{"id":1290,"date":"2011-01-13T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2011\/01\/13\/quentin-tarantinos-first-film-my-best-friends-birthday\/"},"modified":"2011-01-13T14:48:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T19:48:00","slug":"quentin-tarantinos-first-film-my-best-friends-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2011\/01\/13\/quentin-tarantinos-first-film-my-best-friends-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Quentin Tarantino’s First Film – My Best Friend’s Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My Best Friend\u2019s Birthday<\/a> is the first film made by Quentin Tarantino<\/a>, eight years before Reservoir Dogs. It was created as a collaboration with Roger Avary<\/a> in 1984 and shot on a budget of $5,000. A 70-minute rough cut was made, but a fire at the lab damaged the film and only 36 minutes of it was recovered. <\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>As seen on the Laughing Squid<\/a> blog.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Films written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino:<\/span>
Reservoir Dogs<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 4676
Pulp Fiction<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 1244
Jackie Brown<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 2988
Kill Bill Vol 1<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 793
Kill Bill Vol 2<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 794
Four Rooms<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 6538
Death Proof<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 5202
Inglorious Basterds<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 7555
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Films featuring, produced by, written by, or in some way associated with Quentin Tarantino:<\/span>
Natural Born Killers<\/a> \u2013 DVD 1670
True Romance<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD3820
Blind Swordsmen: Zato\u0302<\/span>ichi<\/a> <\/span>\u2013 HU DVD 4230
Desperado<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 5569
Baad Assss Cinema: A Bold Look at Blaxploitation<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 539
Planet Terror<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 5201<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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