Introducing... the virtual Alamo

Two weeks ago, Karrie and I posed for a series of photos inside the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown at the request of one of our old-school long-time customers, David Hill. Turns out David has mastered the art of 360 degree panorama photography and has taken it on to COMPLETELY photo-document the original 4th Street Alamo Drafthouse Cinema before it gets turned into whatever that thing is they are turning it into. Check out the complete hi-res panoramic tour on his website. I recommend downloading the full 334MB file and then viewing the images offline. Enjoy, and thanks again David for helping us remember the Alamo!

Alamo Blog-athon is today!

As it's the day of the Blog-athon, I'm bumping this post up to the top. I've also just scanned in some negatives that my old buddy Dave Garaway unearthed this week, including the picture above where I'm looking positively maniacal. That was week one of construction in the 4th and Colorado space and I'm obviously raring to go. The rest of the photos from this set of negatives are on our Flickr Page.

Now the BLOG-ATHON. This is happening today, so read on for details. Here's the original post:

I just received this blog feed from our pals Jette and Blake and figured where better to post a blog about a blog about the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema than on the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema blog...

Announcing the Alamo Downtown Blog-a-Thon!

Jette Kernion of Slackerwood (www.slackerwood.com) and Blake Ethridge of
Cinema Strikes Back (www.cinemastrikesback.com) are pleased to announce
the Alamo Downtown Blog-a-Thon, to take place on Monday, June 25, 2007.

Alamo Drafthouse Downtown on Colorado St. will be closing its doors after
a final triple-feature on June 27, 2007. The movie theater will be moving
to Sixth Street in the newly renovated Ritz Theater. While we're looking
forward to the new digs, we want to remember and celebrate the old Alamo
Drafthouse that we've been visiting for the past 10 years. And we'd like
you to help us.

We'd like to hear your favorite stories about a movie, festival or event
you attended at Alamo Downtown, or read about your favorite memories, or
look at photos you took at Alamo. If you've ever visited the theater and
have something to share, we'd love to have you share it with us on June
25.

Anyone can participate. If you have a blog, post an entry about Alamo
Downtown to your website either the weekend before or on June 25, 2007.
Send the link to jette@celluloideyes.com, or post the link in the comments
section of the master blog entry that we will update on June 25.

We'll compile a list of all the entries from participants in the
blog-a-thon so that readers can find everything in a single location.

If you don't have a blog or website, you can post your favorite Alamo
memory or story in the comments section of the master blog entry listed
above, starting on June 25. Alternatively, if you want to write up your
story ahead of time, email it to jette@celluloideyes.com and we will post
it to Slackerwood for the Alamo Downtown blog-a-thon. If you have a Flickr
account and pictures of Alamo you want to share, you can tag them
"alamoblogathon" and we'll include a link to photos with that keyword in
the master blog entry on Slackerwood.

If you just want to read everyone's Alamo Downtown stories, be sure to
visit the URL posted above on June 25, when we'll publish the links to the
blog-a-thon entries.

Feel free to publicize the Alamo Downtown Blog-a-thon anywhere you like.
Email Jette (jette@celluloideyes.com) or Blake
(blake@cinemastrikesback.com) if you have any questions. We hope you'll
join us on June 25, as a contributor and as a reader.

129 BR – “Remember the Alamo”

As you might imagine, things are a little strange in Drafthouse-land right now. It is a rather weird place to be in watching a new Alamo being built while the one that started it all is slowly being taken apart. Last week I spent some time boxing up non-essentials in the booth. That wasn’t a big deal. But when I got to the Master Pancake show on Friday night I noticed that the big “The Alamo” poster that hung over the front stairs was gone. That right there was a big slap in the face. I mean, that poster shouted out to us every day ("NOW! AGAIN!"), but to see that blank wall, well, it was a really strange feeling; Of all the changes I have seen take place in that lobby over the last 4 years, that big ass poster has ALWAYS been there. In no small way it is almost as if a part of the theater’s soul has been prematurely taken away.

Meanwhile, five blocks away I’m watching a new theater being built. No matter how exciting it is, and no matter how cool this new place is going to be, it is going to take a little while to get used to; Every time I set foot in the Ritz I get a little excited, and every time I set foot in Downtown I get a little depressed. Rectifying those two feelings is becoming an exercise in frustration. If this is what I’m going through, I can barely imagine what Tim must be dealing with. In fact, the other day I asked for his thoughts on the situation the Drafthouse is in right now. He said he is so overwhelmed with everything that's going on he doesn’t even have time to think about how he is feeling. “I’m feeling like a plow moving forward,” is how he finally expressed it.

