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Alan Alda (written by)
Release Date:
14 May 1986 (USA)
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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.
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Michael has written a schollarly book on the revolutionary war. He has sold the film rights. The arrival...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
| Linda Thorson | ... | Grace James |
| Diane Agostini | ... | Nurse |
| Antony Alda | ... | Film Crew Member |
| Alvin Alexis | ... | Male Student |
| Christopher Bregman | ... | Running Boy |
| Leo Burmester | ... | Hank |
| Cynthia Burr | ... | Assistant Cameraperson |
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106 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Iceland:L |
Australia:PG |
Finland:S |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:15 (video rating) |
UK:PG (cut) |
USA:PG
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The scene where Alan and Michael are driving a convertible and stop just in time before they are hit by a train, was filmed in reverse. The train was run backwards along with the car during filming.
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[On Stanley's adaptation of Michael's book]
Stanley Gould: You're not upset are you?
Michael Burgess: [annoyed] I think I should warn you - I have a sword in my bag.
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Stanley Gould: You're not upset are you?
Michael Burgess: [annoyed] I think I should warn you - I have a sword in my bag.
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SOMETHING SPECIAL (IS GONNA HAPPEN TONIGHT)
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I like this very silly movie about the making of a movie set during the Revolutionary War. History takes a back seat to the backstage madness as film crew invades a small town in the American South... ...except that this film was filmed on Long Island. Living on the Island I get great joy watching all the technical gaffes in the film, only the lead characters cars have non-New York license plates, a Long Island Railway Train goes by in the background and on it goes. You don't have to have sharp eyes to see the errors, they are glaring if you know that they are there. They don't take away from the fun, they add to it since as Alan Alda's character quickly finds out, there is nothing real about making movies.
The cast is great across the board, with everyone seeming to have such a good time its infectious.
See this movie, its just a lot of fun.