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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
A witless Hollywood satire whose hammy, obvious jokes are neither funny nor insightful of the movie business. The cast and crew of an action movie tell why its institutionalized director...
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- Arthur Hiller
- R
- Ryan O'neal
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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn. A Hollywood director steals his own film from the studio, and the race is on to get it back in this witty behind-the-scenes look at the motion picture industry. 41 IMDb 3.5 1 h 25 min 1998. X-Ray R. Comedy. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.99. Buy. HD $17.99. More purchase. options.
Feb 27, 1998 · Directed by. Alan Smithee. ''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.
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn. With hilarious humor and an all-star cast -- get ready for the ultimate comedy about the movie business! It's the wild story of a Hollywood director, Alan Smithee (Eric Idle -- Monty Python and the Holy Grail), who steals his own film from the studio.
Feb 20, 1998 · Play Trailer. The Movie Hollywood Doesn't Want You to See. Overview. Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and leaves the cast and crew in a frenzy. Arthur Hiller. Director. Alan Smithee. Director. Joe Eszterhas. Writer.