Sweet Liberty (1986)

ALL 05/16/1986 (en) Comedy, Romance 106 Min
  • Release
    05/16/1986
  • Production
    Universal Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    55%
  • Original title
    Sweet Liberty
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

Overview

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.

  1. Alan Alda

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Martin Bregman

    Producer



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  1. Alan Alda

    Michael Burgess

  2. Michael Caine

    Elliott James

  3. Michelle Pfeiffer

    Faith Healy

  4. Bob Hoskins

    Stanley Gould

  5. Lise Hilboldt

    Gretchen Carlsen

  6. Lillian Gish

    Cecelia Burgess

  7. Saul Rubinek

    Bo Hodges

  8. Lois Chiles

    Leslie

  9. Linda Thorson

    Grace James

  10. Leo Burmester

    Hank

  11. Dann Florek

    Jesse

  12. John C. McGinley

    Floyd

  13. Larry Shue

    Bill Edson

  14. Timothy Carhart

    Eagleton, Stunt Coordinator

  15. Frank Ferrara

    Lopert

  16. Polly Rowles

    Mrs. Delvechio

  17. Richard Whiting

    Johnny Delvechio

  18. Lynne Thigpen

    Claire

  19. Diana Agostini

    Nurse

  20. Antony Alda

    Film Crew Member

  21. Alvin Alexis

    Male Student

  22. Bonnie Deroski

    Female Student

  23. Fred Sanders

    Soundman

  24. Robert Schenkkan

    Helicopter Pilot

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 24 , Crews : 23

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Sweet Liberty (1986) 106 Min

ALL 05/16/1986 (en)
Comedy, Romance
  • Release 05/16/1986
  • Production
    Universal Pictures
  • Original title Sweet Liberty
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

Overview

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.

  1. Alan Alda

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Michael Economou

    Editor

  4. Martin Bregman

    Producer