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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.

5.5 average rating
5.5
English / 106 MIN. / 1986

The Genres

The 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.

The Cast

Alan AldaMichael CaineMichelle PfeifferBob HoskinsLise HilboldtLillian GishSaul RubinekLois ChilesLinda ThorsonLeo BurmesterDann FlorekJohn C. McGinleyLarry ShueTimothy CarhartFrank FerraraPolly RowlesRichard WhitingLynne ThigpenDiana AgostiniAntony AldaAlvin AlexisBonnie DeroskiFred SandersRobert Schenkkan

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