(Directed by Alan Smithee)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

50 minutes

Year:

2002

Directors:

Lesli Klainberg

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Production companies:

Winstar Productions,

Orchard Films

Actors:

Narrator

Crews:

Executive Producer

Editor

Executive Producer

Director

Executive Producer