Sweet Liberty

1986
PG
1 Std. 46 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,8/10

3056

IHRE BEWERTUNG

After selling the rights of his book to a movie production company, a writer finds himself fighting the many egos and varying views around him.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuAfter selling the rights of his book to a movie production company, a writer finds himself fighting the many egos and varying views around him.After selling the rights of his book to a movie production company, a writer finds himself fighting the many egos and varying views around him.After selling the rights of his book to a movie production company, a writer finds himself fighting the many egos and varying views around him.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,8/10

3056

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Wissenswertes
The underlying story is based in part on the legend of Mary "Polly" Slocum. Polly Slocum was awakened by a dream that her husband was hurt, rode sixty-five miles to the site of the Battle of Moores Creek (February 27, 1776, about twenty miles north of Wilmington, North Carolina) to find her husband well, and the Patriots victorious. But she stayed on to nurse the wounded. The authenticity of this underlying story is not universally accepted. The character of Mary Slocum in the film's movie-within-a-movie is played by Faith Healy who is portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer.

Patzer
Michael Caine and Lois Chiles go up in a helicopter alone. Several shots establishes them being the only people in it. However, when they've landed and get out of the helicopter, the hand of a third person is briefly visible within the helicopter.

Zitate
Bo Hodges: You realize who goes to see movies. Eighty percent of them are between the ages of 12 and 22. And you know what the kids like?
Michael Burgess: What?
Bo Hodges: Well, this may sound silly to you, but kids go completely ape if you do three things in a picture: defy authority, destroy property, and take people's clothes off.
Michael Burgess: [bollixed] What does that have to do with American history?
Bo Hodges: Oh, come on, Michael, think about it for a second. Why do kids defy authority? Because they're in rebellion. The American revolution, Michael, was the ultimate rebellion. *And* they destroyed property! So all we had to do with these lunatics' help was to get their clothes off.

Alternative Versionen
In the UK, the film was cut by 2 seconds to get a "PG" for cinema release and removed one mouthed use of the word 'fuck'. The 15 rated video and 12-rated DVD releases were uncut.

Verbindungen
Featured in At the Movies: Sweet Liberty/On the Edge/Top Gun/Dangerously Close (1986)

Soundtracks
Something Special (Is Gonna Happen Tonight)
Written by Howie Rice and Allan Rich
Performed by Patti LaBelle (as Patti La Belle)
Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.
[Played over the end credits]

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Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

9/10

Alan Alda tries his hand at writing, directing AND starring in the same film!

"Sweet Liberty" is quite a surprise, as Alan Alda wrote, directed and stars in this film...something he also did with "Betsy's Wedding". And, I was actually impressed with all of the roles he took on in this most unusual film.

The story is set in some small town where Professor Burgess is a history teacher. But the entire town, as well as Burgess' life, are thrown into a dither when a movie crew arrives to film a movie based on one of Burgess' books. During the process of making the film, Burgess learns a lot about the filmmaking business....most of which is disappointing to say the least. The biggest disappointment is that the screenwriter (Bob Hoskins) has completely butchered his Revolutionary War story....and Burgess spends much of the film working to make sure the film is as good and historically accurate as possible...given that many of the folks making the picture are bonkers and couldn't care less about realism!

This is a movie where the plot seems less important than the characters and dialog...which I don't think is a bad thing at all. Character driven stories are often delightful...and Alda's dialog and characters truly are delightful. In fact, it makes me feel sad that he didn't write more films. It also makes you wonder how much of the weirdness of the story represents the real eccentricities of the filmmakers and actors...especially Michael Caine's incredibly strange and semi-unhinged character! Overall, a lot of fun and a film which really is unique and memorable.