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.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.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.
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- (as Diane Agostini)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe underlying story is based in part on the legend of Mary "Polly" Slocum. Polly Slocum was awakened by a dream that her husband was hurt, rode sixty-five miles to the site of the Battle of Moores Creek (February 27, 1776, about twenty miles north of Wilmington, North Carolina) to find her husband well, and the Patriots victorious. But she stayed on to nurse the wounded. The authenticity of this underlying story is not universally accepted. The character of Mary Slocum in the film's movie-within-a-movie is played by Faith Healy who is portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer.
- GoofsMichael Caine and Lois Chiles go up in a helicopter alone. Several shots establishes them being the only people in it. However, when they've landed and get out of the helicopter, the hand of a third person is briefly visible within the helicopter.
- Quotes
Bo Hodges: 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?
Michael Burgess: What?
Bo Hodges: 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.
Michael Burgess: [bollixed] What does that have to do with American history?
Bo Hodges: 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.
- Alternate versionsIn the UK, the film was cut by 2 seconds to get a "PG" for cinema release and removed one mouthed use of the word 'fuck'. The 15 rated video and 12-rated DVD releases were uncut.
- SoundtracksSomething Special (Is Gonna Happen Tonight)
Written by Howie Rice and Allan Rich
Performed by Patti LaBelle (as Patti La Belle)
Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.
[Played over the end credits]
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- Also known as
- Sweet Liberty - What a Liberty
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,205,021
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,160,891
- May 18, 1986
- Gross worldwide
- $14,205,021