Logline
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.
Synopsis
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.
Where to Watch
Available to stream, rent or buy in India
Festivals
Cleveland International Film Festival 1986
Cast and Crew
Cast: Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bob Hoskins, Lise Hilboldt, Lillian Gish, Saul Rubinek, Lois Chiles, Linda Thorson, Leo Burmester, Dann Florek, John C. McGinley, Larry Shue, Timothy Carhart, Frank Ferrara Sr., Polly Rowles, Richard Whiting, Lynne Thigpen, Diana Agostini, Antony Alda
Writer: Alan Alda (Writer)
Cinematographer: Frank Tidy
Production Designer: Ben Edwards, Christopher Nowak
Editor: Michael Economou
Sound Designer: Ian MacGregor-Scott
Composer: Bruce Broughton
Costume Designer: Jane Greenwood
Producers: Michael Economou, Judith Stevens, Louis A. Stroller
Production: Universal Pictures