The irony is that Arthur Hiller, the director of the film, apparently didn't like the final cut Joe Eszterhas made, so Hiller credited himself as Alan Smithee. This movie is a joint production of Cinergi Pictures and Hollywood Pictures. Both studios made the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie. That is a bad sign, right there. Another bad sign was that the film was written by Joe Eszterhas, the same guy who also wrote Showgirls.
@@wiremuwifebash Did I mention Harvey Weinstein was in Burn Hollywood Burn? Don't ask. Apparently he plays a private investigator named Sam Rizzo. One of the bullet points listed is that he's a "friend to the stars". Not anymore he isn't.
finally found their tv review of the movie never was available on any of their old siskel and ebert websites, we all remember roger's infamous printed review of the movie
This might have worked if they let Eric Idle write the script. But there were a lot of injokes that only someone really familiar with the Hollywood industry would get. And late in the movie, Harvey Freaking Weinstein shows up. "Friend of the Stars" reads his caption, and boy did THAT age badly....
My least favorite movie and I'm glad to hear them stick the boots to it. Their assessment was on the money - besides being all-tell no-show, Estherhaz was far more interested in grinding his ax and writing straw man characters and going after lowest common denominator humor that he forgot to write anything good.
Award fact Burn Hollywood Burn was nominated for 9 Razzie Awards in 1998, and ultimately “won” 5 of those for: Worst Picture, Worst Supporting Actor, Screenplay and New Star for Joe Eszterhas & Worst Original Song for Eszterhas and Gary G-Wiz “I Wanna Be Mike Ovitz!” It lost: Worst Actor for Ryan O’Neal Lost against Bruce Willis for Armageddon, Mercury Rising and The Siege Worst Supporting Actor for Sylvester Stallone Lost against his “co-star” in the film Worst Director for Arthur Hiller (using the Alan Smithee credit) Lost against Gus Van Sant for the Psycho shot-for-shot remake Worst Screen Couple for any combination of two Hollywood actors Lost against Leonardo DiCaprio and Leonardo DiCaprio for The Man in the Iron Mask
I would rather watch Kirk Cameron's "Saving Christmas" and Uwe Boll's "House Of The Dead" than this piece of shit movie. I'm not even joking. I went insane after the first MINUTE of it.
"The Brothers Brothers" was also used in regular sketches on In Living Color with a duo of very white-acting black men. Cheer up Eric Idle, you know what they say--some things in life are bad, they can really make you mad...
