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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (stylized on-screen as Burn Hollywood Burn) is a 1997 American mockumentary black comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Joe Eszterhas and starring Eric Idle as a director unfortunately named Alan Smithee, a traditional pseudonym used in Hollywood for directors disowning a project.
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May 8, 1998 · An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn: Directed by Arthur Hiller. With Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D, Eric Idle. When a rookie filmmaker with the unfortunate name Alan Smithee realizes he's an unwitting studio puppet, being forced to make a big-budget action movie he knows is horrible, he steals the master reels and tries to make a deal.
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- Comedy
- Arthur Hiller
- 1998-05-08
Alan Smithee (also Allen Smithee) is an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project. Coined in 1968 and used until it was formally discontinued in 2000, it was the sole pseudonym used by members of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) when directors, dissatisfied with the final product, proved to the satisfaction of a guild panel that they had not been able to ...
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Joe Eszterhas. ''An Alan Smithee Film Burn Hollywood Burn'' is a spectacularly bad film--incompetent, unfunny, ill-conceived, badly executed, lamely written, and acted by people who look trapped in the headlights. The title provides clues to the film's misfortune. It was originally titled ''An Alan Smithee Film.''. Then ''Burn, Hollywood, Burn!''.
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn ★½ Burn, Hollywood, Burn 1997 (R)Follows a British director (Idle), whose given name is Alan Smithee, as he kidnaps the reels of his own picture when he realizes he hates the movie but can't remove his name from it since the Directors Guild of America's official pseudonym for disputed films is “Alan Smithee.”
Burn Hollywood, Burn AKA An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn is by no means a good film, but it has its moments of laughter. The mere existence of the film is endlessly fascinating. Written by then widely known Joe Eszterhas, the film is his satire on the Hollywood industry.
Summaries. When a rookie filmmaker with the unfortunate name Alan Smithee realizes he's an unwitting studio puppet, being forced to make a big-budget action movie he knows is horrible, he steals the master reels and tries to make a deal. Director Alan Smithee comes to Hollywood to make a movie. Due to a variety of factors, he decides to disown ...
