Talk:Alan Smithee

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Can anyone verify the existence of "Columbine! A Musical Adventure"? I googled and looked around, wondering what the hell that might be, and got no results. If not, perhaps it should be removed? Lateralus1587 00:18, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On E! they told that by re-arranging Alan Smithee you can get "The Alias Men". So someone more experience wikipeder please edit it. I find it annoying when my stuff is removed even though it is very useful information in many articles.

It's not. It's what we call "trivia". Mentioning this fact in the intro is particularly misleading, since the name wasn't coined as an anagram to begin with, and putting it in a prominent place does make it appear that way. "Alan Smithee" is also an anagram of "Asian helmet"—I guess we can't put that in because it's not appropriate in a funny way? JRM · Talk 14:42, 2005 Jun 18 (UTC)

Simpsons Link

Original :

In the episode "D'oh-in In the Wind" of the TV show The Simpsons, at the end of a short film directed by Mr. Burns, it reads "An Alan Smithee Film".

Comment :

The wiki simpsons page does not mention this fact and to my knowledge this episode does not contain a film sequence by Mr Burns. I can't think which episode it would appear in.

According to one of the best Simpson's archive sites, there is a movie produced by Mr. Burns that appears in this episode. It is his nuclear power promo film. Episode AABF02 24.252.27.152 03:45, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes the directed was not keen on being associated with Mr Burns therefore he chose the name Alan Smithee — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:908:191:5FA0:D981:E480:5B35:78F0 (talk) 09:40, 26 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup?

Can anyone explain to a Wikipedia newb why the trivia section here requires cleanup? It looks okay to me. Tarkaan 15:51, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Because it's a trivia section. - Jason A. Quest (talk) 17:02, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-Protection

A request for this pages's semi-protection has been sent. -- Ryan ^{I'm Back!} 13:40, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh! It was fully protected! Thank you!!! now to go lay down and let my aching hand rest. -- Ryan ^{I'm Back!} 13:42, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For an update, a local radio show in virginia, Tommy & Rumble, while on the air issued a challenge for its listeners to deface this article. That is why there was a massive influx of vandalism. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 14:37, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Discontinued

In the discussion of An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, it says that "the film's creation set off a chain of events which would lead the Directors Guild of America to officially discontinue the Alan Smithee credit in 1999." I think this article is incomplete without a discussion of this. I did some Google searching but did not find a primary source... I did find this link, http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/al/Alan_Smithee , which claims that "The publicity around this movie [...] made the Directors Guild decide to discontinue using the Alan Smithee credit." and "After this, the Guild decided to choose a pseudonym for each case separately, rather than use Alan Smithee or some replacement all the time." Someone with knowledge of how the DGA works, please edit this article. Steveha (talk) 06:20, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That page is based on this very Wikipedia article, so it's useless as a source. I've found an L.A.Times article that serves as a reliable source for some details. - Jason A. Quest (talk) 02:17, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fictional examples

Alan Smithee sightings can get a bit metaficitional (e.g. Burn Hollywood), but that's no excuse for including fictional examples in this article. A TV episode in which a character uses the pseudonym is not a real example; it's just a story. To be listed in this article, it has to be a real person whose gets credited as "Smithee" in a real piece of entertainment. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 18:32, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis"

This TV episode predates the creation of the standard by 13 years. The best explanation I've seen is that when they were preparing it for a VHS release, they couldn't figure out who the director was so they slapped "Alan Smithee" on there. Either that or there really was an Alan Smithee. I suspect the former. Worth including?

http://www.amazon.com/Indiscreet-Mrs-Jarvis-Angela-Lansbury/dp/6302499496

http://variety.com/1997/film/news/alan-smithee-please-stand-up-1116677774/

- Richfife (talk) 20:33, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Modified versions and other aliases

Under the level3 heading "Modified versions" there were three films where "disowned" credits were assigned to "Sam O. Brown", "Judas Booth", and "Jan Jensen", which are not modifications of "Alan Smithee" but completely different names. Worse, nine more films were listed under the same heading with little or no indication of having different aliases. I'm moving "Smithee" films out of the subsection and renaming it "Other aliases", but keeping the previous title as an anchor to preserve any links to it.

To discuss this with me, please {{Ping}} me. Thnidu (talk) 19:10, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn

Just reverted edit excluding An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn from the list of Alan Smithee films. It's not a joke and is not there on the basis of the title and plot, if Arthur Hillier had directed any anonymous film in 1998 and had his credit removed in favour of Alan Smithee it would be listed. The fact this "comedy" is about such a situation doesn't mean it should be excluded. MartinSFSA (talk) 02:52, 2 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]