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Name: Directed by Alan Smithee
Released: 2002
Duration: 45 min

45m runtime

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film with a runtime of 45 minutes, released in 2002. Presented in English.

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Runtime45m

Minutes45

One SittingYes

With Break57m

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This documentary on the elusive director Alan Smithee was first shown on the American Movie Classics (AMC) cable channel. We learn where the name came from and why the Directors Guild of America (DGA) first allowed his name to be used on Richard Widmark's western Death of a Gunfighter. The film follows the numerous problems that director Tony Kaye had during the production and post-production of the film American History X and why the DGA refused to allow Alan Smithee to be credited for that film.

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Runtime45m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break57m

Movie Facts

Release Year2002

Runtime45m

LanguageEnglish

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