@ amujan
eine genaue auskunft ?ber die entstehung des pseudonyms 'alan smithee' kann ich dir leider nicht geben. vielleicht wei? jeman anderes da ja mehr?
das einzige was ich wei? ist, dass 'alan smithee' wirklich immer dann eingesetzt wird, wenn ein regisseur sich von seinem film distanzieren m?chte.
hier ein kleiner ausschnitt aus der imdb zu dem thema:
The Directors Guild contract generally does not permit a director to remove her/his name from films. The Directors Guild has been striving for decades to establish the director as the "author" of a film, and part of getting the credit for the successes is taking the blame for the failures. The only exceptions they make are cases in which a film was clearly taken away from a director and recut heavily against her/his wishes in ways that completely altered the film. Directors are required to appeal to the Guild in such cases. If the appeal is successful, their name is replaced by Alan Smithee. That is the only permissible pseudonym for a director. So if you notice a film directed by Alan Smithee, it is certain it is not what its director intended, and likely that it is not any good.
und etwas ?ber die erste verwendung von 'alan smithee' aus cinemania '97
Although the origin of Smithee's name is subject to debate, it's well known that his first official credit (as noted in the files of the Director's Guild of America) was DEATH OF A GUNFIGHTER (1969), a gritty Western that found both Don Siegel and Robert Totten in the director's chair. A classic case of "artistic differences" erupted, and the enigmatic Smithee was given his first on-screen recognition.

o.k. nun zu einer neuen frage: wer spricht im original den cowboy woody in 'toy story'?
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