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See Them! tonight on Fremont St

For the Vegas locals out there, don’t forget that tonight is the Cinevegas screening of 1954’s colossal killer ant classic, Them!.

Them!

Join me at the mock drive-in, set up just off the Fremont St Experience. The Neonopolis garage is probably the best place to park for the night.

Fremont St and 3rd St
9:00 PM tonight

Tickets are on sale at the Cinevegas Box Office at the Palms, and the screening is expected to sell out. Unfortunately, there’s no way to get these tickets online, but there will be shuttle service from the Palms to the screening location.

Alan Smithee

Alan Smithee is a pseudonym generally used by those who, for one reason or another (usually due to a loss of creative control), do not want their given name attached to a product. Originally a nom de plume devised by the Directors Guild of America, some of the notable Alan Smithees in film are the directors of the extended version of David Lynch’s Dune, Dennis Hopper’s Catchfire and the pilot episode of MacGyver.

While the name has fallen out of use within the US film industry, it has spread to other industries, although without the particular guidelines previously maintained by the DGA and MPAA.

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Alan Smithee is credited in the following games:

Equinox (1993, Sony Imagesoft, SNES) – Director
Ghosts N Goblins (1999, Capcom, Gameboy Color) – Producer
Huggly Saves the Turtles (2000, Scholastic, PC) – Animator
The Weakest Link (2001, Activision UK, PS1/PS2) – Additional Production
Where’s the Blanket Charlie Brown? (2002, Tivola, PC) – Robot
NHL Hitz 20-03 (2002, Midway, Xbox) – ColorCommentator Voice
1914: The Great War (2002, JoWooD, PC) – Texts
Future Boy (2004, GCCFP, PC) – Cast (Cop)
Fight Club (2004, Vivendi, PS2/Xbox) – Online Multiplayer Development
Eternal Sonata (2007, Namco Bandai, 360) – Additional Voices (English)

Know of any others?