnson, aka "The Rock"
- of Eleanor Powell at 1981 AFI tribute for Fred Astaire
- Broadway Melody of 1940
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- The Gang's All Here
- The Wishing Machine
- Women in Cell Block 7 with Spanish subtitles
- Mama followed by Q&A with Producer Guillermo del Toro, Director Andres Muschietti and Writer Barbara Muschietti.
- Pacific Rim, followed by Q&A with Director Guillermo del Toro.
- World War Z rough cut opening footage with video intro by Brad Pitt
- A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
- Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
- What's Up, Doc?
- Libeled Lady
- Video birthday message to Harry from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
- Fateful Findings
- Evil Dead clip
- Judex
- Jerrico the Wonder Clown
- Carnival of Blood
- Nightmare Alley
- Tougher Than Leather
- Dead Heat
- Amazon Women on the Moon
- White Heat
- The Heat red band trailer and 2 scenes with in-person intro by director Paul Feig, followed by Q&A with Paul Feig.
- The Blood of Heroes
- They Call Her One Eye
- Rollerball
- Streets of Fire
- The Warriors
- Southern Comfort
- Stunt Rock
- Pain & Gain trailer, with video intro by Director Michael Bay.
- Bullet to the Head'''
Butt-Numb-A-Thon 15 (2013)
- The Wolf of Wall Street
- Harlequin
- The Agony and the Ecstasy
- Cheatin'
- Popeye
- The Dragon Lives Again
- The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
- Digging Up The Marrow
- The Haunted Palace
- The Fruit Is Swelling
- The Wind Rises
Butt-Numb-A-Thon: 16 BNAT Candles (2014)
- Hooper
- ' delivered by Samuel Jackson with a Q&A prior to the start
- The King and The Mockingbird
- Inherent Vice
- The Interview delivered by Seth Rogen with cool splashy fireworks intro and a Q&A after the film
- 1941
- Captain Courageous
- Million Dollar Mermaid
- Santiago Violenta
- A Christmas Horror Story
- Son of Kong
- '
Butt-Numb-A-Thon Episode 17: The Ass Awaits! (2015)
Held in the Holly Blain Memorial Theater
- Gunga Din
- Southern Comfort
- Syncopation
- Eddie the Eagle
- The Tale of the Fox
- Anomalisa
- Phantasm
- The Angry Red Planet
- Logan's Run
- The Revenant
Butt-Numb-A-Thon 18 Psycho (2016)
Held in the Holly Blain Memorial Theater
- Silence
- Deluge
- Fences
- Long Live the King
- '
- A Cure for Wellness
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
- Brigadoon
- "Pimpernel" Smith
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Zachariah
- Logan
- Hard Boiled'''