Director Alan Smithee comes to Hollywood to make a movie. Due to a variety of factors, he decides to disown it and direct it under a pseudonym. Unfortunately, the Director's Guild requires that if a director disowns a movie in this fashion, he *must* use the official Director's Guild pseudonym...which happens to be Alan Smithee.
Acclaimed film editor Alan Smithee's dream comes true when Challenger Films contracts him to direct a new action-adventure, "Trio." The fledgling filmmaker jumps at the chance to direct Whoopi Goldberg, Jackie Chan, and Sylvester Stallone. Little does he realize that he is but a puppet - the company president and executive producer have hired him just to pull his strings. From the first "Roll 'em" to the final cut, the bigwigs keep Smithee out of the loop. To his utter dismay, he finds his name attached to a monster-piece! What's more, he can't even hide behind a fake name because he really IS "Alan Smithee," the pseudonym that disgruntled filmmakers use to replace their own on movies bad enough to destroy their reputations. In desperation, Smithee swipes the master reels and goes into hiding. Aided by the Brothers Brothers, black filmmakers replete with indie cred but short on major studio deals, Smithee faces the ultimate challenge: to negotiate an agreement to re-edit the movie in his own style, or burn the film and his own career along with it.
MPAA:Rated R for strong language and some sexual humor.
Release Date:20 February 1998 (USA)
Genre:Comedy
Runtime:86 min
Cast:
Sylvester Stallone as Himself
Ryan O'Neal ... James Edmunds
Coolio ... Dion Brothers
Chuck D. ... Leon Brothers
Eric Idle ... Alan Smithee
Richard Jeni ... Jerry Glover
Leslie Stefanson ... Michelle Rafferty
Sandra Bernhard ... Ann Glover
Cherie Lunghi ... Myrna Smithee
Harvey Weinstein ... Sam Rizzo
Gavin Polone ... Gary Samuels
MC Lyte ... Sista Tu Lumumba
Marcello Thedford ... Stagger Lee
Nicole Nagel ... Aloe Vera
Stephen Tobolowsky ... Bill Bardo
Erik King ... Wayne Jackson
Jim Piddock ... Attendant #1
Naomi Campbell ... Attendant #2
Marianne Muellerleile ... Sheila Caslin
Suli McCullough ... S.L.A.
Dina Waters ... Allessandra (as Dina Spybey)
Robert Littman ... Cousin Andrew
Douglas Walker ... Photographer
Robin Chivers ... Bonnie
Robin Dugger ... Clyde
Leslie Segar ... Big Lez
Duane Davis ... Black Policeman
Hideo Kimura ... Japanese Businessman
Earl Kim Shiroma ... Japanese Businessman
Jesse Rambis ... Lakers Fan
Christopher Kelley ... British Bartender
Whoopi Goldberg ... Herself
Jackie Chan ... Himself
Robert Evans ... Himself
Robert Shapiro ... Himself
Linell Shapiro ... Herself
Grant Shapiro ... Himself
Brent Shapiro ... Himself
Shane Black ... Himself
Jeremy Baka ... Himself
Mario Machado ... Himself
Lisa Canning ... Herself
Gary Franklin ... Himself
John Corcoran ... Himself
Joe Eszterhas ... Himself
Naomi Eszterhas ... Herself
Larry King ... Himself
Peter Bart ... Himself
Dominick Dunne ... Himself
Billy Bob Thornton ... Himself
Billy Barty ... Himself
Victor Drai ... Himself
Stanley Ralph Ross ... Himself
Alan Smith ... Himself
Tony Devon ... Himself (uncredited)
Jennifer Leigh Edwards ... Herself (uncredited)
Norman Jewison ... Himself (uncredited)
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