[Music]
whether it was a high-school
presentation a failed business venture
or a big-budget Hollywood film we all
have that one project we just rather
forget
well our love is stronger than that
right Scotty Scotty
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
movies disowned by their directors well
not take me seriously lady you are
causing me friggin torment for this list
it doesn’t really matter whether these
movies were box-office hits or critical
and financial flops and while the films
do not need to be officially disowned
the directors should have felt at least
some sort of disdain or discomfort with
the final product
or perhaps refused to promote the film
in question or disrespected it in public
the only movies we’re excluding are the
versions of the films that were edited
for TV from which directors frequently
have their names removed due to the
excessive cuts made to suit television
censorship rules no no no why are you so
insecure you can’t take any suggestions
it’s awful it’s terrible you you’re
sodomized a number-10 woman wanted
Kiefer Sutherland when I did see him I
always wanted to look at him and say hey
man what about Wendell in terms of
critical and box-office success most
directors have a range of films to their
credit not every film can be a modern
classic and that’s understandable but
when a director disowns a film it
usually signals a pretty abysmal and
result oh well Judgment Day
unfortunately for Kiefer Sutherland when
you’re a well-known actor directing a
film and you star in the film
it’s hard to successfully distance
yourself from the stench of failure even
if you use a suit
[Music]
this indie drama about a maid and her
relationship with a widower and his son
was Kiefer Sutherland’s second time
directing a film after Truth or
Consequences New Mexico and needless to
say woman wanted officially ended that
career path once and for all
hi we got married
number nine solar crisis Richard Caesar
a peon looking good Freddy how you
feeling terrible
this is fetching Horton seem to be
reduced to 2.3 percent in the year 2050
a huge solar flare is predicted to
destroy the earth so astronauts are sent
to redirect the flare using a bomb with
a reported budget of 55 million dollars
and charlton heston and a lead role it
should have been a straightforward
sci-fi popcorn flick
[Music]
no one would have walked in expecting
Planet of the Apes or walked out calling
it a masterpiece but it should have been
a fun ride take your stinking paws off
me you damn dirty ape
what went wrong apparently solar crisis
was just plain bad in the most
straightforward way and it hardly
received a theatrical release you almost
killed us here what what’s going on here
though Richard Caesar a peon wasn’t a
well-known director most recognizably
having directed episodes of The Twilight
Zone and the 60s Batman series he
nonetheless asked to have his name
removed from this bomb this ship blows
at least I’ll have the satisfaction of
watching this come out by the roots
number eight accidental love David
O’Russell and I will never forget the
first day you skated up to my motorcycle
Lots can go wrong in the moviemaking
process and in this film’s case
absolutely everything did you’re never
gonna get that bill pass until you’re
dead either from that thing in your head
or from your old age
okay and I care about you a lot and I
don’t want to see you die David
O’Russell is a critically lauded but
notoriously difficult filmmaker to work
with freak now so what up big bro
you know you did but it doesn’t seem
like he was the culprit behind this
problematic production cast and crew
walked off set because they weren’t
being paid one Union withdrew support
and crucial scenes weren’t filmed in
protest against the studio
she has no insurance shut it down the
film which followed a woman who couldn’t
afford medical treatment after being
shot in the head with a nail gun was
left unfinished and changed ownership a
number of times
millennium entertainment finally bought
it in 2014 and somehow stitched an
edited version together when Russell
found out he requested his name be
removed or obvious reasons man I love
the woods yeah and the woods loved me
yeah feels so good to cry number seven
Hellraiser for bloodline
Kevin Yeager because put some paint on
you Hey
how dare you use that word you know a
film production has gone seriously wrong
when the original creator Clive Barker
severs all ties with the franchise do I
look like someone who cares what God the
face Kevin Yeager was a successful
special effects technician specializing
in horror when he signed on to direct
this film he was so frustrated by studio
involvement though which included major
script changes mid production that he
quit with another uncredited director
finishing the job there are more humans
