An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn

Burn Hollywood (Alternative video title: Hell of Hollywood; Original Title: An Alan Smithee film: Burn Hollywood Burn ). 's An American comedy film from 1998 directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Joe Eszterhas.

Action

The film consists of several interviews as structured parts, which are combined with off-screen voices. The cutter Alan Smithee is charged with directing an action film with a large budget in which to play Jackie Chan, Whoopi Goldberg and Sylvester Stallone. The studio cut to the finished film, what Smithee said the film had become worse than Showgirls. He finds that he can not make good use of the usual pseudonym Alan Smithee, because it is his real name. Smithee it destroys the single copy of the film. He is rushed to the English Keith Moon Psychiatric Institute.

Smithee is considered lost, his disappearance is discussed in the media. Among others, the title page of the industry paper Variety is shown. The producers hire a private investigator to search for him. The studio wants to take revenge later by a biopic about Smithee is produced.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times, 27 February 1998, the film was " spectacular bad" - incompetent, unfunny, lame written, poorly executed and played. Most of the many celebrities have no idea who they were.

The lexicon of international film wrote that the film was " to design half-hearted attempt by the 1955 by the Directors ' Guild of America created the pseudonym Alan Smithee ' is a parody of the business practices of Hollywood " one. He was " in all respects poor " and could " certainly at no point will the studio system dangerous."

Awards

The film received in 1999, the Golden Raspberry Awards in five categories; four of them were Joe Eszterhas for his screenplay for his supporting role and for the song I Wanna Be Mike Ovitz! . The fifth Razzie got Ben Myron in the category Worst Picture. In addition, the film was nominated in four categories for the Golden Raspberry, including for director and for the representations of Ryan O'Neal and Sylvester Stallone. In 2000 he was nominated for another Razzie as Worst Picture of the Decade.

Background

The film was shot in Los Angeles. His cost of production was estimated at 10 million U.S. dollars. The film played in selected cinemas in the United States about a 44 thousand U.S. dollars. In some countries, such as Portugal and the UK it was released directly to video.

As the director Arthur Hiller was dissatisfied with the cut, his name was replaced by the uncredited frequently used pseudonym Alan Smithee.

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