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Susan Tyrrell

Before we watched Night Warning at the Last Night at the Original Alamo Drafthouse, we were introduced to Susan Tyrrell, the star of the film. She was wheeled up on to the stage by Alamo regular David Strong, having lost her legs in 2000 to a rare blood disease. Her artificial legs were [...]

Last Night At The Alamo Drafthouse (Part 3)

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Part 3 – Night Warning

After Earthquake, I worked up the courage to go down and harass Harry Knowles for an autograph. I don’t really know what I was expecting, but he was very gracious, personalizing it and writing “It ain’t cool that this is the last night at the Original Alamo! [...]

Last Night At The Alamo Drafthouse (Part 2)

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Part 2 — Earthquake

After Big Night, Harry Knowles presented ADH founders Tim and Karrie League with a painting of the original Drafthouse by local artist Gordon Jones. While this was going on, and Tim was introducing the next movie, the staff was passed out yellow hard hats. Tim explained that [...]

Last Night At The Alamo Drafthouse (Part 1)

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On June 27th, I attended the final night of the original Alamo Draft House in Austin, TX. I was fortunate enough to obtain tickets for the entire triple feature of Big Night, Earthquake, and Night Warning. It included a 6-course Italian feast during Big Night, hard hats during Earthquake, and a Q&A [...]