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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn (1998)
Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and leaves the cast and crew in a frenzy.
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Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and leaves the cast and crew in a frenzy.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Joe Eszterhas
In Theaters:2/27/1998
Box Office:$45,779
Runtime:86 minutes
Studio:Cinergi Pictures, Hollywood Pictures
Cast
Arthur Hiller, Alan Smithee
Director
Eric Idle
Alan Smithee
Ryan O'Neal
James Edmunds
Coolio
Dion Brothers
Chuck D
Leon Brothers
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Richard Jeni
Jerry Glover
Leslie Stefanson
Michelle Rafferty
Sandra Bernhard
Ann Glover
Cherie Lunghi
Myrna Smithee
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