Throughout the '80s and '90s, a corpulent, gargoyle-faced beast named Joe Eszterhas reigned as the most hated man in…

Cast
Ryan O'Neal (James Edmunds)Coolio (Dion Brothers)Chuck D (Leon Brothers)Eric Idle (Alan Smithee)Richard Jeni (Jerry Glover)Leslie Stefanson (Michelle Rafferty)Sandra Bernhard (Ann Glover)Cherie Lunghi (Myrna Smithee)Harvey Weinstein (Sam Rizzo)Gavin Polone (Gary Samuels)MC Lyte (Sista Tu Lumumba)Marcello Thedford (Stagger Lee)Nicole Nagel (Aloe Vera)Stephen Tobolowsky (Bill Bardo)Erik King (Wayne Jackson)Jim Piddock (Attendant #1)Naomi Campbell (Attendant #2)Marianne Muellerleile (Sheila Caslin)
Director
Arthur Hiller
Synopsis
When a rookie filmmaker with the unfortunate name Alan Smithee realizes he's an unwitting studio puppet, being forced to make a big-budget action movie he knows is horrible, he steals the master reels and tries to make a deal.