alive at this moment and in all its
pitiful history Yeager naturally
dissatisfied with the finished product
submitted a request to the Directors
Guild of America to have Alan Smithee
credited as the director which is a
pseudonym that can only be used if the
original director can prove that his or
her creative control was excessively
limited or pinhead a lesson princess
work with me or for me
number 6 fear and desire Stanley Kubrick
there is war in this forest
not a war that has been fought or one
that will be but any war it’s strange to
see a film by one of the greatest most
respected and influential Directors in
cinematic history on this list so what
happened here exactly this was Stanley
Kubrick’s first feature film and
legendary director or not the first film
is always a learning experience once you
understand how a mousetrap works if
you’re clever enough you can use it as a
springboard the movie a variation on the
theme that war is hell was not a bad one
by any stretch but it was definitely
flawed clearly bearing the mark of an
untested filmmaker it wasn’t my fault
the magician did it honest but it also
shows Kubrick’s astonishing sense of
composition among other stylistic traits
the director would go on to be known for
in his own words however it is nothing
more than a quote bumbling amateur film
exercise well we have nothing to lose
but our futures number 5
Batman and Robin Joel Schumacher let’s
take some most directors on this list
place all the blame on the studio Joel
Schumacher might be the only director in
history to disown a film in such a
self-deprecating apologetic manner this
is why Superman works alone honestly we
feel bad for the guy
Batman Forever was not a great movie but
we accepted the fact that it was a
return to Batman’s can’t be your origins
to face in the Riddler were fun to watch
kids loved it and ultimately it made a
killing riddle me this
who’s afraid of the big black back
before this film Schumacher had a strict
no sequel rule a rule that with the
studio throwing money at him he
unfortunately broke for Batman and Robin
my name is freeze Vernet well what’s the
chilling sound of your doom what we got
was one big toy commercial hated by
anyone over the age of seven well at
least he said sorry if I if I
disappointed them in any way then I
really want to apologize because it
wasn’t my intention my intention was
just entertainment
number four fantastic four josh trank
mom had are you okay prior to the
release of this film director Josh Trank
allegedly sent out an email to cast and
crew in which he wrote he was confident
that the finished product was quote
better than 99% of the comic book movies
ever made apparently one unspecified
cast member simply responded with quote
I don’t think so Victor we’re not gods
which is people Josh Trank has since
changed his tune all but disowning the
movie publicly via Twitter and blaming
the studio for any and all issues I’m no
good to you to anyone this is all my
fault
we can agree on this film was widely
publicized as one of the biggest
trainwreck productions in film history
and many questioned whether any studio
will let Trank near a major film again
either way it reportedly already cost
him the Star Wars film he was set to
direct I’m sorry
as we’ve said when he left number three
dune David Lynch it’s not fear and
here’s the mind together Frank Herbert’s
wonderfully strange space epic like so
many science fiction works proved
daunting to adapt three previous
attempts were made including a script
with Ridley Scott attached to direct
they must have killed please excuse me
if I can’t talk about it
thanks to eraser head and the elephant
man david lynch was the new master of
strange and unnerving cinema and
seemingly the perfect choice emperor we
come for you
in reality Lynch signed on with no
knowledge of the source material and by
his own admission was indifferent
towards sci-fi hilarious considering
George Lucas asked him to direct Return
of the Jedi I’ll not leave you here I’ve
got to save you already ah
Lynch resented the studio interference
and budgetary concerns and ultimately
felt his vision was constrained all of
which led to a film that many critics
call quote incomprehensible mystery
just kind of garden his passion cleanse
the world after distancing himself from
the project Lynch also disavowed an
edited for TV version of the film
released four years later number two an
Alan Smithee film burn Hollywood burn
Arthur Hiller can we do it again and do
it again are you talking about they
nailed it
thanks to Hellraiser we’re all familiar
with the Alan Smithee credit and the
important role it plays in Hollywood
film productions gone awry two hundred
and twelve billion dollars and sniff he
had it in his hands burn Hollywood burn
