professor,history teacher,revolutionary war,film director

Sweet Liberty (1986)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Alan Alda
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    Michael Burgess Alan Alda
  • Profile picture of Michael Caine
    Elliott James Michael Caine
  • Profile picture of Michelle Pfeiffer
    Faith Healy Michelle Pfeiffer
  • Profile picture of Bob Hoskins
    Stanley Gould Bob Hoskins
  • Profile picture of Lise Hilboldt
    Gretchen Carlsen Lise Hilboldt
  • Profile picture of Lillian Gish
    Cecelia Burgess Lillian Gish
  • Profile picture of Saul Rubinek
    Bo Hodges Saul Rubinek
  • Profile picture of Lois Chiles
    Leslie Lois Chiles

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Keywords

  • professor
  • history teacher
  • revolutionary war
  • film director