Fantastic Fest announces Sin City: Recut & Extended, Feast, The Wild Blue Yonder

The inaugural Fantastic Fest (Oct. 6-9, 2005) will present sneak previews of Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller’s SIN CITY: RECUT & EXTENDED; John Gulager’s Project Greenlight horror film FEAST as a work-in-progress; and Werner Herzog’s science-fiction fantasy THE WILD BLUE YONDER (Winner, FIPRESCI Prize, 2005 Venice Film Festival). The Opening Night film will be ZATHURA, Jon Favreau's adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg's best-selling sci-fi adventure.

Fantastic Fest is a new four-day international genre film festival devoted to sci-fi, horror, fantasy, and animation, presented by the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema South Lamar under the direction of Tim League (“#1 Theater Doing It Right” - Entertainment Weekly). It was conceived by co-chairs Paul Alvarado-Dykstra and Tim McCanlies (The Iron Giant, Secondhand Lions), who comprise a programming team that also includes Harry Knowles (Ain’t It Cool News), Matt Dentler (SXSW Film Festival), and Kier-La Janisse (Cinemuerte Film Festival).

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