March 20, 2007
Grindhouse Premiere Announced
With April 6th only a few short weeks away, we were starting to think that there would be no super-fancy Austin premiere for Grindhouse. We'd heard speculation that the film would debut at a surprise screening during South by Southwest Film, but obviously that didn't happen, so we prepared for the worst—seeing Grindhouse on its opening night in April just like the rest of the stupid non-Austin world.
But in the end, Rodriguez and Tarantino came through for us Austin film nerds: yesterday, the AFS announced a special screening of Grindhouse at the Paramount next Wednesday, March 28th, with Rodriguez, Tarantino and "special guests" in attendance!
Here's the lowdown on tickets: starting at noon today, AFS members can buy tickets at the Paramount Box Office. Then at noon on Thursday, the general public can buy 'em at the Box Office, or on GetTix. And if you're some kind of aristocrat, you can buy $100 VIP tickets right now by calling the Austin Film Society at 512-322-0145 (we assume the VIP ticket includes a reception after the film, but details are scarce).
Austin Premiere of Grindhouse
Wednesday, March 28th
Paramount Theatre
7pm, $25-$35 / $20-$30 AFS
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Are you sure Grindhouse didn't premiere at SXSW? Some ol' big headed stuck up girl on a message board told me she saw it here. But she also said it was 2 hours long and by everything I've read, it's at least 3 hours long.
But anyway -- can't wait to see the Chili Parlor and the Omelettry and all that shit on the big screen.
That girl sounds like a lying scumbag.
It's entirely possible that it ran at SX (I've been wrong before. Twice). But if so, they sure did a great job of keeping it quiet, because I didn't hear a peep about it--and I was keeping an ear bent the whole festival. Word was that it wasn't finished yet, hence the delay in planning a premiere.
Odds are, that girl was talking about the Grindhouse 101 panel. But again, anything's possible.