Catchfire (1990) Guide

The 1990 film Catchfire (also known as Backtrack ) stands as one of the most legendary "car crashes" in Hollywood history—a film so disowned by its director, , that he famously sued to have his name removed, leaving it credited to the industry’s pseudonym for failure, Alan Smithee . The "Alan Smithee" Fiasco The production was a collision of egos and corporate panic.

: Hopper was so incensed by the re-editing and the removal of his original score that he sued the company. He later claimed they replaced his nuanced work with a "big love score" that destroyed the film's meaning. Catchfire (1990)

: Vestron Pictures, facing bankruptcy, took the 180-minute rough cut from Hopper and hacked it down to a 99-minute theatrical version. The 1990 film Catchfire (also known as Backtrack