An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998)

Voti degli utenti:

3.3/10   

Directors:

Arthur Hiller
Alan Smithee

Sceneggiatore (WGA):

Joe Eszterhas (written by)

Data di uscita:

20 febbraio 1998 (USA)

Genere:

Comedy

Slogan:

The movie Hollywood doesn't want you to see

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Box Office Flop | Hollywood California | Fake Documentary | Amazing Grace Hymn | Film In Film

Premi:

5 wins & 5 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

Respectless? Yeah. Absurd? Absolutely. A masterpiece.

Cast

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

Alias:

An Alan Smithee Film (USA) (working title)
Burn Hollywood Burn (UK) (video title)
Hollywood brucia (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language and some sexual humor.

Durata:

86 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby Digital

Divieti:

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:12

Luoghi delle riprese:

La Brea Tar Pits, Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Cinergi Pictures Entertainment

Curiosità:

Joe Eszterhas announced through the media during post-production that Cinergi Pictures didn't have the money to pay for soundtrack. He said that he would finance the soundtrack from his own money and asked to submit tracks for it to him. He received 9,200 CDs and cassettes from mostly unknown and unsigned artists, listened to all that was sent (at least a couple of tracks from each record) and compiled the soundtrack.

Citazioni:

Alan Smithee: An Actor, he says. And I think: "Certainly he is. This is LA. EVERYONE'S an Actor."

Movie Connections:

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Respectless? Yeah. Absurd? Absolutely. A masterpiece.

It was on TV on New Year's Eve, and maybe in that condition you like anything, but I do not drink and therefore was not drunk. And it still was hilarious. I did not believe my ears and eyes, because this movie is such a pointed and respectless account of the Hollywood system (and, with a look at who wrote and directed it, probably very accurate), you cannot get your mouth shut: You just keep wondering at how respectless and absurd the whole thing can get. The script does not really surprise, but entertains to the greatest. The characters fulfill their purpose as comedy characters, and only the third act is very slightly disappointing because of the "unnatural" happy ending. But with respect to the story told, even this twist can be considered as perfectly fitting. So, maybe you've got to be into the Hollywood system at least a little to understand this; but if you are, do not miss it. You probably might lose every ambition to work in the movie industry, but that's worth it. Definitely. And you will be exasperated from laughing after watching.