History Trivia / AnAlanSmitheeFilmBurnHollywoodBurn

** This is the final film to involve Cinergi Pictures, who never recovered from two false start projects for the label: ''Film/MedicineMan'', and ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' (the latter of which thwarted a move by Disney to introduce Nintendo into their theme park business). Disney had ended their deals with Cinergi months before this film was released.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $10 million: ''$52,850''. Disney decided to dump it in to only ''19'' theaters, where it became the fourth-lowest performing movie '''in the history of Disney.''' [[labelnote: What performed lower?]]''The War at Home'' with $44,722 total at 6 theaters, ''A Personal Journey with Creator/MartinScorsese Through American Movies'' with $39,075 at only one theater, and ''Walt & El Grupo'' with only $20,521 at only 4 theaters. [[/labelnote]] It also earned a place on Creator/RogerEbert's most hated film list, and won the UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for Worst Picture of 1998.

* AlanSmithee: The film itself was a LampshadeHanging on the very concept of using "Alan Smithee" as a pseudonym: the titular in-movie director who wants his name out of the film really ''is'' named Alan Smithee. Veteran director Creator/ArthurHiller was unhappy with the film's script and end result, and requested that his name be removed from the final product (and, sure enough, he got credited as Alan Smithee -- no, ''really''). The awkward scenario that this caused actually led to the Director's Guild discontinuing the practice, and unique fake names have now been given on a case-by-case basis ever since.

* AlanSmithee: The film itself was a LampshadeHanging on the very concept of using "Alan Smithee" as a pseudonym: the titular in-movie director who wants his name out of the film really ''is'' named Alan Smithee. Veteran director Creator/ArthurHiller was unhappy with the film's script and end result, and requested that his name be removed from the final product (and, sure enough, he got credited as Alan Smithee. No, ''really''). The awkward scenario that this caused actually led to the Director's Guild discontinuing the practice, and unique fake names have now been given on a case-by-case basis ever since.
* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $10 million. Box office (get ready for it)...''$52,850''. Disney decided to dump it in to only ''19'' theaters, where it became the fourth lowest performing movie '''in the history of Disney.''' [[labelnote: What performed lower?]]''The War at Home'' with $44,722 total at 6 theaters, ''A Personal Journey with Creator/MartinScorsese Through American Movies'' with $39,075 at only one theater, and ''Walt & El Grupo'' with only $20,521 at only 4 theaters. [[/labelnote]] It also earned a place on Creator/RogerEbert's most hated film list, and won the UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for Worst Picture of 1998.

** This is the final film to involve Cinergi Pictures, who never recovered from two false start projects for the label: ''Film/MedicineMan'', and ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' (the latter of which thwarted a move by Disney to introduce Nintendo into their theme park business). Disney had ended their deals with Cinergi months before this film was released.

** In a case of LifeImitatesArt, the director of the film, Arthur Hiller, was so dissatisfied with the film that he got his name removed, meaning that a film where the main character is a director named "Alan Smithee" had its ''actual'' director credited as Alan Smithee.

