Sweet Liberty

May 16, 1986

1h 46m

★ 5.4

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.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Sweet Liberty Trailers

Cast

Michael Burgess

Alan Alda

Elliott James

Michael Caine

Faith Healy

Michelle Pfeiffer

Stanley Gould

Bob Hoskins

Gretchen Carlsen

Lise Hilboldt

Cecelia Burgess

Lillian Gish

Bo Hodges

Saul Rubinek

Leslie

Lois Chiles

Grace James

Linda Thorson

Hank

Leo Burmester

Jesse

Dann Florek

Floyd

John C. McGinley

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