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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn

  • 19971997
  • RR
  • 1h 26m
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3.5/10
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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)
Comedy
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 ma... Read allWhen 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.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.
IMDb RATING
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3.7K
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  • Director
    • Arthur Hiller
    • Joe Eszterhas
  • Stars
    • Ryan O'Neal
    • Coolio
    • Chuck D
  • Director
    • Arthur Hiller
    • Joe Eszterhas
  • Stars
    • Ryan O'Neal
    • Coolio
    • Chuck D
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 89User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
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    Ryan O'Neal
    Ryan O'Neal
    • James Edmunds
    Coolio
    Coolio
    • Dion Brothers
    Chuck D
    Chuck D
    • Leon Brothers
    Eric Idle
    Eric Idle
    • Alan Smithee
    Richard Jeni
    Richard Jeni
    • Jerry Glover
    Leslie Stefanson
    Leslie Stefanson
    • Michelle Rafferty
    Sandra Bernhard
    Sandra Bernhard
    • Ann Glover
    Cherie Lunghi
    Cherie Lunghi
    • Myrna Smithee
    Harvey Weinstein
    Harvey Weinstein
    • Sam Rizzo
    Gavin Polone
    Gavin Polone
    • Gary Samuels
    MC Lyte
    MC Lyte
    • Sista Tu Lumumba
    Marcello Thedford
    Marcello Thedford
    • Stagger Lee
    Nicole Nagel
    Nicole Nagel
    • Aloe Vera
    Stephen Tobolowsky
    Stephen Tobolowsky
    • Bill Bardo
    Erik King
    Erik King
    • Wayne Jackson
    Jim Piddock
    Jim Piddock
    • Attendant #1
    Naomi Campbell
    Naomi Campbell
    • Attendant #2
    Marianne Muellerleile
    Marianne Muellerleile
    • Sheila Caslin
    • Director
      • Arthur Hiller
      • Joe Eszterhas
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      After Arthur Hiller had his credit changed to Alan Smithee, the Director's Guild of America retired the name Alan Smithee. This is the last movie to ever bear that pseudonym.
    • Goofs
      Ryan O'Neal is tearing down the highway in a sports car with the speed gauge standing in flat zero.
    • Quotes

      Alan Smithee: It's worse than "Showgirls"!

    • Crazy credits
      Various extra scenes and outtakes during the end credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Kissing a Fool/An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn/Krippendorf's Tribe/The Real Blonde/Dark City/The Long Way Home (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Holly Should
      Written by Steve Nelson

      Performed by Steve Nelson

    User reviews89

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    This movie is good
    I saw this movie like, three years ago on HBO, or something, and I thought it was awesome. So I decided to see what people on the net had to say about it, and I was shocked. Apparently everyone and there mother hates this film. I don't know why. Sure it's no masterpiece, but only a handful of movies are. When Roger Ebert said it was worst than Showgirls, he went too far. At worst, I expected reviews like 2/5 stars, or 4.5/10 points. Instead I got things like 0 stars, something I didn't even know existed. I could see people didn't like the way the actors looked at the screen (even though it was a mockumentary), or the way you can't care too much for any one character (even though it's a satire, in which society as a whole should look bad). The movie has an odd flow to it (is that bad?), which I found cool. I Don't see why people can praise films like "Memento" (which told a story in an unconventional way, just like "Burn"), or "Spinal Tap" (which has no real plot, just like "Burn"), and not give this movie, and at least average review. If you can find it, watch it and decide for yourself, don't take the word of these flakers and perpetrators.
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    • lochrianx
    • Jul 29, 2002

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    • Release date
      • May 8, 1998 (Thailand)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • La Brea Tar Pits - 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cinergi Pictures Entertainment
      • Hollywood Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 26 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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