An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
Alan Smithee
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Plot Summary
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. Soon everyone, including his power-hungry studio boss (Ryan O'Neal), is after him to get it back! With crowd-pleasing performances from sizzling mega-stars such as Jackie Chan, plus appearances by rappers Coolio and Chuck D, An Alan Smithee FilmM: Burn Hollywood Burn is a wickedly witty behind-the-scenes look at the world of making movies!
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Director
Screenwriter
Producer
- Ben Myron
Movie Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
TOMATOMETER
8%- Reviews Counted: 38
- Fresh: 3
- Rotten: 35
- Average Rating: 2.6/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: Incidentally, it's a bad idea to try bailing out hopelessly flat comedy with outtakes that are funnier than the in-takes manage to be.
Rotten: A caustic but under-funny "expose" of the venality of the motion picture business.
Rotten: A spectacularly bad film -- incompetent, unfunny, ill-conceived, badly executed, lamely written, and acted by people who look trapped in the headlights.
Rotten: If you harbor an interest in watching so-called "industry smarts" autodestruct, this carries a certain morbid appeal, but that's about the extent of it.
Customer Reviews
How is this film on iTunes?
Don't believe the posted review. This film was made for $10 million and grossed $45,000 - less (inflation-adjusted) than "Plan 9 from Outer Space" made in theaters. It is one of the most painfully unfunny films ever made. How Eric Idle and other celebrities were talked into it, I will never know. I'm surprised that iTunes even knows about the film, let alone is selling it. FYI, the title refers to the pseudonym "Alan Smithee", given to a film director who disowns a film. The director of the film is Arthur Hiller, but he hated the film so much that he got an Alan Smithee credit for it, making the film "An Alan Smithee Film..." literally an Alan Smithee film.
dont judge this by the reviews.
hey - it won 5 awards! Worst New Star: Joe Eszterhas (Tied with Jerry Springer for Ringmaster) Worst Original Song: Joe Eszterhas and Gary G-Wiz Worst Picture: Ben Myron Worst Screenplay: Joe Eszterhas Worst Supporting Actor: Joe Eszterhas hahaha
It's ok
I wouldn't tell you to go out and rent this film if you have better stuff to do but it's an entertaining hour and a half even if some stuff in the movie doesn't make much sense like the scene where they cut to Alan in the insane asylum staring out into space for no reason and where they cut to Alan trying to act gangsta.
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