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.

Sweet Liberty — Plot

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.

• Release date
• May 16, 1986
• Runtime
• 106 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Romance
• Director
• Alan Alda

Sweet Liberty — Cast

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