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Jan 1, 1987 · My Best Friend's Birthday: Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Craig Hamann, Quentin Tarantino, Crystal Shaw Martell, Allen Garfield. It's Mickey's Birthday and his girlfriend just left him, so that's when his friend Clarence shows him a birthday he'll never forget.
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- Comedy
- Quentin Tarantino
- 1987-01-01
My Best Friend's Birthday is a 1987 amateur comedy film directed, edited, co-written, co-produced by and starring Quentin Tarantino. The film was shot in black-and-white and was originally meant to have a runtime of seventy minutes, but only 36 minutes of the film are edited altogether, leaving the project unfinished.
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Quentin Tarantino: Clarence PoolRich Turner: Oliver BrandonAllen GarfieldAl Harell: CliffordWritten and directed by: Quentin Tarantino and Craig HamannProduced by Quentin Tarantino, Craig Hamann and Rand VosslerCinematography: Roger Avary, Scott McGill, Roberto A. Quezada and Rand VosslerSound: Dov SchwarzThat Darn Cat! (1965): The film's poster is seen briefly in Clarence's apartment.Chato's Land (1972): The film's poster is seen briefly in Clarence's apartment."I Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash"Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet"Nadine" by Chuck Berry"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis PresleyThere is a scene in the film that seems to have inspired the movie poster for Pulp Fiction as an actress poses in the same pose Mia Wallaceis in.K-Billy Radio makes it first appearance here as Clarence Pool is a disc jockey for them. K-Billy also is referenced in Reservoir Dogs.Tarantino's friend Stevo Polyi later appeared in Reservoir Dogs in Mr. Orange's flashback as a Sheriff in the bathroom story. Brenda Hillhouse appeared in both Pulp Fiction and Robert Rodriguez's F...The call girl character Misty Knight is a reference to a Marvel comic book character with the same name.Fewer than 40 minutes survive of My Best Friend's Birthday, the first film directed by Quentin Tarantino. But its brief screen time runs dense with references to Elvis Presley, the Partridge Family, A Countess from Hong Kong, Rod Stewart, Deputy Dawg, and That Darn Cat.
It is about Mickey, who has been dumped by his girlfriend, and Clarence, who's trying to give his friend an unforgettable birthday. My Best Friend's Birthday is a partially lost black-and-white amateur film.
It is about Mickey, who has been dumped by his girlfriend, and Clarence, who's trying to give his friend an unforgettable birthday. My Best Friend's Birthday is a partially lost black-and-white amateur film.
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- Novacaine Films, Scrazner Films
- Quentin Tarantino
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My Best Friend's Birthday is a partially lost black-and-white amateur film written by Craig Hamann and Quentin Tarantino and directed by Quentin Tarantino, while he was working at the now shuttered Video Archives in Manhattan Beach, California.
