My Best Friend's Birthday

My Best Friend's Birthday
Clarence (Quentin Tarantino) meets Misty (Crystal Shaw)
Directed byQuentin Tarantino
Screenplay by
  • Craig Hamann
  • Quentin Tarantino
Story byCraig Hamann
Produced by
  • Quentin Tarantino
  • Craig Hamann
  • Rand Vossler
Starring
  • Quentin Tarantino
  • Craig Hamann
  • Crystal Shaw
  • Allen Garfield
  • Al Harrell
  • Brenda Hillhouse
  • Linda Kaye
  • Stevo Polyi
  • Alan Sanborn
  • Rich Turner
  • Rowland Wafford
Cinematography
Edited byQuentin Tarantino
Distributed bySuper Happy Fun
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
70 minutes (original version)
36 minutes (remaining version)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5,000 (estimated)[1]

My Best Friend's Birthday is an unfinished 1987 amateur comedy film directed, edited, co-written, co-produced by and starring Quentin Tarantino.[2][3] 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.

  1. ^ O'Connor, Roision (October 21, 2016). "Quentin Tarantino: Director's first film My Best Friend's Birthday on YouTube". The Independent. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Ferrari, Alex (October 14, 2015). "Quentin Tarantino's Unreleased Feature Film: My Best Friend's Birthday". Indie Film Hustle. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  3. ^ Wild, David (November 3, 1994). "Quentin Tarantino: The Madman of Movie Mayhem". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2021.