Sweet Liberty (1986)

A history professor (Alan Alda) at a North Carolina university has written a best selling non-fiction book on the Revolutionary War. A film company arrives in town to make a movie out of his book. But reading the screenplay only to find out that it doesn't resemble his book in the least is just the start of this Hollywood takes over a small town tale. Alda also wrote and directed the film and the domestic scenes with his girlfriend (Lise Hilboldt) are the most trite scenes in the movie. The film is most fun when dealing with the rather arrogant film company since for the most part, they are the most interesting characters: the womanizing leading man (Michael Caine), the driven method actress (Michelle Pfeiffer), the high strung screenwriter (Bob Hoskins) and the film's pompous director (Saul Rubinek). It's an amiable if forgettable film that could have used more bite but it's entertaining enough while watching it. With Lillian Gish, Lois Chiles (the best of the non-film characters), Linda Thorson, John C. McGinley and Lynne Thigpen.