was conceived as a satire of the
big-budget film industry and the
frustrating artistic experience
directors face in trying to make a film
under the thumb of major studios who
insist on interfering
honestly this film is like Christopher
Nolan’s inception as applied to films
being disowned by their directors a
bloody boss took it from me bloody well
cut it himself you gave it to the bloody
studio and it’s stupid bloody dwarf said
thank you Arthur Hiller famously hated
the film so much as a result of you
guessed it the studio intervening and re
editing that in a decision almost too
ironic to be true he insisted on taking
the Alan Smithee credit are you quite
certain laughing I think it can be
better better clean is good you talk too
soon before we unveil our top pick here
are some honorable mentions my brother’s
got two days to live we don’t even know
where he is not gonna work oh wait a
minute Ellis hey we just take him in
here and talk I’m not convinced we
shouldn’t blow it out the closest
airlock you can’t be serious
you have any idea what you’re saying
what’s wrong
they are all dead sources report the
destruction in Kyrgyzstan of a 1,000
year old convent one of the oldest
continually functioning convents in
Central Asia
number one alien 3 david fincher
it started with two great directors
Ridley Scott and James Cameron producing
two landmark films get away from her you
bitch with the name David Fincher
attached as the director for the third
installment you think they’d be three
for three
unfortunately the respected director of
seven and gone girl does not remember
his first feature film fondly don’t
afraid I’m part of the family in his
late 20s the studio saw his potential
but lacked faith in him and micro
managed the entire film not only did the
studio cut thirty minutes of footage
Fincher called quote crucial to the
narrative they also changed his ending
has to die so somebody has got to kill
me
are you up to it Fincher conceived of
Ripley’s death as a peaceful one calm
and purposeful by adding a chest burster
against his wishes the studio
essentially gutted his meaningful ending
and his film do you agree with our list
mm-hmm can you think of any other major
films famously disowned by their
directors ain’t no brother wasn’t bad
okay for more curious top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com goodnight
[Music]
you
whether it was a high-school
presentation a failed business venture
or a big-budget Hollywood film we all
have that one project we just rather
forget
well our love is stronger than that
right Scotty Scotty
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
movies disowned by their directors well
not take me seriously lady you are
causing me friggin torment for this list
it doesn’t really matter whether these
movies were box-office hits or critical
and financial flops and while the films
do not need to be officially disowned
the directors should have felt at least
some sort of disdain or discomfort with
the final product
or perhaps refused to promote the film
in question or disrespected it in public
the only movies we’re excluding are the
versions of the films that were edited
for TV from which directors frequently
have their names removed due to the
excessive cuts made to suit television
censorship rules no no no why are you so
insecure you can’t take any suggestions
it’s awful it’s terrible you you’re
sodomized a number-10 woman wanted
Kiefer Sutherland when I did see him I
always wanted to look at him and say hey
man what about Wendell in terms of
critical and box-office success most
directors have a range of films to their
credit not every film can be a modern
classic and that’s understandable but
when a director disowns a film it
usually signals a pretty abysmal and
result oh well Judgment Day
unfortunately for Kiefer Sutherland when
you’re a well-known actor directing a
film and you star in the film
it’s hard to successfully distance
yourself from the stench of failure even
if you use a suit
[Music]
this indie drama about a maid and her
relationship with a widower and his son
was Kiefer Sutherland’s second time
directing a film after Truth or
Consequences New Mexico and needless to
say woman wanted officially ended that
career path once and for all
hi we got married
number nine solar crisis Richard Caesar
a peon looking good Freddy how you
feeling terrible
this is fetching Horton seem to be
reduced to 2.3 percent in the year 2050
a huge solar flare is predicted to
destroy the earth so astronauts are sent
to redirect the flare using a bomb with
a reported budget of 55 million dollars
and charlton heston and a lead role it
should have been a straightforward
sci-fi popcorn flick
[Music]
no one would have walked in expecting
Planet of the Apes or walked out calling
