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Best film by director Alan Smithee?

posted 7 years ago by sONOMArEturns (1253)
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He's had quite a diverse career, directing westerns, comedy, horror films, romances, TV movies, animated films, pretty much everything in between. Additionally, he's done work as a cinematographer, writer, assistant director, music video director, and actor. He even got to make his own biopic with An Alan Smithee Movie: Burn Hollywood Burn! Wow, what a career! Though alot of his films are pretty bad, I'm sure he's had at least a few good ones.

Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
City in Fear (1980)
Fun and Games (1980)
Student Bodies (1981)
Stitches (1985)
Let's Get Harry (1986)
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987)
Ghost Fever (1987)
I Love N.Y. (1987)
Catchfire (1990)
The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990)
Solar Crisis (1990)
The Nutt House (1992) (he and his son, Alan Smithee Jr, wrote it)
The Birds II: Land's End (1994)
National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995)
Raging Angels (1995)
Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off (1997)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998)
Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes (1998)
River Made to Drown In (1999)
Woman Wanted (2000)
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (2001)
Cabin Fever 2 (2009)
Old 37 (2015)

Which is the best?

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

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[–] napsdufroid (2077) 7 years ago

Maybe Let's Get Harry. Maybe. The rest are pretty much garbage

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 7 years ago

You do realize that is a fictitious name used when the real director doesn't want his name used, right?

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[–] sONOMArEturns (1253) 5 years ago

r/whooooosh

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 5 years ago

Whoa, a blast from the past!

"r/whooooosh"??

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[–] lukejbarnett (1869) 5 years ago

student bodies: there's no way a movie that well known, and that loved and that respected was directed by alan smithee and i think i would have read that somewhere by now if that is true. i mean this film is an at least verifiable cult classic by every horror movie fan. the same is even more true of let's get harry.

[–] mikethemartian (6068) 5 years ago

I was surprised to see an episode of the 80s version of The Twilight Zone directed by “Alan Smithee”. I thought it was only used for movies.