** The film killed the career of respected director Arthur Hiller, who was known for making ''Film/LoveStory'' and being one of the hardest-working directors in the industry (to the point that he had at least one project being released every single year until 1997). Just before ''Burn'' was released, Hiller had his name removed from the credits, which resulted in the unintended {{irony}} of "Alan Smithee" (the alias used for an anonymous director) directing a film that starred a character named Alan Smithee. Hiller's career was left in shambles. The only thing he directed afterwards, until his death in 2016, was the 2006 film ''Pucked'' (starring [[Music/BonJovi Jon Bon Jovi]]), which ended up being rebranded under the ''Film/NationalLampoon'' banner and released DirectToVideo.
** Writer Joe Eszterhas was, in the early '90s, ''the'' most powerful screenwriter in Hollywood. He received record amounts of money for his screenplays, which included hits such as ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'' and ''Film/BasicInstinct''. His career took a hit with the ill-advised ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'', but that received a significant cult and ironic following. The same year, however, he also had another film of his, ''Film/{{Jade}}'', bomb, which was one of two movies that permanently derailed Creator/DavidCaruso's attempt at being a movie star and got Eszterhas picked apart by Creator/GeneSiskel at the end of the year. And then Eszterhas wrote, produced, and acted in ''Burn'', which was such an unmitigated disaster and complete flop that it all but ensured he would never sell a script to Hollywood ever again. Since then, his only output worth mentioning is the 2006 Hungarian film called ''Children of Glory''. Of course, that's not to say he hasn't tried writing another Hollywood script; he wrote one about Judas Maccabeus that [[TroubledProduction went into turnaround]], to say the least.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $10 million. Box office (get ready for it)...''$52,850''. Disney decided to dump it in to only ''19'' theaters, where it became the fourth lowest performing movie '''in the history of Disney.''' [[labelnote: What performed lower?]]''The War at Home'' with $44,722 total at 6 theaters, ''A Personal Journey with Creator/MartinScorsese Through American Movies'' with $39,075 at only one theater, and ''Walt & El Grupo'' with only $20,521 at only 4 theaters. [[/labelnote]] It also earned a place on Creator/RogerEbert's [[RogerEbertMostHatedFilmList most hated film list]], and won the UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for Worst Picture of 1998.

** It even managed to kill the "career" of AlanSmithee! The "Alan Smithee" pseudonym for embarrassed/discontented directors had been in use for over 30 years, but the bad publicity given to the name by this film caused the DGA to retire the pseudonym in 2000.

* AlanSmithee: The film itself was a LampshadeHanging on the very concept of using "Alan Smithee" as a pseudonym: the titular in-movie director who wants his name out of the film really ''is'' named Alan Smithee. Veteran director Arthur Hiller (of ''Film/LoveStory'' and many, many other films) was unhappy with the film's script and end result, and requested that his name be removed from the final product (and, sure enough, he got credited as Alan Smithee. No, ''really''). The awkward scenario that this caused actually led to the Director's Guild discontinuing the practice, and unique fake names have now been given on a case-by-case basis ever since.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $10 million. Box office (get ready for it)...''$52,850''. Disney decided to dump it in to only ''19'' theaters, where it became the fourth lowest performing movie '''in the history of Disney.''' [[labelnote: What performed lower?]]''The War at Home'' with $44,722 total at 6 theaters, ''A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies'' with $39,075 at only one theater, and ''Walt & El Grupo'' with only $20,521 at only 4 theaters. [[/labelnote]] It also earned a place on Creator/RogerEbert's [[RogerEbertMostHatedFilmList most hated film list]], and won the UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for Worst Picture of 1998.

** Writer Joe Eszterhas was, in the early '90s, ''the'' most powerful screenwriter in Hollywood. He received record amounts of money for his screenplays, which included hits such as ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'' and ''Film/BasicInstinct''. His career took a hit with the ill-advised ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'', but that received a significant cult and ironic following. The same year, however, he also had another film of his, ''Film/{{Jade}}'', bomb, which was one of two movies that permanently derailed David Caruso's attempt at being a movie star and got Eszterhas picked apart by Creator/GeneSiskel at the end of the year. And then Eszterhas wrote, produced, and acted in ''Burn'', which was such an unmitigated disaster and complete flop that it all but ensured he would never sell a script to Hollywood ever again. Since then, his only output worth mentioning is the 2006 Hungarian film called ''Children of Glory''. Of course, that's not to say he hasn't tried writing another Hollywood script; he wrote one about Judas Maccabeus that [[TroubledProduction went into turnaround]], to say the least.

** The film was one of the last pictures released by Creator/HollywoodPictures before it, along with others, convinced Creator/{{Disney}} to shut the banner down and use Creator/TouchstonePictures as their sole mature label for the 2000s.

