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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) -- Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad, big budget action film which he proceeds to steal the reels and leave the cast and crew in a frenzy.

Overview

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Writer (WGA):
Joe Eszterhas (written by)
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Release Date:
20 February 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
The movie Hollywood doesn't want you to see more
Plot:
Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad, big budget action film which he proceeds to steal the reels and leave the cast and crew in a frenzy. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Highly underrated more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ryan O'Neal ... James Edmunds

Coolio ... Dion Brothers
Chuck D. ... Leon Brothers

Eric Idle ... Alan Smithee

Richard Jeni ... Jerry Glover

Leslie Stefanson ... Michelle Rafferty

Sandra Bernhard ... Ann Glover
Cherie Lunghi ... Myrna Smithee

Harvey Weinstein ... Sam Rizzo
Gavin Polone ... Gary Samuels
MC Lyte ... Sista Tu Lumumba
Marcello Thedford ... Stagger Lee

Nicole Nagel ... Aloe Vera

Stephen Tobolowsky ... Bill Bardo
Erik King ... Wayne Jackson
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
An Alan Smithee Film (USA) (working title)
Burn Hollywood Burn (UK) (video title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong language and some sexual humor.
Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
After Arthur Hiller had his credit changed to Alan Smithee, the Director's Guild of America unregistered the name Alan Smithee, therefore this film is the last film to ever bear that pseudonym. more
Quotes:
James Edmunds: The three dudes were more subliminal than the Batman Logo. We could have out-grossed ET! more
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Features Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) more

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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Highly underrated, 20 February 2004
7/10
Author: FFT5305 from Baltimore, MD

This film is actually a rather intelligent, if cynical, satire of the shallow and idiotic nature of Hollywood. More cameos than you can shake a stick at. Ryan O'Neal is great as an amoral producer. Eric Idle is even better as an unfortunate director named Alan Smithee whose movie is corrupted by the studio. He wants to remove his name from the movie, but since Alan Smithee is the pseudonym used for directors who want to remove their name from a picture, he is out of luck and becomes... unbalanced. Very dry, but very amusing. If you liked Last Action Hero and Purple Rose of Cairo, you'll probably like this.

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