Movie Marathon (Part 1)

Rebo · October 23, 2019, 12:46pm

Films later disavowed by a director or cast member

Better Off Dead - John Cusack
The Silver Chalice - Paul Newman
Knocked Up - Katherine Heigl
Death of a Gunfighter - Richard Widmark
Rope - Alfred Hitchcock

I’m enjoying researching some of these more out-there topics.

Elendil_s_Heir · October 23, 2019, 1:43pm

Films later disavowed by a director or cast member

Better Off Dead - John Cusack
The Silver Chalice - Paul Newman
Knocked Up - Katherine Heigl
Death of a Gunfighter - Richard Widmark
Rope - Alfred Hitchcock
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn - Arthur Hiller

Oh, the irony!

divemaster · October 23, 2019, 1:45pm

Films later disavowed by a director or cast member

Better Off Dead - John Cusack
The Silver Chalice - Paul Newman
Knocked Up - Katherine Heigl
Death of a Gunfighter - Richard Widmark
Rope - Alfred Hitchcock
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn - Arthur Hiller
Dune - David Lynch

Elendil_s_Heir · October 23, 2019, 2:16pm

Films later disavowed by a director or cast member

Better Off Dead - John Cusack
The Silver Chalice - Paul Newman
Knocked Up - Katherine Heigl
Death of a Gunfighter - Richard Widmark
Rope - Alfred Hitchcock
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn - Arthur Hiller
Dune - David Lynch
Jaws 4 - Michael Caine

Caine later said, “I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific!”

Intergalactic_Gladiator · October 23, 2019, 2:23pm

Interesting about Better Off Dead because Cussack did One Crazy Summer with the same director a year later.

Films later disavowed by a director or cast member

Better Off Dead - John Cusack
The Silver Chalice - Paul Newman
Knocked Up - Katherine Heigl
Death of a Gunfighter - Richard Widmark
Rope - Alfred Hitchcock
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn - Arthur Hiller
Dune - David Lynch
Jaws 4 - Michael Caine
Twilight Zone: The Movie

From Wikipedia: Second Assistant Director Anderson House used the pseudonym (Alan Smithee) for the first segment of the film, in which actor Vic Morrow and two children were killed in a helicopter accident during production. This represents a rare instance where the “Alan Smithee” credit was taken by an assistant director.

Elendil_s_Heir · October 23, 2019, 2:46pm

Films later disavowed by a director or cast member

Better Off Dead - John Cusack
The Silver Chalice - Paul Newman
Knocked Up - Katherine Heigl
Death of a Gunfighter - Richard Widmark
Rope - Alfred Hitchcock
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn - Arthur Hiller
Dune - David Lynch
Jaws 4 - Michael Caine
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Catchfire - Dennis Hopper

He liked the movie better after he got to do a director’s cut.

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