But I do have to say that Tim seems to be handling it all in stride. I ran into him while leaving the Ritz on Friday and we talked about the Alamo Downtown remembrances that had just been published in the Onion. He was positively beaming with pride, grinning from ear to ear.

Shit, Wednesday night is going to suck.

Damn. Now I’m too depressed to write about the new place. Any news about progress at the Ritz (and there’s plenty of it) seems to pale in comparison to what is happening at the Downtown theater right now. All of us Downtown have been labeling everything as “last” this and “last” that, any other news seems trivial. Hell, go back a few months and, after the last show of the evening, everyone at work would be chomping at the bit to get the hell out of there. Now we linger, soaking up as much of the nostalgia as we can. As I was making my way down the stairs after the Joss Whedon Birthday event early Sunday morning, Josh K. was trying to convince me to hang around with everyone else. “But it’s the last Saturday!” he reminded me. If I hadn’t been so exhausted, I’d have felt guilty for leaving.

"Remember the Alamo." For me, that phrase will no longer be just an empty cliché.

Check out the Flickr set for information on progress at the Ritz.

The Ultimate Sing-Along Mix Tape

Last night we had the last sing-along at the Colorado Street location, and there were lots of pictures taken. Here are some of my favorites so far, courtesy of Posh Deluxe.

Owen forgot to order cheese sticks before the dance party.


99 red balloons! No, wait... 98 red balloons. Someone popped one.


Oh dance area near the screen, how we will miss you.


I guess I'll die another day.


Owen hearts Jodi.


Oh HEY!


How we touched and went our separate ways!


Caitlin! Rock!


Got other photos from last night, other sing-alongs, or any other Alamo memories from the Colorado Street location? Send us some! We're looking for as big a scrapbook as possible, and we've got a special email address all set for the reception of memories. Shoot us a line at lastnight(@)originalalamo.com!

Teen Witch Songwriter Larry Weir makes a phone call

Last weekend we welcomed Larry Weir, the songwriter for the incredible TEEN WITCH, to a packed house of rabid fans. Alamo intern Stephanie Cook was onhand with a camera and edited together this lovely montage of the Q&A. She'd like to apologize for all the crossfades, but that was the only way she could get through the really long screaming sessions from the fans. Dang!

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Alamo Downtown Kitchen Garage Sale!

Even better than a theater chair, how about a taking home a utilitarian memento, a piece of functioning Alamo Drafthouse kitchen equipment. Had they mouths, oh the stories these babies could tell. As you all know, we're out of the downtown theater on June 27. On June 28, we'll be moving almost all of our equipment into storage in anticipation of the new Ritz opening. There are a few things that just don't fit the new kitchen space at the Ritz, so we are offering them for sale. We have them posted on Craigslist right now, and if you are interested in coming by and checking them out, you can see them in operation for the next week.

Here's how it works. If you want to buy something, you can reserve it by giving us cash/check/credit card for the item anytime between now and June 27. On June 28, we'll have folks to help you take the stuff away.

Check out photos of the items on our Flickr page.

You can come by Alamo downtown anytime from 4 PM until closing time to check out the items in person. Everything for sale is functioning and in use now. Everything you buy helps is on the road to getting the new Ritz space built.

Here's what we have to sell:

Quan 2: 6 tap 90" kegerators (CONTINENTAL KC-90-6) Bought new 6 months ago for $3472, Still under warranty. $1400 each
Quan 2: Blodget 1000 gas Deck Ovens, $1000 each
Quan 1: Glass door, 23" upright refridgerator (TRUE GDM 23), $600
Quan 1: 12" 2 burner stove and table (IMPERIAL IHPA-2-12), $400
Quan 1: 8' Beer Cooler (TRUE TD-95-38) $650
Quan 1: Visi-Cooler (BEV-AIR) $400
Quan 1: 6' pizza prep table (BEV-AIR) $250
Quan 1: Star 2 drawer Chip/bread warmer $150
Quan 1: Walk-In cooler w/ remote condenser (Kolpack, 5'X7') $1300
Quan 1: 8' Commercial Vent Hood with grease filters $650

Curious about Air Sex? CAUTION: Adult Content in this entry!

