Just awful. This was an absolute waste of my time. I can't believe I was able to sit through this trash long enough so that I could post and honest review. The film is about a director whose film is so badly changed by the forces in film making that he chooses to take his name off the credits. In the event that a director chooses not to accept authorship of a film the director's guild allows a pseudonym of Alan Smithee. The director must also have a hearing by the director's guild to get this approval. Unfortunately in this film, Alan Smithee is the director's real name. So now Alan Smithee must find another way to dispose of the film. The film is supposed to be a comedy, but I can assure you it's not funny.
He's the interesting part. This film was edited twice once by director Arthur Hiller and once by writer Joe Eszterhas. When the film company Cinergi Pictures prefers Eszterhas editing to Hiller's, Hiller did a real world "Alan Smithee" and won approval. If you want to know just how bad of a writer Eszterhas really is watch the 1995 movie "Showgirls".
He's the interesting part. This film was edited twice once by director Arthur Hiller and once by writer Joe Eszterhas. When the film company Cinergi Pictures prefers Eszterhas editing to Hiller's, Hiller did a real world "Alan Smithee" and won approval. If you want to know just how bad of a writer Eszterhas really is watch the 1995 movie "Showgirls".