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Mia Farrow, Diane Grayson, and Paul Nicholas in See No Evil (1971)

Alan Alda and Carol Burnett in The Four Seasons (1981)

Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Haysbert, and Stephanie McFadden in Love Field (1992)

Ann-Margret, Stockard Channing, Peter Falk, Dom DeLuise, Louise Fletcher, Madeline Kahn, John Houseman, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, James Coco, Fernando Lamas, Marsha Mason, Phil Silvers, Paul Williams, and Nicol Williamson in The Cheap Detective (1978)

Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Maggie Smith, and Elaine May in California Suite (1978)

Jameson Parker and Lindsay Wagner in Callie & Son (1981)

Dan Aykroyd, Jack Lemmon, and James Garner in My Fellow Americans (1996)

Alan Alda, David Ogden Stiers, Gary Burghoff, William Christopher, Jamie Farr, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, and Loretta Swit in M*A*S*H (1972)

Alan Alda, Ann-Margret, Veronica Hamel, and John Shea in A New Life (1988)

Daryl Hannah, Robert Redford, and Debra Winger in Legal Eagles (1986)

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?

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.

What does that have to do with American history?

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.

Something Special (Is Gonna Happen Tonight)

Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Lois Chiles, and Bob Hoskins in Sweet Liberty (1986)

Alan Alda, Lois Chiles, Bob Hoskins, Lise Hilboldt, and Linda Thorson in Sweet Liberty (1986)

Alan Alda, Lois Chiles, Bob Hoskins, and Linda Thorson in Sweet Liberty (1986)

Lillian Gish and Saul Rubinek in Sweet Liberty (1986)

Alan Alda and Michael Caine in Sweet Liberty (1986)

Alan Alda

Michael Caine

Michelle Pfeiffer

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.

Sweet Liberty

Alda tries a little too hard...

Alan Alda, still trying to be Hollywood&apos;s Everyman, wrote, directed and starred in SWEET LIBERTY,a relatively entertaining comedy about a small town professor who has written a book about what went on his town during the revolutionary war and has sold the film rights. The film chronicles the arrival of the film crew to do the film on location and Alda&apos;s exasperation at all the changes they want to make to his book; however, his attitudes toward what they are doing to his book take a back seat when he meets the film&apos;s leading lady (Michelle Pfeiffer) who apparently physically resembles the character she is playing to a T but as Alda finds, out is nothing like her. This movie is just so Alan Alda and like all of his movies, the characters all seem to talk and think like Alda but I have come to expect this from an Alda movie after THE FOUR SEASONS. Alda has assembled an impressive cast including Michael Caine as a hammy actor and Bob Hoskins, extremely amusing as the screenwriter who pretends to want Alda&apos;s input on his screenplay while seeking his constant approval at the same time. The film does run out of steam before fade out, but Alda and company manage to keep it afloat for most of the ride.

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Alan Alda, still trying to be Hollywood's Everyman, wrote, directed and starred in SWEET LIBERTY,a relatively entertaining comedy about a small town professor who has written a book about what went on his town during the revolutionary war and has sold the film rights. The film chronicles the arrival of the film crew to do the film on location and Alda's exasperation at all the changes they want to make to his book; however, his attitudes toward what they are doing to his book take a back seat when he meets the film's leading lady (Michelle Pfeiffer) who apparently physically resembles the character she is playing to a T but as Alda finds, out is nothing like her. This movie is just so Alan Alda and like all of his movies, the characters all seem to talk and think like Alda but I have come to expect this from an Alda movie after THE FOUR SEASONS. Alda has assembled an impressive cast including Michael Caine as a hammy actor and Bob Hoskins, extremely amusing as the screenwriter who pretends to want Alda's input on his screenplay while seeking his constant approval at the same time. The film does run out of steam before fade out, but Alda and company manage to keep it afloat for most of the ride.

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