Of course you are! And all I can really say is OMG. That's blogger speak for "Holy fucking shit, watching people pretend to have sex on stage in a movie theater is FUCKING WEIRD and yet still awesomely entertaining. If you missed the first round of competition, check out this highlight reel from our own Stephanie Cook to get an idea of what went down:

We'll have full performances posted before too long, and to answer that burning question in your nether region, yes, we will be having another round of competition, most likely in the early fall. So start practicing your sex skills now.


Read the Daily Texan's AIR SEX coverage!

136 BR - Cranes are for wimps

I got a call from Daniel at around 9:30 in the morning last Monday telling me that a big photo op was in the making. And he wasn't kidding. I got on my bike and peddled my ass down to the Ritz to watch as six guys worked to raise a 4,200 pound steel I-beam 16 feet, 2 inches off the ground without the use of a crane. When Daniel first told me about this monster of an I-beam, I asked if they were going to use a crane. He said no, and I had a hard time envisioning how they would get the thing into the building, much less 16 feet off the ground.

Turns out the process is rather straight forward, though it is a hell of a lot of work involving chainfalls, winches, blowtorches and lots of elbow grease. You can check out how it all works in the new Flickr set, or peep the short video (4 1/2 mins) I made of the event on Google Video. Don't worry, I didn't add hip background music or anything (no YouTube cliches here!), just the sweet sounds of a construction site, including profanity (you've been warned). Also, please pardon the technical problems. I have much to learn about posting videos online.

Anyway, as you can see from the rest of last week's photos, the project has really moved ahead by leaps and bounds. The major interior steel structure work is almost complete and that big hole where a roof used to be is back to being a roof. Sort of. When I left the site Friday afternoon, most of the new roof had been installed. Next up: light gauge steel framing for the wall interiors. And once those walls are up folks, we've pretty much got ourselves a movie theater. Well, maybe not quite yet, but we're certainly getting there!

Fun Fact: The guys from Bill Jett Fabrication, the folks responsible for our steel construction, have put approximately eight tons of steel columns and beams in place inside the Ritz.

NOTE: I have started a second Alamo @ The Ritz photo set:
Alamo @ The Ritz Set 1 (April 24 - June 7)
Alamo @ The Ritz Set 2 (June 11 - present)

Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation: The Q&A

Earlier this month, we invited the boys (now men) who created the shot-for-shot remake of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK to come on back to the Alamo Downtown one last time to share their cinematic masterpiece with us and hang out a little bit. Some of the questions from that show were great, and the answers proved to be even greater. Check it out:

New Pixar movie RATATOUILLE is awesome! We've got it, plus feasts and more!

Whoah! RATATOUILLE is Great! We saw it Monday night thanks to the folks at Aint It Cool and Disney, and it's the best kids movie for grown-ups since, well, THE INCREDIBLES. And speaking of which, Brad Bird was kind enough to tape an intro for the movie where he said a lot of kind words about the Alamo. So we appreciate that.

Of course if we are showing a food related movie we have to have food involved. So when you see RATATOUILLE at the Alamo South Lamar (opens June 29), think about checking out the RATATOUILLE Family Feast, which will have seperate menus for adults (with wine for the grown ups and a high-end soda or juice flight for the kids).

Also, you will be able to enjoy fine dining, including Ratatouille at every show of RATATOUILLE at The Alamo South through July 12.

Here are Trish and Shivann, our distinguished food preparers:

Announcing Half-ass-a-thon!

When we decided to shut down the original 4th Street Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and open up again at the Ritz, sentimentality quickly came on in waves as we thought about all of the good times we have shared within those 4 walls. We began to schedule some of our all-time favorite events and specials for one last nostalgic run. About a month ago, however, Harry and I realized that there was one event that we couldn't just plop into the schedule. The mighty Butt-numb-a-thon, the most coveted ticket ever sold at the Alamo Drafthouse. As the event coincides with Harry's Birthday in early December, the last BNAT in the original Alamo had already happened.

In the span of 15 minutes, and aptly named to reflect both the calendar timing (halfway between Butt-numb-athons) and the lack of time taken to prepare the programming, we conceived of Half-ass-a-thon. On June 24, we are throwing a party for all of our friends who have ever joined us for a Butt-numb-a-thon adventure to come and celebrate one more time in the old space. The program will consist of 4 features, some brand new, some old favorites from many BNATs ago and at least (but not necessarily limited to) one of those features will be mortally offensive.

