Comedy ·Romance · United States of America · 1986 · 1h 46m

Sweet Liberty

Director

Cast

Alan Alda as Michael Burgess Michael Caine as Elliott James Michelle Pfeiffer as Faith Healy Bob Hoskins as Stanley Gould Lise Hilboldt as Gretchen Carlsen Lillian Gish as Cecelia Burgess

Crew

Frank Tidy — Director of Photography Michael Economou — Editor Bruce Broughton — Original Music Composer Alan Alda — Writer Martin Bregman — Producer Ben Edwards — Production Design

Tagline

Michael Burgess wrote a book about the American Revolution. Now, Hollywood's come to his town to make a movie of it -- Plunging him into a summer of madness.

Synopsis

Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which Hollywood has bought the film rights to. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as actors want to change their characters, directors want to re-stage battles, and he becomes infatuated with Faith who will play the female lead in the movie. At the same time, he is fighting with his crazy mother who thinks the Devil lives in her kitchen, and his girlfriend who is talking about commitment.

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