- 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: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Buena Vista
- Release Date: April 6 2004
- Run Time: 86 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00008L3T0
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome movie! But, if you don't get it, you won't like it,
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This review is from: Burn Hollywood Burn (VHS Tape)
Although I find it difficult to believe people wouldn't get it. I think the reason it got so many razzies was because the portrayal of hollywood was too jaded. I think that we fear that our most cynical view of hollywood is too cynical. Remember the old saw about people who like sausages and politics should never watch either being made? Maybe the same is true of movies, and with this movie, you're too close to the magic to appreciate it.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good condition, fast delivery,
By Kristen L. Hagberg (South of Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Burn Hollywood Burn (VHS Tape)
I was very pleased with the video and I received it very fast!! Would buy from this seller again!! :)
1.0 out of 5 stars
Embarrassing Beyond Belief!,
By "the-disco-kid" (Bay City, Babylon 7) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Burn Hollywood Burn (VHS Tape)
Badly written, badly cast, badly acted, badly directed - it's all here. And the embarrassing cameos don't help. At all. One would be hard pressed to pick out the worst of the bunch; Whoopi or Weinstein? Would've been way better if Billy Barty had Ryan O'Neal's role though.However, there's this 'inspirational' line in there somewhere: "If we believe in film - and we do - then don't we have the responsibility to protect the world from bad ones?" Indeed. Too bad the film makers didn't take it to heart.
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