• Trending
    • Certified Fresh & Verified Hot
    • TV Premier dates
    • New horror Movies
    • Best Movies of All Time
  • Movies
    • Movies In Theaters
    • Movies at Home
  • TV Shows
    • New TV
    • Most Popular TV
  • News
    • What to Watch
    • Guides
    • RT News
    • Awards
  • Games
    • Find Your Next Horror Watch
  • Video
  • Showtimes
  • Fanstore
  • About Rotten Tomatoes
  • Critics
  • Download the App Now
  • Logout
Rotten Tomatoes
Suggestions will appear as you start typing. Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App New News Showtimes

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

Play trailer Poster for An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn R,  1998,  1h 26m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Stream Now Watchlist 8% 37 Reviews Tomatometer 15% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
8% Tomatometer 37 Reviews 15% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
The cast and crew of an action movie tell why its institutionalized director stole and destroyed the film.
Watch on Fandango Stream Now

Where to Watch

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

Stream

Rent An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn on Fandango, or buy it on Fandango.

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

What to Know

Critics Consensus

A witless Hollywood satire whose hammy, obvious jokes are neither funny nor insightful of the movie business.

Read Critics Reviews

Critics Reviews

View More
John Hartl Seattle Times Mar 25, 2013
1.5/4
The level of humor could be called sophomoric, but that would insult most sophomores. Go to Full Review
Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune Mar 25, 2013
1.5/4
A comedy without laughs, an expose without point. Go to Full Review
Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Sep 7, 2011
F
What turns the witlessness rancid is the way the movie is saturated in the very corruption it thinks it's ridiculing. Go to Full Review
Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel Aug 9, 2022
1/5
Joe Eszterhas’ lame, career-killing non-movie is 85 minutes of an over-validated, out-of-touch, inexplicably bitter screenwriter grinding an ax and making O.J. jokes. Go to Full Review
Read all reviews
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

Arthur Hiller

Director

Ryan O'Neal

James Edmunds

Coolio

Dion Brothers

Chuck D

Leon Brothers

Richard Jeni

Jerry Glover

Eric Idle

Alan Smithee

More Like This

View All
The Specials 47% 55% The Specials Watchlist Murder Mystery 43% 46% Murder Mystery Watchlist TRAILER for Murder Mystery Paradise 20% 30% Paradise Watchlist Some Kind of Hero 50% 31% Some Kind of Hero Watchlist Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat 53% Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn (1997) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis The cast and crew of an action movie tell why its institutionalized director stole and destroyed the film.
Director
Arthur Hiller
Producer
Ben Myron
Screenwriter
Joe Eszterhas
Production Co
Hollywood Pictures, Cinergi Pictures Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 27, 1998, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$43.9K
Runtime
1h 26m
Sound Mix
Surround
Join The Newsletter Join The Newsletter Cookie Settings