it a masterpiece but it should have been
a fun ride take your stinking paws off
me you damn dirty ape
what went wrong apparently solar crisis
was just plain bad in the most
straightforward way and it hardly
received a theatrical release you almost
killed us here what what’s going on here
though Richard Caesar a peon wasn’t a
well-known director most recognizably
having directed episodes of The Twilight
Zone and the 60s Batman series he
nonetheless asked to have his name
removed from this bomb this ship blows
at least I’ll have the satisfaction of
watching this come out by the roots
number eight accidental love David
O’Russell and I will never forget the
first day you skated up to my motorcycle
Lots can go wrong in the moviemaking
process and in this film’s case
absolutely everything did you’re never
gonna get that bill pass until you’re
dead either from that thing in your head
or from your old age
okay and I care about you a lot and I
don’t want to see you die David
O’Russell is a critically lauded but
notoriously difficult filmmaker to work
with freak now so what up big bro
you know you did but it doesn’t seem
like he was the culprit behind this
problematic production cast and crew
walked off set because they weren’t
being paid one Union withdrew support
and crucial scenes weren’t filmed in
protest against the studio
she has no insurance shut it down the
film which followed a woman who couldn’t
afford medical treatment after being
shot in the head with a nail gun was
left unfinished and changed ownership a
number of times
millennium entertainment finally bought
it in 2014 and somehow stitched an
edited version together when Russell
found out he requested his name be
removed or obvious reasons man I love
the woods yeah and the woods loved me
yeah feels so good to cry number seven
Hellraiser for bloodline
Kevin Yeager because put some paint on
you Hey
how dare you use that word you know a
film production has gone seriously wrong
when the original creator Clive Barker
severs all ties with the franchise do I
look like someone who cares what God the
face Kevin Yeager was a successful
special effects technician specializing
in horror when he signed on to direct
this film he was so frustrated by studio
involvement though which included major
script changes mid production that he
quit with another uncredited director
finishing the job there are more humans
alive at this moment and in all its
pitiful history Yeager naturally
dissatisfied with the finished product
submitted a request to the Directors
Guild of America to have Alan Smithee
credited as the director which is a
pseudonym that can only be used if the
original director can prove that his or
her creative control was excessively
limited or pinhead a lesson princess
work with me or for me
number 6 fear and desire Stanley Kubrick
there is war in this forest
not a war that has been fought or one
that will be but any war it’s strange to
see a film by one of the greatest most
respected and influential Directors in
cinematic history on this list so what
happened here exactly this was Stanley
Kubrick’s first feature film and
legendary director or not the first film
is always a learning experience once you
understand how a mousetrap works if
you’re clever enough you can use it as a
springboard the movie a variation on the
theme that war is hell was not a bad one
by any stretch but it was definitely
flawed clearly bearing the mark of an
untested filmmaker it wasn’t my fault
the magician did it honest but it also
shows Kubrick’s astonishing sense of
composition among other stylistic traits
the director would go on to be known for
in his own words however it is nothing
more than a quote bumbling amateur film
exercise well we have nothing to lose
but our futures number 5
Batman and Robin Joel Schumacher let’s
take some most directors on this list
place all the blame on the studio Joel
Schumacher might be the only director in
history to disown a film in such a
self-deprecating apologetic manner this
is why Superman works alone honestly we
feel bad for the guy
Batman Forever was not a great movie but
we accepted the fact that it was a
return to Batman’s can’t be your origins
to face in the Riddler were fun to watch
kids loved it and ultimately it made a
killing riddle me this
who’s afraid of the big black back
before this film Schumacher had a strict
no sequel rule a rule that with the
studio throwing money at him he
unfortunately broke for Batman and Robin
my name is freeze Vernet well what’s the
chilling sound of your doom what we got
was one big toy commercial hated by
anyone over the age of seven well at
least he said sorry if I if I
disappointed them in any way then I
really want to apologize because it
wasn’t my intention my intention was
just entertainment
