The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
44 audience votes
Key crew
- Alan AldaDirector
- Alan AldaWriter
- Bruce BroughtonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alan AldaMichael Burgess
- Michael CaineElliott James
- Michelle PfeifferFaith Healy
- Bob HoskinsStanley Gould
- Lise HilboldtGretchen Carlsen
- Lillian GishCecelia Burgess
- Saul RubinekBo Hodges
- Lois ChilesLeslie
- Linda ThorsonGrace James
- Leo BurmesterHank
- Dann FlorekJesse
- John C. McGinleyFloyd
Stills
Themes
professorhistory teacherrevolutionary warfilm director