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Knowles was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Austin_Film_Critics_Association" title="Austin Film Critics Association">Austin Film Critics Association</a> until he was removed in September 2017 "by a substantial majority vote" of the organization following allegations of sexual assault.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-afc_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harry Jay Knowles was born in <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a>, the son of Jarrell Jay Knowles and Helen Jane (Harrison) Knowles. Knowles' parents separated in 1983 and divorced March 12, 1984; his mother received custody of him and his younger sister Dannie.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On January 24, 1996, Knowles tripped on a hose at a memorabilia show and injured his back, partially paralyzing his legs. While at home after the accident, Knowles began writing online.<sup id="cite_ref-hollywoodreporter.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hollywoodreporter.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His first semi-professional job was providing weekend box office reports to the <a href="/wiki/Drudge_Report" title="Drudge Report">Drudge Report</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hollywoodreporter.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hollywoodreporter.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He launched the "Ain't It Cool News" site in 1996, taking its name from a line spoken by <a href="/wiki/John_Travolta" title="John Travolta">John Travolta</a>'s character in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Broken_Arrow_(1996_film)" title="Broken Arrow (1996 film)">Broken Arrow</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appearances_in_the_media">Appearances in the media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Appearances in the media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because of the popularity of the website, Knowles was sought out by the mainstream media, including magazines, newspapers and television news programs. In 2000, he was ranked No. 95 in the <a href="/wiki/Forbes_Celebrity_100" title="Forbes Celebrity 100">Forbes Celebrity 100</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Knowles has made guest appearances on the television shows <i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Movies_with_Ebert_%26_Roeper" class="mw-redirect" title="At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper">Siskel & Ebert & the Movies</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Politically_Incorrect" title="Politically Incorrect">Politically Incorrect</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Knowles is featured in the documentary <i><a href="/wiki/For_the_Love_of_Movies:_The_Story_of_American_Film_Criticism" title="For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism">For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism</a></i> as an advocate of film criticism on the Internet; he articulates the divide between older and younger critics and advocates for the films of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay">Michael Bay</a>, as well as being one of the first major critics to champion genre favorite <a href="/wiki/Adam_Green_(filmmaker)" title="Adam Green (filmmaker)">Adam Green</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_events">Film events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Film events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Butt-Numb-a-Thon">Butt-Numb-a-Thon</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Butt-Numb-a-Thon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tim_League_Harry_Knowles_Cole_Dabney_Fantastic_Fest.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Tim_League_Harry_Knowles_Cole_Dabney_Fantastic_Fest.jpg/220px-Tim_League_Harry_Knowles_Cole_Dabney_Fantastic_Fest.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Tim_League_Harry_Knowles_Cole_Dabney_Fantastic_Fest.jpg/330px-Tim_League_Harry_Knowles_Cole_Dabney_Fantastic_Fest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Tim_League_Harry_Knowles_Cole_Dabney_Fantastic_Fest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="403" data-file-height="604" /></a><figcaption>Harry Knowles (center) along with <a href="/wiki/Tim_League" title="Tim League">Tim League</a> (left) and Cole Dabney at the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Fest" title="Fantastic Fest">Fantastic Fest</a></figcaption></figure> <p>From 1999 to 2016, on the weekend closest to his birthday (December 11), Knowles hosted an event called <a href="/wiki/Butt-Numb-A-Thon" title="Butt-Numb-A-Thon">Butt-Numb-A-Thon</a>. The event, also known as Geek Christmas, was a 24-hour celebration of film, featuring unofficial <a href="/wiki/Premiere" title="Premiere">premieres</a> and vintage films, from classics reprinted for the big-screen, to the rare, weird and unheard of. Film fans and professionals alike traveled from all over the United States and the world to attend the event, which was hosted in Austin at the South Lamar <a href="/wiki/Alamo_Drafthouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Alamo Drafthouse">Alamo Drafthouse</a>. BNAT was called "the world's most exclusive and mysteriously secretive film celebration" and "the hardest film event to get into in the country". Following revelations of sexual assault and harassment allegations against Knowles in September 2017, the Alamo Drafthouse, which had been the venue for the festival, ended all association with Knowles.