List of films shown at Butt-Numb-A-Thon

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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.

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Feature films are listed in bold. Trailers are listed in italics. All other items are annotated as appropriate.

Butt-Numb-A-Thon 1 (1999)

Butt-Numb-A-Thon 2 (2000)

Butt-Numb-A-Thon 3 (2001)

Butt-Numb-A-Thon 4 (2002)

Butt-Numb-A-Thon 5 (2003)

Butt-Numb-A-Thon 6 (2004)

Dec. 11-12, 2004

The 7th Voyage of Butt-Numb-A-Thon (2005)

Dec. 10-11, 2005 [3]

OctoButt-Numb-A-Thon (2006)

Dec. 9-10, 2006 [4]

Half-Ass-A-Thon (2007)

June 24–25, 2007

Big Trouble at Butt-Numb-A-Thon 9 (2007)

Dec. 8-9, 2007; Alamo Drafthouse at The Ritz, Austin, Texas

EXCLUSIVE CLIPS

The Ten Commandments of Butt-Numb-A-Thon (2008)

Dec. 13-14, 2008; Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Austin, Texas

BNAT 1138 (2009)

December 12–13, 2009: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Austin, Texas

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.

Butt-Numb-A-Thon: The Dirty Dozenth (2010)

Dec. 11-12, 2010; Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Austin, Texas

Butt-Numb-A-Thon: ThirTEEN WOLF, aka BNAT13WOLF (2011)

Dec. 10-11, 2011; Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Austin, Texas

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 (a longtime BNAT attendee whose love for Teen Wolf inspired its unsuccessful inclusion in the festival each year) 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.

Butt-Numb-A-Thon 14: The Lucky Number (2012)

Dec. 8-9 2012; Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Austin, Texas

Butt-Numb-A-Thon 15 (2013)

Dec. 7-8 2013; Alamo Drafthouse Ritz Austin, Texas

Butt-Numb-A-Thon: 16 BNAT Candles (2014)

Dec. 13-14 2014; Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Austin, Texas

Butt-Numb-A-Thon Episode 17: The Ass Awaits! (2015)

Dec. 12-13 2015; Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Austin, Texas

Held in the Holly Blain Memorial Theater

Butt-Numb-A-Thon 18 Psycho (2016)

Dec. 10-11 2016; Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Austin, Texas

Held in the Holly Blain Memorial Theater

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