Sweet Liberty (1986)
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.
106 min
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.
- Release date
- May 16, 1986
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
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
- Saul Rubinek as Bo Hodges
- Lois Chiles as Leslie
- Linda Thorson as Grace James
- Diana Agostini as Nurse
Crew
- Alan Alda · Director
- Alan Alda · Writer
- Martin Bregman · Producer
- Bruce Broughton · Composer
- Frank Tidy · Cinematographer
- Michael Economou · Editor
- Mary Colquhoun · Casting director
- Ben Edwards · Production designer