* AlanSmithee: The film itself was a LampshadeHanging on the very concept of using "Alan Smithee" as a pseudonym: the titular in-movie director who wants his name out of the film really ''is'' named Alan Smithee. Veteran director Arthur Hiller (of ''Film/LoveStory'' and many, many other films) was unhappy with the film's script and end result, and requested that his name be removed from the final product (and, sure enough, he got credited as Alan Smithee. No, ''really''). The awkward and confusion scenario that this caused actually led to the Director's Guild discontinuing the practice, and unique fake names have now been given on a case-by-case basis ever since.

* AlanSmithee: The film itself was a LampshadeHanging on the very concept of using "Alan Smithee" as a pseudonym: the titular in-movie director who wants his name out of the film really ''is'' named Alan Smithee. Veteran director Arthur Hiller (of ''Film/LoveStory'' and many, many other films) was unhappy with the film's script and end result, and requested that his name be removed from the final product (and, sure enough, he got credited as Alan Smithee. No, ''really''). The awkward and confusion scenario that this caused (the director of a bad movie about a director wanting to disown a bad movie wants to disown the bad movie) actually led to the Director's Guild discontinuing the practice, and unique fake names have now given on a case-by-case basis ever since.

* AlanSmithee: The film itself was a LampshadeHanging on the very concept of using "Alan Smithee" as a pseudonym: the titular in-movie director who wants his name out of the film really ''is'' named Alan Smithee. Veteran director Arthur Hiller (of ''Film/LoveStory'' and many, many other films) was unhappy with the film's script and end result, and requested that his name be removed from the final product (and, sure enough, he got credited as Alan Smithee. No, ''really''). This actually led to the Director's Guild discontinuing the practice.

** The film also killed the career of respected director Arthur Hiller, who was known for making ''Film/LoveStory'' and being one of the hardest-working directors in the industry (to the point that he had at least one project being released every single year until 1997). Just before ''Burn'' was released, Hiller had his name removed from the credits, which resulted in the unintended {{irony}} of "Alan Smithee" (the alias used for an anonymous director) directing a film that starred a character named Alan Smithee. Hiller's career was left in shambles. The only thing he directed afterwards, until his death in 2016, was the 2006 film ''Pucked'' (starring [[Music/BonJovi Jon Bon Jovi]]), which ended up being rebranded under the ''Film/NationalLampoon'' banner and released DirectToVideo.

* AlanSmithee: The film itself was a LampshadeHanging on the very concept of using "Alan Smithee" as a pseudonym: the titular in-movie director who wants his name out of the film really ''is'' named Alan Smithee. Veteran director Arthur Hiller (of ''Film/LoveStory'' and many, many other films) was unhappy with the film's script and end result, and requested that his name be removed from the final product (and, sure enough, he got credited as Alan Smithee. No, ''really''). This is what led to the Director's Guild discontinuing the practice. Hiller, on the other hand, [[CreatorKiller wouldn't direct another project for more than a decade]] due to ''Burn Hollywood Burn'''s universal savaging and extremely low box office gross. It was also Strike Number Three for writer Joe Eszterhas after ''Showgirls'' and ''Jade'' in 1995; this film sent him from being the highest paid screenwriter in Hollywood to the C-list of writers. Finally, it was one of several busts that convinced [[Creator/{{Disney}} The Walt Disney Company,]] who released this through their Hollywood Pictures label, to shut that brand down for a while. As far as legacy goes, this is one of the films on Creator/RogerEbert's [[RogerEbertMostHatedFilmList most hated film list, getting a zero star rating from him]], and has six [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Golden Raspberry Awards]], one of which is for Worst Picture of 1998.

