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In this satire skewering Hollywood moviemaking, Eric Idle stars as a film editor who gets a shot at directing a big-budget film (starring Sylvester Stallone and Whoopi Goldberg, no less) but is foiled...( read more  read more... ) by his producer (Ryan O'Neal). The premise builds on the age-old showbiz tradition of directors pulling their names from projects and replacing them with "Alan Smithee" credits to show that too many cooks have spoiled the cinematic broth.

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R, 86 min.

Directed by: Alan Smithee, Arthur Hiller

Release Date: February 20, 1998

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DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004

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  • January 6, 2007
    Could have been so much had it been filmed as a mockumentary rather than a comedy-pretending-to-be-a-documentary.
  • March 21, 2009
    Horrible in it's utter pointlessness.
  • January 26, 2009
    a wonderful and witty mock-u-mentary about hollywood. tons of great cameos.
  • July 23, 2008
    I liked the idea but man this is a piece of crap. It definitely would be by Alan Smithee film if I had made it.
  • June 11, 2008
    it was so bad, i just had to keep watching it until the end
  • January 22, 2008
    Deserves the directed by: Alan Smithee credit.
  • May 24, 2007
    many movies have been made about making movies, including many satires. This stands out among that group as being particularly good.
  • January 5, 2007
    this is a good idea. but it doesnt make any sense. i could have done this film better.
  • December 3, 2006
    I would like to see this, i think...

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