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.”
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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Cast
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Alan Alda
Michael Burgess
Known for
Marriage Story
Bridge of Spies
Michael Caine
Elliott James
Known for
Interstellar
Batman Begins
Michelle Pfeiffer
Faith Healy
Known for
Scarface
Dark Shadows
Bob Hoskins
Stanley Gould
Known for
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Super Mario Bros.
Lise Hilboldt
Gretchen Carlsen
Also in
Superman
The Hunger
Lillian Gish
Cecelia Burgess
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
The Birth of a Nation
Saul Rubinek
Bo Hodges
Known for
Warehouse 13
Hunters
Lois Chiles
Leslie
Known for
Moonraker
Creepshow 2
Linda Thorson
Grace James
Known for
Emmerdale
The Hardy Boys
Leo Burmester
Hank
Known for
The Abyss
A Perfect World
Dann Florek
Jesse
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Flintstones
John C. McGinley
Floyd
Known for
Point Break
Scrubs
Alan Alda Director · Bruce Broughton Composer Frank Tidy Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $14M · United States release May 16, 1986 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$14,205,021
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 20, 1986
Premiere · Cleveland International Film Festival
United States · May 16, 1986
Theatrical
United States
April 21, 1986 · Premiere · USA Film Festival
Sweden
May 16, 1986 · Theatrical
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