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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) -- Alan Smithee wants to remove his name from the biggest movie flop.
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.

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Writer (WGA):
Joe Eszterhas (written by)
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Release Date:
20 February 1998 (USA) more
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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
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(8 articles)
Burn Hollywood Burn!
 (From Huffington Post. 4 December 2009, 7:12 AM, PST)

Joe Eszterhas Returns to Tell Story of the Virgin of Guadalupe
 (From Slash Film. 6 August 2009, 6:22 AM, PDT)

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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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Also Known As:
An Alan Smithee Film (USA) (working title)
Burn Hollywood Burn (UK) (video title)
¡Arde Hollywood! (Spain) [es]
An Alan Smithee Film (France) [fr]
Die Hölle Hollywood (Germany) [de]
Fahr zur Hölle Hollywood (Germany) [de]
Hollywood al rojo vivo (Argentina) (video title) [es]
Hollywood brucia (Italy) [it]
Spalic Hollywood (Poland) [pl]
Um Realizador de Respeito (Portugal) [pt]
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong language and some sexual humor.
Runtime:
86 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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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
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Jackie Chan: I don't die. Even if I die, I come back with Reincarnation, so I don't die! more
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13 out of 15 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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