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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, 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 realizes 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
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Rating: - Hollywood satire nowhere near as bad as it is supposed to be
When it came out, this satire of Hollywood filmmaking (Alan Smithee is the alias directors take when their film has been butchered by the producers and they are too ashamed of the final product) was reviewed as if it was about the worst film ever made. Actually, this movie is nowhere nearly as bad as it's supposed to be. It's artless and amateurish at times, but it's also quite funny. You've got to have some interest in the Hollywood scene to appreciate it. Otherwise, it might look like a waste of ... Read More
Rating:  - Deeply Diabolical!
Not much to say, considering that the majority of the reviews here have already warned people off this turkey.
The main culprit for the movies downfall is the terrible script, though the over the top performances from all really help sink it. You have to feel sorry for some of the stars who signed on, especially Whoopi Goldberg, who as an OSCAR winning actress, really deserves better. Eric Idle comes off unfunny, even irritating, which, as a Python star I'd never thought would be possible. ... Read More
Rating: - Make it stop
I cannot think of too many stinkers that even come close to this film of such unbearable awfulness it is an abomination that it exists. Smarmy, lame, and unfunny in turns and undeserving of the moniker mockumentary. It is actually a self-congratulatory piece of trash that grates on the viewer with its winking in-jokeness.
Rating:  - 1 Star Script, 5 Star Cast, Coolio's Hair +!!!!!Stars
Somehow, Director Walter Hill managed to attract a premium cast to this horrible script, which probably sounded funny as a one line pitch. Yes, this film stars Stallone, Chan, Coolio, Eric Idle and CHUCK MOFO D!!! Oh, and err, Rayn O'Neal, and umm... Whoopi Goldberg.
5 Stars for the cast. OK 3 stars for the cast the HIGHEST score imaginable for Coolio's Hair. Average: 5 stars
Rating: - Interesting premise, horrendous execution
This film might have actually turned out decently if it wasn't a mocumentary. The basic premise is, If directors use the name Alan Smithee on bad films instead of their own, what does a director actually NAMED Alan Smithee do? He burns the film. There is a lot of comic potential here: the main issue with his name, clips from a so-bad-its-funny bomb, Smithee going mad and trying to steal his own film, etc. Plus, the actor playing Smithee is none other than Eric Idle of Monty Python! So how did this film ... Read More
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