The other night there was a show on that was called Holywoods 100 top best kept secrets. On the the secrets towards the bottom there was a name that director's used when they didn't want their name on the film. For years everyone thought that it was an actual guy making all these movies. The secret was finally busted. I can't rememeber the name though and I need it. It was also a anagram for some 3 word sentence i believe. Does anyone know this? Please help me, and thank you.
2007-03-18 15:42:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Alan Smithee anagrams to "The alias men"; it is used as an alias when someone disowns their film work (as in "an Alan Smithee production"); I wouldn't call it a secret.
2007-03-19 04:11:27 · answer #1 · answered by xwdguy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't realize this was a secret. The name is Alan Smithee. Whenever a director is unhappy with a film he's made, the director's guild will allow them to use that name instead of their own.
Joe Ezsterhas, the man who wrote Showgirls, wrote a film called Burn Hollywood Burn, An Alan Smithee Film, which is about a man who is actually named that. Eric Idle plays Alan Smithee. The film was so bad, the director had his name removed, so the film has an Alan Smithee credit.
They've been using that name for years. Not sure when it started, but it's not really that much of a secret.
2007-03-18 15:50:05 · answer #2 · answered by vtothef 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name was Alan Smithee. I think the anogram had something to do with the fact that it was an alias.
2007-03-18 15:46:33 · answer #3 · answered by Shannon A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 08:47:54 · answer #4 · answered by whitehead 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