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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood, Burn (the onscreen title is simply Burn Hollywood Burn) is a 1998 American mockumentary comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller (using the Alan Smithee pseudonym), written by Joe Eszterhas, and starring Eric Idle as the protagonist, a director unfortunately named Alan Smithee. The film follows Smithee as he steals the negatives to his latest film and goes on the run.
Critically panned, the film "won" five awards (including Worst Picture) at the 1998 Golden Raspberry Awards. The film had an estimated budget of $10 million and grossed at least $52,850, as it was only released in 19 theaters.
The film's creation set off a chain of events, which would lead the Directors Guild of America to officially discontinue the Alan Smithee credit in 2000. Its plot (about a director attempting to disown a film) eventually, and ironically, described the film's own production; director Hiller requested that his name be removed after witnessing the final cut of the film by the studio.
Original Release
02/20/1998
US Release
02/20/1998
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 / Sister II Lumumba |
Marcello Thedford | Stagger Lee |
Nicole Nagel | Aloe Vera |
Stephen Tobolowsky | Bill Bardo |
Erik King | Wayne Jackson |
Jim Piddock | Attendant #1 |
Naomi Campbell | Attendant #2 |
Marianne Muellerleile | Sheila Caslin / Sheila Kaslin |
Suli McCullough | S.L.A. |
Dina Spybey-Waters | Allessandra |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Andrew G. Vajna | Executive Producer |
Joe Eszterhas | Producer |
Fred C. Caruso | Producer |
Ben Myron | Producer |
Michael R. Sloan | Producer |