number four fantastic four josh trank
mom had are you okay prior to the
release of this film director Josh Trank
allegedly sent out an email to cast and
crew in which he wrote he was confident
that the finished product was quote
better than 99% of the comic book movies
ever made apparently one unspecified
cast member simply responded with quote
I don’t think so Victor we’re not gods
which is people Josh Trank has since
changed his tune all but disowning the
movie publicly via Twitter and blaming
the studio for any and all issues I’m no
good to you to anyone this is all my
fault
we can agree on this film was widely
publicized as one of the biggest
trainwreck productions in film history
and many questioned whether any studio
will let Trank near a major film again
either way it reportedly already cost
him the Star Wars film he was set to
direct I’m sorry
as we’ve said when he left number three
dune David Lynch it’s not fear and
here’s the mind together Frank Herbert’s
wonderfully strange space epic like so
many science fiction works proved
daunting to adapt three previous
attempts were made including a script
with Ridley Scott attached to direct
they must have killed please excuse me
if I can’t talk about it
thanks to eraser head and the elephant
man david lynch was the new master of
strange and unnerving cinema and
seemingly the perfect choice emperor we
come for you
in reality Lynch signed on with no
knowledge of the source material and by
his own admission was indifferent
towards sci-fi hilarious considering
George Lucas asked him to direct Return
of the Jedi I’ll not leave you here I’ve
got to save you already ah
Lynch resented the studio interference
and budgetary concerns and ultimately
felt his vision was constrained all of
which led to a film that many critics
call quote incomprehensible mystery
just kind of garden his passion cleanse
the world after distancing himself from
the project Lynch also disavowed an
edited for TV version of the film
released four years later number two an
Alan Smithee film burn Hollywood burn
Arthur Hiller can we do it again and do
it again are you talking about they
nailed it
thanks to Hellraiser we’re all familiar
with the Alan Smithee credit and the
important role it plays in Hollywood
film productions gone awry two hundred
and twelve billion dollars and sniff he
had it in his hands burn Hollywood burn
was conceived as a satire of the
big-budget film industry and the
frustrating artistic experience
directors face in trying to make a film
under the thumb of major studios who
insist on interfering
honestly this film is like Christopher
Nolan’s inception as applied to films
being disowned by their directors a
bloody boss took it from me bloody well
cut it himself you gave it to the bloody
studio and it’s stupid bloody dwarf said
thank you Arthur Hiller famously hated
the film so much as a result of you
guessed it the studio intervening and re
editing that in a decision almost too
ironic to be true he insisted on taking
the Alan Smithee credit are you quite
certain laughing I think it can be
better better clean is good you talk too
soon before we unveil our top pick here
are some honorable mentions my brother’s
got two days to live we don’t even know
where he is not gonna work oh wait a
minute Ellis hey we just take him in
here and talk I’m not convinced we
shouldn’t blow it out the closest
airlock you can’t be serious
you have any idea what you’re saying
what’s wrong
they are all dead sources report the
destruction in Kyrgyzstan of a 1,000
year old convent one of the oldest
continually functioning convents in
Central Asia
number one alien 3 david fincher
it started with two great directors
Ridley Scott and James Cameron producing
two landmark films get away from her you
bitch with the name David Fincher
attached as the director for the third
installment you think they’d be three
for three
unfortunately the respected director of
seven and gone girl does not remember
his first feature film fondly don’t
afraid I’m part of the family in his
late 20s the studio saw his potential
but lacked faith in him and micro
managed the entire film not only did the
studio cut thirty minutes of footage
Fincher called quote crucial to the
narrative they also changed his ending
has to die so somebody has got to kill
me
are you up to it Fincher conceived of
Ripley’s death as a peaceful one calm
and purposeful by adding a chest burster
against his wishes the studio
essentially gutted his meaningful ending
and his film do you agree with our list
mm-hmm can you think of any other major
films famously disowned by their
directors ain’t no brother wasn’t bad
okay for more curious top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com goodnight
[Music]
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