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Burn hollywood burn is the movie that ended joe eszterhaus career. An alan smithee film burn hollywood burn is a spectacularly bad film incompetent, unfunny, illconceived, badly executed, lamely written, and acted by people who look trapped in the headlights the title provides clues to the film s misfortune. In hollywood, if you direct a stinker, you strip your name from the credits. Hiller had his name removed from the production, reportedly over objections to the final cut. Arthur hiller directed this 1998 showbiz satire about a director actually named alan smithee eric idle who tries to disown his own bad movie, but cant because his name is alan smithee. Director arthur hiller took his name off the picture and it really did become an alan smithee film. Burn hollywood burn 1998 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and.
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