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Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)

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Reviews Counted:36

Fresh:3

Rotten:33

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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Reviews for Burn Hollywood Burn

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A crude, vulgar satire of Hollywood shallowness, insincerity and moral bankruptcy.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
07/20/09
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A caustic but under-funny "expose" of the venality of the motion picture business.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
07/20/09
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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If you harbor an interest in watching so-called “industry smarts” autodestruct, this carries a certain morbid appeal, but that's about the extent of it.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
07/20/09
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

Not even Stallone and Jackie Chan can save it..

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02/03/09
Clint Morris
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 1 Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

No review available.

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10/06/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

No review available.

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09/14/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

No review available.

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08/12/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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06/21/05
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

No review available.

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04/26/05
Jonathan R. Perry
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Skip it.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
07/26/04
Dragan Antulov
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
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
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
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner

No review available.

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02/24/03
Philip Martin
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
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
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
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
Scott Renshaw
rec.arts.movies.reviews

No review available.

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