In BNAT fashion, we are keeping the line-up secret until the day of the event, but I can guarantee you that we will be attempting to capture the spirit of our annual party. Half-ass-athon will start at 6:30 PM on Sunday, June 24 and will finish when we finish, probably about 3 AM. If you have ever attended a Butt-numb-athon in the past, you are invited. Tickets are $25 and go on sale through www.originalalamo.com at 5:00 PM on Thursday, June 14. We will be cross-checking this list against our records, so if you have never attended, do not purchase tickets at that time. There are no refunds for non-veterans who try to sneak in and buy early tickets. If there are still tickets available, the remainder will go on sale at 5:00 PM on Monday, June 18 to anyone who wants one.

Also, in the tradition of Jette Kiernan and Blake Ethridge's Alamo Blogathon between now and the event, we will be collecting stories and photos and at long last posting the official www.buttnumbathon.com, which we will launch at the beginning of Half-ass-athon. If you wish to contribute, you can email us stories and photos and we will post them to the blog, or you can just post them to the comments section of the Butt-numb-a-thon blog.

We also encourage you to update information to the Butt-numb-a-thon Wikipedia page if the spirit so moves you.

We hope to see you all again on June 24 for the soon-to-be-legendary-never-to-be-repeated Half-ass-a-thon.

143 BR - Steel is Next.

Take a look at my Flickr set and you will notice three things: 1) That back section of roof is completely gone. 2) The elevator shaft is completely built . And 3) The concrete floor is completely poured.

Now, what you can't see from the current set is that steel has arrived (it got there on Friday) and the builders are currently in the process of constructing the interior steel structures. Separately, both Tim and Daniel told me that once that steel is in place, things are really going to speed up.

Another interesting thing happened yesterday, as a matter of fact. As you may or may not know, Austin Mayor Will Wynn gave a lecture on global warming at the Alamo Downtown. I chatted with Tim right before the Mayor's lecture and he looked a little nervous. "I'm meeting with the Mayor after this show," he told me. I'm not privy to the exact subject of their discussion, but I know it involved utilities and the Ritz. I walked through the lobby at one point as the two were meeting and thought I overheard an encouraging remark from the Mayor ("encouraging" in the sense that it might be a good thing for the Ritz). Sorry I wasn't a better fly on the wall, but I was on the clock and figured that I probably shouldn't have feigned playing a video game right next to them so as to eavesdrop.

On another note, before this meeting Tim told me they weren't exactly where he had hoped they would be in the building process. He had planned on the steel being done by this coming Tuesday, but apparently that isn't going to happen. If seeing the two cutting a hole in the ceiling last week is any indication, perhaps we'll see Tim and Daniel hauling steel girders next week; One of the reasons they cut that hole themselves was in order to speed up the construction of the elevator shaft.

Fun fact: You've seen the elevator that we have downtown, right (picture to the left)? Well, it seems the service elevator at the Ritz is going to be more like the real deal, with a sliding door and (maybe) lights that indicate what floor it is on! It will have three stops (lobby, mezzanine, and projection booth). You may be wondering why I'm excited about a new elevator. Well, if you've ever had the pleasure of cranking someone up who got stuck in the downtown elevator, you'd understand. In fact, there was one guy who used to come regularly to music Monday and, wouldn't you know, every single time he'd take that elevator up, it would break down on him. I haven't seen him in a long time, but I'm sure he's gonna be as excited about that new elevator as I am.

Alamo @ the Ritz

I'm note Alone - Hostel 2 is awesome...

I just read the Austin Chronicle review of Hostel: Part II and I'm happy to report that I'm not alone in my fondness for the movie. It's definitely his best film to date. I'll give you a little excerpt from the Chronicle review:

"Director Roth has accomplished the near impossible with Hostel: Part II: He's crafted a vastly superior sequel to a film already considered something of a classic by genre aficionados, one that supersedes its predecessor's sadistic entertainment quotient by orders of magnitude while also upstaging its own outrageous gore effects with a script that's smart, vicious, and occasionally, gleefully subversive. Hostel: Part II will kick your ass, blow your mind, and then mount you with a rusty, barbed-wire strap-on, and to hell with the Astroglide." - Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle (Click here for the full review)

Damn straight. I left the movie feeling supercharged. Eli is maturing as a filmmaker with every film, every stride. Hostel: Part II was truly beautiful (albeit beautiful in it's graphic violence...) and if you aren't completely blown away by the mood, look, feel, and cinematography of the first death in the suite of Mrs. Bathory, then you probably just need to give up on movies and stick to books.

