Who Is Alan Smithee? (2002)

Country of Origin: USA
Dates of Original Broadcast: 5 February 2002
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 50 mins
Format: colour
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Orchard Films Inc / WinStar Productions
Copyright: Winstar Productions
Executive in Charge of Production For American Movie Classics: Nancy McKenna
Executive Producers: Julie Goldman, Caroline Stevens
Executive Producers For American Movie Classics: Jessica Falcon, Marc Juris
Production Executives For Winstar Productions: Vanessa Arteaga, Dana Bledsoe, Kathy Leichter
Producers: Maia Harris, Lesli Klainberg
Associate Producer: Ann Rose

DIRECTION
Director: Lesli Klainberg

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Ron DeVeaux, Matthew Howe, Peter Nelson, John Simmons

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: George O'Donnell
Online Editor: Jon Fordham
Assistant Editors: Jake Diamond, Chad Goslee
Colourist: Bill Stokes

MUSIC
Music: Douglas J. Cuomo
Selected Music Compositions Courtesy Of: Associated Productions Music LLC

SOUND
Sound Recordists: Caleb Mose, Alex Sullivan, David Weinstock, John Zecca
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tony Volante

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Graphic Designer: Theo Stewart Stand

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistants: Daniel Adler, Monica Walters, Alex Webb, David Zani
Clearance Services: Abigail Kende
Footage and Stills Provided By: ABC News Video Source; CNN Image Source; CONUS Communications; Dunlop UK; Hollywood Pictures Home Video; NBC News Archives; New Line Productions Inc; Paramount Pictures; Producer's Library Service; SEKANI Inc; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; Twentieth Century Fox Television; UCLA Film and Television Archive; Universal Clip+Still

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks: Anthology Film Archives; Cinema Classics

CAST
Dan Bucatinsky (narrator)
Edward Norton (himself (in archive footage))
Steven Seagal (himself (in archive footage))
Steven Spielberg (himself (in archive footage))
Robert Altman (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
Drew Barrymore (herself) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roberto Benigni (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
Jeremy Braddock (himself (uncredited))
John Brunelle (himself (uncredited))
James Cameron (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
Martha Coolidge (herself (uncredited))
Tom Cruise (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
Brian De Palma (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
Clint Eastwood (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
Patrick Goldstein (himself (uncredited))
Arthur Hiller (himself (uncredited))
Alfred Hitchcock (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
Stephen Hock (himself (uncredited))
Tony Kaye (himself (uncredited))
Nicole Kidman (herself) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spike Lee (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
Barry Levinson (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
John Morrissey (himself (uncredited))
Liam Neeson (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
John Rich (himself (uncredited))
Tim Robbins (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
Brian K. Roberts (himself (uncredited))
Craig Saper (himself (uncredited))
John Singleton (himself (uncredited))
Oliver Stone (himself in archive footage (uncredited))
Sharon Stone (herself) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benjamin Svetkey (himself (uncredited))
Steve Tisch (himself (uncredited))

PLOT SUMMARY

A look at the mysterious Alan Smithee, where the name came from and the films that name has been attached to.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Television Distributors: AMC / WinStar Cinema
DVD Distributors: Wellspring (WHE73159)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Canada
Rating: PG (Ontario)

TIMELINE

2002
February
5: USA - television broadcast (on AMC)

2004
April
23: USA - DVD release (Wellspring (WHE73159))

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

An Alan Smithee Film - working title
Directed by Alan Smithee - working title
Dirigit per Alan Smithee - Catalan Spanish title

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh (1991)
The Simpsons (1989 - )

KEYWORDS

directors, film history, film making

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008