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Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)

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Reviews Counted: 32

Fresh: 2

Rotten:30

Average Rating: 2.8/10

Consensus: A witless Hollywood satire whose hammy, obvious jokes are neither funny nor insightful of the movie business.

Runtime: 86 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A beleaguered film editor steps away from the Steenbeck for what should be his smashing directorial debut, but the set becomes a battlefield between his pushy producer and the studio suits. As the... A beleaguered film editor steps away from the Steenbeck for what should be his smashing directorial debut, but the set becomes a battlefield between his pushy producer and the studio suits. As the production spirals out of control, the director considers changing his credit to "Alan Smithee"--but, unfortunately, that's actually his name! So what's he to do but steal the negatives, polarizing all of Tinseltown with the scandal? Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas's ostensibly comic poison pen letter to the industry, so bitter it compelled this film's own director to adopt the "Alan Smithee" pseudonym. [More]

Starring: Eric Idle, Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D

Starring: Eric Idle, Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D, Richard Jeni, Leslie Stefanson, Sandra Bernhard, Cherie Lunghi, Harvey Weinstein, M.C. Lyte, Marcello Thedford, Nicole Nagel, Stephen Tobolowsky, Erik King, Jim Piddock, Naomi Campbell, Marianne Muellerleile, Suli McCullough, Dina Spybey, Robert Littman, Doug Walker, Robin Chivers, Robin Dugger, Leslie Segar, Duane Davis, Hideo Kimura, Earl Kim Shiroma, Jesse Rambis, Christopher Kelley, Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg, Jackie Chan, Robert Evans, Shane Black, Jeremy Baka, Mario Machado, Lisa Canning, Gary Franklin, John Corcoran, Joe Eszterhas, Naomi Eszterhas, Larry King, Peter Bart, Dominick Dunne, Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Barty, Norman Jewison, Victor Drai, Stanley Ralph Ross, Alan Smith

Director: Alan Smithee

Director: Alan Smithee
Screenwriter: Joe Eszterhas
Producer: Ben Myron
Composer: Chuck D, Gary G-Wiz

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Aug 5, 2003

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  • Burn Hollywood Burn
  • With hilarious humor and an all-star cast -- get ready for the ultimate comedy about the movie business! It's the wild story of a Hollywood director, Alan Smithee (Eric Idle -- MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL), who steals his own film from the studio. Soon everyone, including his power-hungry studio boss (Ryan O'Neal), is after him to get it back! With crowd-pleasing performances from sizzling mega-stars such as Jackie Chan, plus appearances by rappers Coolio and Chuck D, AN ALAN SMITHEE FILM: BURN HOLLYWOOD BURN is a wickedly witty behind-the-scenes look at the world of making movies!
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    Not even Stallone and Jackie Chan can save it..

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    02/03/09
    Clint Morris
    Moviehole

    It's unafraid of the consequences of its existence, and it's brutally nasty , offensive, and abrasive. In other words, the kind of comedy they used to make in the 70's before things became politically correct.

    Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
    05/26/06
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Combustible Celluloid

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    12/06/05
    Film Threat
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    No review available.

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    10/06/05
    Chuck O'Leary
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    No review available.

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    09/14/05
    Cole Smithey
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    No review available.

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    08/12/05
    Emanuel Levy
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    06/21/05
    Nell Minow
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    04/26/05
    Jonathan R. Perry
    Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

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    07/26/04
    Dragan Antulov
    rec.arts.movies.reviews

    A desperate and disjointed farce that flops considerably. This satirical sabotage on the moviemaking industry is an incoherent and unfunny abomination

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    05/27/03
    Frank Ochieng
    Movie Eye

    This jab at Hollywood seems close in subject matter to another title credited to Alan Smithee, Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh.

    Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
    05/20/03
    Susan Tavernetti
    Palo Alto Weekly

    A very peculiar, abrasive comedy, but not without its merits.

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    02/27/03
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    San Francisco Examiner

    No review available.

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    02/24/03
    Philip Martin
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Decent idea, extremely lousy execution. More talent has not gone to waste in a long time.

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    02/03/03
    Luke Y. Thompson
    New Times

    a film more noteworthy for its title’s lack of commas than for any other asset

    Full Review Source: Critics Inc./America Online | comment Comment
    01/02/03
    Brandon Judell
    Critics Inc./America Online

    Lots of great cameos, too few laughs.

    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    12/08/02
    Tom Meek
    Film Threat

    Pity everyone involved with this excessive, ego-driven 'satire' of excess and ego. It's too bad that only directors can remove their names from noxious material like this.

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    11/24/02
    Scott Renshaw
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    No review available.

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    08/15/02
    Jeffrey Westhoff
    Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

    It's truly as bad as everyone says. I went in to the flick wanting to like it, so I could argue with all the naysayers. Experiment failed.

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    07/31/02
    Scott Weinberg
    eFilmCritic.com

    A hollow, tedious (even at 86 minutes it's long), and dated inside joke (constant references to Michael Ovitz and the Japanese might have been funny in `95), that probably will not translate to audiences that are not employed in the movie business.

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    06/05/02
    Jon Alon Walz
    Boxoffice Magazine
     
     
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