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fantastic_Fest">Fantastic Fest</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fantastic Fest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Knowles is a co-founder of the annual <a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Fest" title="Fantastic Fest">Fantastic Fest</a>, held in <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a>. It was founded in 2005 by Knowles, Tim League of <a href="/wiki/Alamo_Drafthouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Alamo Drafthouse">Alamo Drafthouse</a>, Paul Alvarado-Dykstra and <a href="/wiki/Tim_McCanlies" title="Tim McCanlies">Tim McCanlies</a>, writer of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Iron_Giant" title="The Iron Giant">The Iron Giant</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Secondhand_Lions" title="Secondhand Lions">Secondhand Lions</a></i>. The festival focuses on genre films such as horror, <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_film" title="Science fiction film">science fiction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_film" title="Fantasy film">fantasy</a>, action, <a href="/wiki/Asian_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian cinema">Asian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cult_status" class="mw-redirect" title="Cult status">cult cinema</a>. The festival takes place in September at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. </p><p>On September 21, 2017, days before allegations of sexual assault by Knowles surfaced, it was announced that <i>AICN</i> had been dropped as a sponsor of the festival.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 25, 2017, the Alamo Drafthouse severed all business ties with Knowles.<sup id="cite_ref-hollywoodreporter1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hollywoodreporter1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accusations_of_biased_reviews">Accusations of biased reviews</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Accusations of biased reviews"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Knowles attended events offered to the press, paid for by the movie studios, including visits to movie sets and premieres, which led to questions about the resulting impartiality of his articles and reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, after being flown to the premiere of the 1998 <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1998_film)" title="Godzilla (1998 film)">Godzilla</a></i> movie, he gave the movie a wildly positive review,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the vast majority of critics disliked the film.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, Knowles praised a script by Drew McWeeny and Scott Swan, but he did not mention that McWeeny was a contributor to the site (writing under the pseudonym "Moriarty"). This and other alleged lapses were reported in a series of articles in <i><a href="/wiki/Film_Threat" title="Film Threat">Film Threat</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fake_Oscar_nominees_story">Fake Oscar nominees story</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Fake Oscar nominees story"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early 2000, Knowles posted materials stolen from an ABC staffer's home computer, which Knowles took at face value to be the Oscar nominees for the Academy Awards, a day before the official announcement. When the actual nominees were announced the following day, it was discovered that his finalists in almost every category were incorrect. Knowles acknowledged his error when it became clear he was wrong, but then disclosed the IP address of the person whose computer had been hacked, compounding the error. The Academy considered suing Knowles for trademark and copyright infringement, but ultimately decided against it.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Feud_with_Uwe_Boll">Feud with Uwe Boll</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Feud with Uwe Boll"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Uwe_Boll" title="Uwe Boll">Uwe Boll</a> has long feuded with Knowles, calling him a "retard" in response to his criticisms, and accusing him of being "played" by film studios that "kissed his ass" with set visits and fake interest in producing movies for him, and suggesting to Knowles that the reason he hates him is because "I never kissed your ass, Harry."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacre_claim"><i>Texas Chain Saw Massacre</i> claim</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Texas Chain Saw Massacre claim"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Gunnar_Hansen" title="Gunnar Hansen">Gunnar Hansen</a>, the actor who played <a href="/wiki/Leatherface" title="Leatherface">Leatherface</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacre" title="The Texas Chain Saw Massacre">The Texas Chain Saw Massacre</a></i>, used Knowles as an example of fans creating fictional personal stories around the film. Knowles had claimed that at his third birthday party, he was treated to a visit from the cast in full costume, and was given a prop dismembered body part used in the making of the film. Hansen adamantly denied that any of this ever occurred.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tax_delinquency">Tax delinquency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tax delinquency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 2013, following the rise and fall of <i>Ain't It Cool News</i> in popularity, the site owed about $300,000 in unpaid taxes.<sup id="cite_ref-hollywoodreporter.com_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hollywoodreporter.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexual_assault_allegations">Sexual assault allegations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sexual assault allegations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 23, 2017, it was reported on <i><a href="/wiki/IndieWire" title="IndieWire">IndieWire</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and circulated in other national media that Knowles had allegedly sexually assaulted a woman named Jasmine Baker on two occasions in 1999 and 2000 at Alamo Drafthouse events in Austin; furthermore, Baker stated that, while Drafthouse's co-founders Tim and Karrie League were horrified to learn of the incident, they "didn't know what to do" and suggested that she "just avoid" Knowles, who denied the accusation.