Sweet Liberty (1986 Alan Alda & scr)

Alan Alda becomes upset when his Civil War novel is given the Hollywood treatment by writer Bob Hoskins and director Saul Rubinek (Frasier and lots of TV), becomes infatuated with mercenary star Michelle Pfeiffer to the detriment of on-off relationship with Lise Hilboldt. Meanwhile Michael Caine (and his fencing stunt double) steal the film ('What a peculiar lunge').

Quite fun, sub-plots - e.g. mother Lillian Gish's quest for lost love - run out of steam; film wraps up a bit quickly. Feels a bit like they only shot two thirds of the material, in fact. Not as good as State and Main for sure, but good fun, makes you think about how the film itself is shot (why is this a crane shot? - oh, I see).

Almost sunk by Bruce Broughton's horrendous score. Shot by Frank Tidy.

To answer my own question, Alda has appeared in three Woody Allens: Everyone Says I Love You, Manhattan Murder Mystery and Crimes and Misdemeanours.