* AlanSmithee: The film itself was a LampshadeHanging on the very concept of using "Alan Smithee" as a pseudonym: the titular in-movie director who wants his name out of the film really ''is'' named Alan Smithee. Veteran director Arthur Hiller (of ''Film/LoveStory'' and many, many other films) was unhappy with the film's script and end result, and requested that his name be removed from the final product (and, sure enough, [[CueIrony he got credited as Alan Smithee]]. No, ''really''). This is what led to the Director's Guild discontinuing the practice. Hiller, on the other hand, [[CreatorKiller wouldn't direct another project for more than a decade]] due to ''Burn Hollywood Burn'''s universal savaging and extremely low box office gross. It was also Strike Number Three for writer Joe Eszterhas after ''Showgirls'' and ''Jade'' in 1995; this film sent him from being the highest paid screenwriter in Hollywood to the C-list of writers. Finally, it was one of several busts that convinced [[Creator/{{Disney}} The Walt Disney Company,]] who released this through their Hollywood Pictures label, to shut that brand down for a while. As far as legacy goes, this is one of the films on Creator/RogerEbert's [[RogerEbertMostHatedFilmList most hated film list, getting a zero star rating from him]], and has six [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Golden Raspberry Awards]], one of which is for Worst Picture of 1998.

* CreatorBacklash: In a case of LifeImitatesArt, the director of the film, Arthur Hiller, was so dissatisfied with the film that he got his name removed, meaning that a film where the main character is a director named "Alan Smithee" had its ''actual'' director credited as Alan Smithee.

** The film also killed the career of respected director Arthur Hiller, who was known for making ''Film/LoveStory'' and being one of the hardest-working directors in the industry (to the point that he had at least one project being released every single year until 1997). Just before ''Burn'' was released, Hiller had his name removed from the credits, which resulted in the unintended {{irony}} of "Alan Smithee" (the alias used for an anonymous director) directing a film that starred a character named Alan Smithee. Hiller's career was left in shambles. The only thing he directed afterwards, until his death in 2016, was the 2006 film ''Pucked'' (starring [[Music/BonJovi Jon Bon Jovi]]), which ended up being rebranded under the ''Franchise/NationalLampoon'' banner and released DirectToVideo.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $10 million. Box office (get ready for it)...''$52,850''. Disney decided to dump it in to only ''19'' theaters, where it became the fourth lowest performing movie '''in the history of Disney.''' [[labelnote: What performed lower?]]The War at Home with $44,722 total at 6 theaters, A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies with $39,075 at only one theater, and Walt & El Grupo with only $20,521 at only 4 theaters. [[/labelnote]] It also earned a place on Creator/RogerEbert's [[RogerEbertMostHatedFilmList most hated film list]], and won the UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for Worst Picture of 1998.

** The film also killed the career of respected director Arthur Hiller, who was known for making ''Film/LoveStory'' and being one of the hardest-working directors in the industry (to the point that he had at least one project being released every single year until 1997). Just before ''Burn'' was released, Hiller had his name removed from the credits, which resulted in the unintended {{irony}} of "Alan Smithee" (the alias used for an anonymous director) directing a film that starred a character named Alan Smithee. Hiller's career was left in shambles. The only thing he directed afterwards, until his death in 2016, was the 2006 film ''Pucked'' (starring [[Music/BonJovi Jon Bon Jovi]]), which ended up being rebranded under the ''Film/NationalLampoon'' banner and released DirectToVideo.

** The film was one of the last pictures released by Hollywood Pictures before it, along with others, convinced Creator/{{Disney}} to shut the banner down and use Touchstone as their sole mature label for the 2000's.

* StarDerailingRole: The actor who played "Alan Smithee" in this film, Creator/EricIdle, got this trope thanks to ''Burn Hollywood Burn'' and ''Film/DudleyDoRight'' from Universal the next year. The nuclear meltdown of both movies led to Idle's future live-action roles in cinema being cameos.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $10 million. Box office (get ready for it)...$52,850. It also earned a place on Creator/RogerEbert's [[RogerEbertMostHatedFilmList most hated film list]], and won the UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for Worst Picture of 1998.

** This is the final film to involve Cinergi Pictures, who never recovered from two false start projects for the label: ''Film/MedicineMan'', and ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' (the latter of which thwarted a move by Disney to introduce Nintendo into their theme park business). Disney had ended their deals with Cinergi months before this film was released.