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response to the story, a number of <i>Ain't It Cool News</i> contributors resigned from the site.<sup id="cite_ref-Variety_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Ain't It Cool</i> writer Horrorella announced her departure on September 24.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Longtime writers Steve Prokopy, who used the pseudonym "Capone", and Eric Vespe, known as "Quint", both of whom had been with the site since its beginnings, announced September 25 that they were leaving <i>AICN</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Variety_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 25, Alamo Drafthouse owner Tim League announced that the company, whose theater had served as home to the annual <a href="/wiki/Butt-Numb-A-Thon" title="Butt-Numb-A-Thon">Butt-Numb-A-Thon</a> film fest Knowles organized, had severed all ties with Knowles as a result of the controversy,<sup id="cite_ref-hollywoodreporter1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hollywoodreporter1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the <a href="/wiki/Austin_Film_Critics_Association" title="Austin Film Critics Association">Austin Film Critics Association</a> voted to remove Knowles as a member of the group.<sup id="cite_ref-afc_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By September 26, four more women had come forward on social media and through interviews with <i>IndieWire</i> to accuse Knowles of sexual assault and sexual harassment.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the release of the additional women's allegations, Knowles announced on social media on September 26, 2017, that he was taking a leave of absence from <i>Ain't It Cool News</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 11, 2020, Knowles posted "AN APOLOGY" on the site, three years after the accusations.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criticism_of_writing">Criticism of writing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Criticism of writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Knowles's reviews have been described as misogynistic.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2022 retrospective piece, <i><a href="/wiki/Slate_(magazine)" title="Slate (magazine)">Slate</a></i> writer Jason Bailey dubbed Knowles' review of <i><a href="/wiki/Blade_II" title="Blade II">Blade II</a></i> “quite possibly the worst movie review ever published, at least in an outlet of note”, highlighting its numerous technical flaws, shallow analysis of the movie, and graphic extended metaphors comparing the viewing experience to <a href="/wiki/Cunnilingus" title="Cunnilingus">cunnilingus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Knowles married Patricia Cho Jones on July 15, 2007, at <a href="/wiki/Green_Pastures_(Austin,_Texas)" title="Green Pastures (Austin, Texas)">Green Pastures</a> in Austin.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 4, 2008, Knowles announced that he was diagnosed as a <a href="/wiki/Diabetes_mellitus_type_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Diabetes mellitus type 2">type 2 diabetic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2011, Knowles underwent emergency spinal surgery to his T-10 vertebra. According to Knowles, the surgery restored sensation in his legs for the first time in over 15 years, and he would be undergoing physical therapy to learn to walk again.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film_credits">Film credits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Film credits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ballad_of_the_Sad_Caf%C3%A9_(film)" title="The Ballad of the Sad Café (film)">The Ballad of the Sad Café</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Colin_Fitz_Lives!" title="Colin Fitz Lives!">Colin Fitz Lives!</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Faculty" title="The Faculty">The Faculty</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monkeybone" title="Monkeybone">Monkeybone</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ghosts_of_Mars" title="Ghosts of Mars">Ghosts of Mars</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Texas_Chainsaw_Massacre_(2003_film)" title="The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)">The Texas Chainsaw Massacre</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No_Pain,_No_Gain_(2005_film)" title="No Pain, No Gain (2005 film)">No Pain, No Gain</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pathogen_(film)" title="Pathogen (film)">Pathogen</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zombie_Girl:_The_Movie" title="Zombie Girl: The Movie">Zombie Girl: The Movie</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Sucky_Teen_Romance" title="My Sucky Teen Romance">My Sucky Teen Romance</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Comic-Con_Episode_IV:_A_Fan%27s_Hope" title="Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope">Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope</a></i> (2011)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portrayals">Portrayals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Portrayals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was played by <a href="/wiki/Ethan_Suplee" title="Ethan Suplee">Ethan Suplee</a> in the 2009 movie <i><a href="/wiki/Fanboys_(2009_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fanboys (2009 film)">Fanboys</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Knowles&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Weinraub, Bernard (November 16, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/16/magazine/the-two-hollywoods-harry-knowles-is-always-listening.html">"The Two Hollywoods; 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