BURN HOLLYWOOD BURN (ALAN SMITHEE) (DVD) DVD

Burn Hollywood Burn
First, a little background: in 1955, the Director's Guild of America created the pseudonym Alan Smithee, which film directors are allowed to use if they feel their work has been tampered with to such a degree that they no longer want the credit. (For example, if you look at the credits of the expanded and heavily narrated TV version of Dune, you'll notice the director is not listed as David Lynch, but as Alan Smithee.) An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn is a comedy about a film editor (played by Eric Idle) who finally gets his big break -- he's given the opportunity to direct a big-budget action film starring Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg, and Jackie Chan. But filming does not go well (the budget eventually balloons to 200 million dollars) and the producer, James Edmunds (Ryan O'Neal), tampers with the final cut of the film. As a result, the hapless neophyte director doesn't want his name to appear on the credits. But his real name is Alan Smithee, so what's he supposed to do? In a stunning example of art imitating life, director Arthur Hiller was supposedly unhappy with the interference of screenwriter and producer Joe Eszterhas on this project and chose to remove his name from the credits -- so An Alan Smithee Film carries the directorial credit of none other than Alan Smithee. Rappers Coolio and Chuck D appear as the filmmaking Brothers Brothers; Chuck D also contributed to the film's score. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast Ryan O'Neal as James Edmunds Coolio as Dion Brothers Chuck D as Leon Brothers Richard Jeni as Jerry Glover Eric Idle as Alan Smithee Leslie Stefanson as Michelle Rafferty Sandra Bernhard as Ann Glover Cherie Lunghi as Myrna Smithee Harvey Weinstein as Sam Rizzo Gavin Polone as Gary Samuels MC Lyte as Sister Lumumba Marcello Thedford as Stagger Lee Nicole Nagel as Aloe Vera Stephen Tobolowsky as Bill Bardo Sylvester Stallone as Whoopi Goldberg as Jackie Chan as Larry King as Billy Bob Thornton as Dominick Dunne as Joe Eszterhas as Naomi Eszterhas as Robert Evans as Himself Peter Bart as Shane Black as Robert Shapiro as Himself

Crew Melanie Baker - Art Director Michael Sloan - Associate Producer Nancy Foy - Casting Fred Caruso - Co-producer Laura Cunningham-Bauer - Costume Designer Newt Arnold - First Assistant Director Alan Smithee - Director Jim Langlois - Editor Andrew G. Vajna - Executive Producer Gary G-Wiz - Composer (Music Score) Pablo Tendilla Ortiz - Composer (Music Score) David Snyder - Production Designer Reynaldo Villalobos - Cinematographer Ben Myron - Producer John Perry Goldsmith - Set Designer John Warnke - Set Designer Felipe Borrero - Sound/Sound Designer Joe Eszterhas - Screenwriter

Burn Hollywood Burn
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General Specifications: Language Options: English, Spanish Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: DDS: Dolby Digital Surround Additional Features: cc Spanish language track Dolby Digital Surround sound Widescreen (1.85:1) DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 86 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Opening Credits/An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn [6:01] 2. Follow the Logic [9:26] 3. Artistic Integrity [10:00] 4. Taking Care of It [5:36] 5. Pointing Fingers [8:36] 6. Running Amok [4:40] 7. Alliances [4:10] 8. Brother's Brother [4:32] 9. Negotiations [8:56] 10. Lost 'em [4:15] 11. Ultimate Decision [11:11] 12. End Credits [8:15]