Hello, my name's Justin the Clu, and I'm here today with Will Sloan.

And you're listening to The Important Cinema Club.

And today, we're going to reveal some harsh truths.

We're going to reveal who Alan Smithy really is.

Oh, yes, Virginia, there is an Alan Smithy.

Are we going to start this podcast like everybody who has ever written an article or, you know, done anything about Alan Smithy starts it with, whether like he's one of the most prolific directors in Hollywood.

He's tackled every genre, but he's never been seen on a red carpet.

So who is Alan Smithy?

Yes, we just did.

Oh, shit.

There you go, everybody.

So Alan Smithy, he is a pseudonym that would be imposed on films by the

Director's Guild of America when a director was dissatisfied with the final product.

And that he proved to the satisfaction of a guild panel

that they had not been able to exercise creative control over a film.

Now, let's start by saying, we are an aturist podcast.

Oftentimes, we talk about things from a directorial perspective.

But did you know, dear audience, that there are many hands that make a movie?

I don't believe that. I need a citation on that. That's not true.

Yes, that is true. Sometimes the director loses control and perhaps a producer comes in and does the directing.

But because good old Hollywood, you can't backstab anybody or, you know, say a mean word in public because perhaps it will come to bite you

in the ass. You don't always hear about it. But the Alan Smithy moniker gives the audience a

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