QT8: The First Eight

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• Samuel L. Jackson
• Tim Roth
• Jennifer Jason Leigh
• Diane Kruger
• Kurt Russell
• Christoph Waltz
• Jamie Foxx
• Lucy Liu
• Bruce Dern
• Robert Forster
• Zoë Bell
• Eli Roth
• Michael Madsen
• Stacey Sher
• Scott Spiegel
• Richard N. Gladstein
• Louis Black

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In November 2015, about a month away from the release of Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, Tara Wood announced the making of a documentary on Tarantino. Originally titled 21 Years: Quentin Tarantino, it continues Wood's 21 Years documentary series after the release of the 2014 documentary dedicated to Richard Linklater.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/11/quentin-tarantino-is-getting-the-21-years-documentary-treatment-54505/|title=Quentin Tarantino is Getting the '21 Years' Documentary Treatment|first=Zack|last=Sharf|website=IndieWire|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=November 10, 2015|access-date=January 8, 2020}} Early reports mentioned that it would have included interviews from John Travolta, Kerry Washington, Uma Thurman, Brad Pitt (who was busy due to promoting By the Sea), and Pam Grier (who was on the fence to appear).{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/quentin-tarantino-documentary-starts-production-as-producers-shop-rights-at-afm/|title=Quentin Tarantino Documentary Starts Production as Producers Shop Rights at AFM|first=Jeff|last=Sneider|website=The Wrap|date=November 9, 2015|access-date=January 8, 2020}}

In 2016, the documentary was picked up by The Weinstein Company, who had collaborated on all of Tarantino's films at the time, for an international release, with the exception on the French-speaking market.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/weinstein-company-quentin-tarantino-documentary-21-years-cannes/|title=Weinstein Company Acquires Quentin Tarantino Documentary '21 Years'|first=Joe|last=Otterson|website=The Wrap|date=May 20, 2016|access-date=January 8, 2020}} The film was picked up at that year's Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/21-years-quentin-tarantino-director-reclaims-rights-1203137946/|title=Director Reclaims Rights to Documentary '21 Years: Quentin Tarantino' (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Dave|last=McNary|website=Variety|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=February 13, 2019|access-date=January 8, 2020}}

Following the Harvey Weinstein scandal breaking loose in late 2017, Wood tried to reclaim ownership to the project in the hopes to "allow the project to be handled with the care and consideration it, Mr. Tarantino, and all the participants deserve." The Weinstein Company refused, and the company filed for bankruptcy in March 2018. In July of that same year, the studio's successor Lantern Entertainment was formed and relinquished the film out of the sale by September. Following the ownership return, Wood said in a statement:

{{blockquote|We are thrilled, and eager to conduct our final interviews and complete the documentary, free from Harvey Weinstein and his complicit cohorts. We look forward to finding a new distribution partner, timed with the July 2019 release of Quentin’s next film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.}}

The director's company, Wood Entertainment, partnered with Entertainment Squad to release the films in theaters and on demand.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sales-tara-woods-quentin-tarantino-doc-qt8-first-eight-1253657/|title=AFM: Quentin Tarantino Doc 'QT8: The First Eight' Sells Wide|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 9, 2019}}

Entertainment Squad release the film in theaters for a one night Fathom Events showing on October 21, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.fathomevents.com/events/qt8|title=QT8: The First Eight|publisher=Fathom Events|date=September 12, 2019|access-date=January 8, 2020}}

Under the Fathom Events showing, the film earned a total gross of $101,346. Playing in over 458 theaters, the film earned a domestic gross of $51,896, and earned $49,450 internationally.

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Tarantino himself gave a positive response to the film. At a screening of the film, he said:

{{blockquote|Tara Wood did a really, really good job with this film... one of the things I think is interesting about the film, as opposed to everybody else who does a movie about filmmakers, she never asked to interview me, which I liked. I thought that was really cool. Normally that's the hook that everyone hangs their hat on.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/QT8Movie/videos/725022064673774/|title=Quentin Tarantino shares his thoughts on QT8!|publisher=Facebook|access-date=January 8, 2020|date=December 16, 2019}}}}

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• [https://qt8thefirsteight.com/ Official website]
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4329810/ QT8: The First Eight] on Internet Movie Database
• [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/qt8_the_first_eight QT8: The First Eight] on Rotten Tomatoes

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