An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)

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:

Arthur Hiller (as Alan Smithee)

Writer:

Joe Eszterhas

Stars:

Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D

6 wins & 8 nominations.

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

Storyline

Director Alan Smithee comes to Hollywood to make a movie. Due to a variety of factors, he decides to disown it and direct it under a pseudonym. Unfortunately, the Director's Guild requires that if a director disowns a movie in this fashion, he *must* use the official Director's Guild pseudonym...which happens to be Alan Smithee.

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Plot Keywords:

worst picture razzie winner | hollywood burn | director | hollywood | mockumentary | 

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Taglines:

The movie Hollywood doesn't want you to see

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

18A

Did You Know?

Trivia

The original script specified Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis.

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Quotes

Sylvester Stallone: Look, I'm doing this for free so don't bust my balls, okay?

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Crazy Credits

Various extra scenes and outtakes during the end credits.

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Connections

References Petticoat Junction (1963)

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Soundtracks

WITH IT
Written by Kyle Jason, Brian Hargrove, and Dave Orgin
Performed by 'Kyle Jason & Hardgroove's Flying Circus'
Courtesy of Slam Jamz/Columbia

User Reviews

Engagingingly funny, but for a limited audience

If you are in the feature film industry, what makes this picture so funny is the close parody... some of the characters appear to be modeled on real people. It would not be too far a stretch of the imagination to believe that two of the characters are parodies of Peter Guber and John Peters of Sony Pictures. Read the true story of these two guys' careers, documented in the book, Hit and Run, then watch Burn Hollywood Burn again. You will probably find the film twice as entertaining as the first time you watched it. After having last watched the film 7 years ago, I bought the DVD this week because I wanted to see if I could grab the title track that I liked, and I also clearly remembered (and liked) the graffiti art that was drawn for the movie title. Once I got the DVD in my hands, though, I watched the film all the way through again, and enjoyed it every bit as much as the first time I saw it.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 May 1998 (Thailand)

Also Known As:

An Alan Smithee Film

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$28,992, 1 March 1998

Gross USA:

$45,779

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$59,921

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1