Sweet Liberty
“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.”
1986•PG•1h 46m•5.3•Released
ComedyRomance
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.
Director
Alan Alda
Writer
Alan Alda
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Alan Alda
Michael Burgess
Michael Caine
Elliott James
Michelle Pfeiffer
Faith Healy
Bob Hoskins
Stanley Gould
Lise Hilboldt
Gretchen Carlsen
Lillian Gish
Cecelia Burgess
Saul Rubinek
Bo Hodges
Lois Chiles
Leslie
Linda Thorson
Grace James
Leo Burmester
Hank
Dann Florek
Jesse
John C. McGinley
Floyd
Larry Shue
Bill Edson
Timothy Carhart
Eagleton, Stunt Coordinator
Frank Ferrara Sr.
Lopert
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Producer
Martin Bregman
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