Michael Caine Movie
#3 (Ok, it’s really an Alan Alda movie, but Caine has a big role)
Synopsis: Sensitive
historian decides to sabotage film crew even though: a) they paid him to use
his book, b) he’s now a local celebrity and everyone wants to kiss his ass, and
c) he gets the opportunity to bang a cute Hollywood actress who looks a lot
like Michelle Pfeiffer.
Blurb From the VHS
Jacket: “It’s Alan Alda versus Hollywood in the writer-director-star’s
hilarious comedy about moviemaking. As college history professor Michael
Burgess, Alda’s life and town are turned upside down when a film company
arrives to make a movie out of his best-selling book on the American
Revolution. To Professor Burgess’ horror, leading man Michael Caine is a
philandering adventurer; the movie’s director wants to turn his historic novel
into a youth-oriented lusty romp and female star Michelle Pfeiffer is so
obsessed by Alda’s heroine, he begins to fall in love with the zany actress.”
What Did I Learn?:
Teenagers are the only people who see
movies, and they demand that movie characters: a) defy authority, b) destroy
property, and c) take off their clothes.
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Movie If: You've always wanted to see Alan Alda play with old muskets, three-cornered hats, and other antiques.
Really?: 1) You
know, I’m pretty sure you can’t take a US Army helicopter for a joyride without
facing some sort of criminal charges afterwards. 2) See: “Synopsis”. Gee,
Burgess almost single-handedly ruins a major scene in the film. Funny how
nobody mentions the possibility of the studio launching a lawsuit.
Rating: Sweet Liberty is a charming, and
cleverly-written comedy that unfortunately runs out of steam mid-way through,
and doesn’t really go anywhere. The film’s sub-plot about Burgess’ senile
mother seems tacked-on, and any tension between
Burgess and Elliott James (Caine) is quickly defused when it’s clear that the
actor doesn’t have designs on the professor’s somewhat-estranged girlfriend. Sweet Liberty is an ok film with an
amazing cast (I quite liked Bob Hoskins' performance as the street-smart screenwriter), but the script should have gone through a major re-write. 6.5/10
stars.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092035/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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