Sweet Liberty (1986)

Saul Rubinek: Bo Hodges

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• 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.

• Michael Burgess : [Meeting the director for the first time]  Yeah, the script is, uh... very interesting. There are only a couple of things I have a problem with.

  Bo Hodges : [unconcerned]  Oh, yeah? What are they?

  Michael Burgess : The story, and the dialogue.

• Michael Burgess : [of the screenplay's historical inaccuracies]  Tarleton was a vicious ruthless beast! Why would she fall in love with this guy?

  Bo Hodges : He's number four at the box office.

  Michael Burgess : What?

  Bo Hodges : Elliott James is an international star. He comes on the screen in Paris, they wet their pants in Manila. If she *doesn't* fall in love with him, the audience will set fire to the *ushers*.

• Bo Hodges : Remind me not to talk to Faith when she's in her street clothes.