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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998)
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20 February 1998 (USA) moreTagline:
The movie Hollywood doesn't want you to see morePlot:
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 synopsisPlot Keywords:
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5 wins & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Eszterhas Throws Gauntlet At Lieberman (From Studio Briefing. 28 August 2000)
Alan Smithee R.I.P. (From Studio Briefing. 17 January 2000)
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Engagingingly funny, but for a limited audience moreCast
(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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An Alan Smithee Film (USA) (working title)Burn Hollywood Burn (UK) (video title)
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Rated R for strong language and some sexual humor.Parents Guide:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Australia:MA | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | France:U | Hong Kong:IIB | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | Singapore:R(A) | UK:15 | USA:R | Germany:12Filming Locations:
La Brea Tar Pits, Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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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. moreQuotes:
Alan Smithee: [beating his head] I cut the picture. They cut the picture. I didn't cut the picture. They cut the picture... moreFAQ
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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.