Fans of horror movies new and old need to check out this film. Eli truly is the new heir to the throne of American horror.

If you don't mind a few spoilers in your life, you can also check out Harry Knowles' analysis of the film.

For those who want to see Eli get a taste of his own medicine, check out our blog post with photos and video of him getting flogged by Austin's own "Trouble Squad" at the Ain't It Cool News sneak preview.

Hostel: Part II opens at the Village today, Friday, June 8. Tickets are available online.

Why is Wednesday night's screening of WELCOME HOME BROTHER CHARLES an essential ticket?

Tomorrow night we will be welcoming in a guest we have long admired: Jamaa Fanaka, who has made some of the most serious minded yet funny blaxploitation classics as EMMA MAE (aka BLACK SISTERS REVENGE), WELCOME HOME BROTHER CHARLES, and the PENITENTIARY movies (of which all three are very different in tone and essential).

We will be showing WELCOME HOME BROTHER CHARLES at 9:45 for our regular admission price of $8/$6.50 (students/seniors/AFS). This movie is about an unjustly imprisoned black man who hits the streets after a long stretch in jail and goes after his attempted castrators. His weapon: his fourteen foot long penis. You heard me. We have a lot of questions to ask Jamaa about this movie and we hope you'll join us. Find out more and buy tickets here.

The second half of the double feature is PENITENTIARY: which has some of the best dialogue of any movie ever. And is as entertaining as any prison film. And with characters named Half Dead, Seldom Seen and Too Sweet you know it's good. Both of these films get my tip-toppermost recommendation. And if you miss either one you are a fool my friend - A FOOL!

If you are a Weird Wednesday fan, please buy a ticket to WELCOME HOME BROTHER CHARLES and make it a subversive blaxploitation double feature with PENITENTIARY at midnight. Because if you don't, I'll have to listen to your sorry ass moan about how you missed it, and I just don't want to hear about it.

Oh, you'll probably want to stock up on MR. GOODBAR before you see PENITENTIARY. You'll find out why soon enough.

Buy your ticket to WELCOME HOME here. If you'd like to reserve a seat for PENITENTIARY click here. We expect the remaining Weird Wednesday and Terror Thursday screenings to be in great demand so please plan to be at the theater early. Of course if you see WELCOME HOME BROTHER CHARLES you'll be there already.

150 BR - The Roof is...

Okay, I'm going to stop right there and not finish that cliche of a headline.

So what has the dedicated Ritz construction crew been up to? DEMOLITION! That's right. If gutting the entire insides of the Ritz wasn't enough for you, we've managed to tear off a part of the roof. In addition to the roof, the grease trap is installed and pretty much ready to be sealed in for good, and the elevator shaft is coming along nicely thanks to the ancient art of masonry.









Check out the pics in the Flickr set for a complete pictorial rundown of what's going on. There's even a picture of a concrete footing for you. And notice that the place looks more like your traditional construction site, what with all the debris, tools and garbage everywhere.










Fun Fact: I just got back from the Ritz where I watched Tim and Daniel cutting a huge hole in the ceiling above the elevator shaft. "I bet you didn't expect to see us here," Daniel shouted down to me. Well, I do expect to run into them from time to time. I did not, however, expect to see them wielding a reciprocating saw 30 feet above the floor and hacking away at the ceiling. (Daniel on the left, Tim on the right. Image is dark and they are blurry because there's not enough light where they were. Click on the image for a larger version)

Alamo Drafthouse Tortures Eli Roth

Sunday at midnight at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin is normally a sleepy time. But on June 3, fans of acclaimed director Eli Roth caused the street to be anything but sedate. A capacity crowd assembled by Ain't it Cool News and the Alamo Drafthouse were literally (and by literally I mean figuratively) frothing at the mouth in anticipation of the sneak preview of Hostel: Part II. The evening began with a live S&M show on stage featuring an impromptu performance by none other than Eli himself. You can download hi-res versions of this photo and others at our Flickr site or watch the video below...

After a few introductory words, a couple vintage trailers and a "director's cut" version of the infamous Thanksgiving trailer (with more details on the "trampoline stab" and final "turkey stuffing" sequences), the feature was underway.

I was a big fan of Hostel, and this next installment is even better. I greatly preferred spending 90 minutes with the lead actresses from Hostel: Part II than the boys from Hostel 1. The photography is lush, the KNB effects are downright artful, and the action is even more inventive without going further in the direction of overt cruelty. I was happy to see the bubblegum gang back with a vengeance, and as Harry pointed out in the Q&A, Eli payed way more attention to the details of the fulfilled fantasies of the killers, one of which featured a welcome cameo by Cannibal Holocaust director Ruggero Deodato.

