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Burn Hollywood Burn [VHS]

VHS ~ Ryan O'Neal
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  • Actors: Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D., Eric Idle, Richard Jeni
  • Directors: Alan Smithee, Arthur Hiller
  • Writers: Joe Eszterhas
  • Producers: Andrew G. Vajna, Ben Myron, Fred C. Caruso, Joe Eszterhas, Michael R. Sloan
  • Format: HiFi Sound, PAL
  • Language English
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Entertainment in Video
  • VHS Release Date: 21 Jun 1999
  • Run Time: 82 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B00004CY4N
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 22,117 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Subtitled An Alan Smithee Film (referring to a long-standing pseudonym for a director who disowns a film), this 1998 satire is notable chiefly for having the same thing happen in real life, as director Arthur Hiller (Love Story) took his name off the picture after clashing with screenwriter and producer Joe Eszterhas(Showgirls and Basic Instinct). The plot of Eszterhas's farce has to do with a filmmaker who really is named Alan Smithee, played by Eric Idle (Monty Python's The Meaning of Life). After signing on to direct a big-budget blockbuster at the behest of a sleazy producer (Ryan O'Neal), Smithee realises he has lost control of the film and decides to remove his name and publicly destroy the project. Along the way he encounters a host of celebrities in cameos, including the likes of Whoopi Goldberg, Sylvester Stallone, Jackie Chan and rappers Chuck D and Coolio, all of whom become involved in Smithee's doomed film. Meant as an insider's take on the machinations of Hollywood from one of its most prominent screenwriters, Burn Hollywood Burn is a cheerfully over-the-top send-up of modern moviemaking and the equally outlandish characters involved. --Robert Lane

Synopsis
Alan Smithee is an overwhelmed director chosen to direct Hollywood's biggest action movie ever, but he goes over the edge and is soon being hunted by everyone...

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4.0 out of 5 stars Why IS this an Alan Smithee film?, 18 Jan 2006
By Radiant Rose (from a rose-red 1960 Cadillac: solar-powered) - See all my reviews
Ah, the irony. A mock-documentary about a film director (Alan Smithee, played by Eric Idle) who disowns his own film, which the real life director actually disowned! Life imitating art!

I cannot understand why any director would disown "Burn Hollywood Burn". Certainly, it is not exactly subtle, but was that what the director expected from the original script?

Also, the opening credits go on too long. On the other hand, (a) the graffiti artwork accompanying the credits is excellent, and (b) that was the only time I felt the pace was dragging.

I laughed a lot. I particularly liked the captions describing the characters, particularly the way ALL the female characters describe themselves as feminists.

The cast is good. Idle is hilarious. Leslie Stefanson is hilarious and gorgeous as a groupie (and feminist).

I would give this three stars for being a film I could watch without getting bored. I am adding an extra star because it was great to see people like Sylvester Stallone and Jackie Chan poking fun at themselves.

(This review refers to a VHS copy bought from amazon.co.uk z-shops.)

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