Alan Alda stands as a tower of integrity next to the cesspool of Hollywood, a history professor and Pulitzer Prize winner whose nonfiction tome on the American Revolution has been defiled by the schlock-mongers. Or anyway, was about to be defiled. He prevents them by rewriting the script as they go, tutoring (and romancing) the leading lady, correcting details for historical accuracy ("Do you realize there are leaves on the trees? This battle took place in January!"), and finally fomenting mutiny among the extras and taking over the staging of the climactic battle himself (while still adhering to Hollywood's three secrets of success: "Defy authority. Destroy property. Take people's clothes off"). Inasmuch as Alan Alda wrote and directed the thing, one is apt to see him as just a teensy bit overpleased with himself -- especially in the guise of Stickler-for-Accuracy. With Michael Caine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bob Hoskins, and Lillian Gish. (1986) — Duncan Shepherd
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