I am very happy to announce that I can fully and wholeheartedly endorse Hostel: Part II. In a summer that seems to be delivering a deluge of cranked-out, under-cooked, fast-burn big-budget offal, Hostel: Part II serves as a shining example that with care and effort, a summer sequel can be even more inventive and entertaining than the original. Strangely enough, although you probably aren't going to believe me, I'm giving Hostel: Part II my vote as the feel-good movie of the summer!

Hats off to Eli, he just keeps getting better and better! Hostel: Part II opens at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema on Friday, June 8. You should definitely go check it out, unless you are my mom or my niece and then I would prefer that you don't.

Patton Oswalt Live: Farewell Alamo Downtown

Ain't It Cool News and Fantastic Fest
present
Patton Oswalt Live in Person
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: June 11

No hyperbole here- Patton Oswalt is my favorite comedian working today. He's smart, shocking and is able to get a crowd excited just as easily by riffing on the news of the day as he can by busting out with his classic jokes. The most important reason he resonates for me though is that he is truly one of us. Obsessed with comics, metaphysically changed in 1977 by the raw power of the original Star Wars, and able to riff on the nuanced distinctions between Autobots and Decepticons, Patton would fit right in to the hardcore Alamo Downtown audience were he to live in our town. Unfortunately, we only get to see him when he is coming through town: for the Comedians of Comedy at SXSW, the Onion launch party or one of his stand-up comedy tours.

When the call went out to our all-time favorite guests to come back to the Alamo Downtown for one final farewell, the stars aligned and Patton happened to be coming through Austin on the Ratatouille Comedy Tour. With the help of Harry Knowles' Ain't It Cool News, Disney and Paramount Vantage, he was able put together not one but two "Farewell to the Alamo Downtown" special events.

Show #1:
Patton Oswalt presents
Ratatouille
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown
7:00 PM

If you aren't super excited about Ratatouille, then you simply are not informed. Ratatouille is Brad Bird's long awaited follow-up to THE INCREDIBLES, without a doubt the peak performance of Pixar to date. RATATOUILLE follows the adventures of a rat named Remy who dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. It's a fun premise (especially fun for us, given the robust food tie-ins), and Brad Bird in my book can do no wrong. However, coupling Patton as the LEAD ACTOR voice with a supporting cast of Will Arnet, Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm and Peter O'Toole to name just a few, my expectations have flown wildly off the charts. Just so everyone knows, this show will feature the "family friendly Patton," all ages are welcome to this show, and from what I can tell, all ages will have a great time with this film.



Show #2:
Patton Oswalt presents
The Foot Fist Way
Alamo Drafthouse Lamar
10:00 PM

The Foot Fist Way doesn't star Patton, nor did he have a hand in writing it. Why then is he hosting a sneak preview screening of it? Because, as I mentioned before, not all that deep down inside, he's a fanboy and he wants this awesome movie to succeed and find an audience. I'll let him sell it in his own words (note: I have changed the words in the following quote, because there may be young, impressionable Ratatouille fans reading. You lot are NOT invited to THE FOOT FIST WAY):

"another film to look out for is THE FOOT FIST WAY. Holy (poo poo), I watched this yesterday morning and nearly laughed myself into a kidney stone. I'm not sure how that works, but the film's (freakin') funny. Danny R. McBride, Ben Best and Jody Hill have crafted a low-budget, Southern flavored THE OFFICE, if Ricky Gervais' character taught tae kwon do -- badly. I don't want to spoil the surprises, the cringe-inducing moments of hilarity, and spot-on dialogue ("I hope your hair literally turns into (poo poo), so when you pull your comb through it, there's bits of (poo poo) stuck to the comb")'"

Just so everyone knows, this show will NOT feature the "family friendly Patton," all ages are NOT welcome to this show.

Both of these sneak preview screenings are free. We are offering them first to Fantastic Fest Badge Holders and Heroes of the Alamo members beginning at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, June 5, and if any are left, they will be opened up to the general public at 5:00 PM on Thursday, June 7. You can reserve your seat to either show by purchasing a pre-paid food/drink voucher. Follow the links below:

Reservation for Ratatouille at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, 7:00 PM, June 11
Reservation for The Foot Fist Way at the Alamo South Lamar, 10:00 PM, June 11