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Sweet Liberty

1986 · 106 min

A gentle, witty comedy about a fussy academic whose small town is overrun by self-absorbed Hollywood types, full of wry observations and mild chaos.

Directed by
Alan Alda
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Tagline
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.

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Directed by
Alan Alda
Genres
Comedy, Romance
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • identity
  • family
  • love
  • deception
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Alan Alda
Written by
Alan Alda
Starring
Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bob Hoskins, Lise Hilboldt, Lillian Gish, Saul Rubinek, Lois Chiles
Music
Bruce Broughton
Cinematography
Frank Tidy
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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