Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
by Martin Scorsese
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Actor: Alfred Lutter III, Billy Green Bush, Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Mia BendixsenDirector: Martin Scorsese
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Kent L. Wakeford
Editor: Marcia Lucas
Producer: Audrey Maas
Producer: David Susskind
Producer: Sandra Weintraub
Writer: Robert Getchell
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-17
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Movie Review: "The Movie That Won Ellen The Oscar"
Summary: 5 Stars
While filming "The Exorcist" Warner Brothers contacted Ellen Burstyn about starring in another film for the studio. She found the script for "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and fell in love with the lead character. In the early '70's it was very hard for actresses to find roles that carried an entire movie, but with "Alice" things finally saw a turnaround for women in cinema. "Alice" was one of the first films to dramatize a woman making it out on her on in the world without the help of a man.
Burstyn stars as Alice Hyatt whose loveless husband dies and her leaves her broke. She decides to leave town and take her mouthy son with her to California, in the town she was brought up. On her way she stops in Tuscon, Arizona, where she gets a job as a waitess at Mel's Diner to make extra money. Alice's real career is as a singer, but she has a hard time making it.
The film is filled with many talented actors, including Harvey Keitell, who plays one of Alice's new boyfriends, who turns out to be psychotic. This was also Jodie Foster's first film role. Kris Kristofferson stars as the man who falls in love with Alice, despite the problems he encounters with her son.
Martin Scorsese directed the film, and Burstyn would win the Academy Award in 1974 as Best Actress. She has written a splendid autobiography entitled "Lessons In Becoming Myself" which contains some neat info on the making of "Alice".
The film would span the televison sitcom of the same name in 1976 starring Linda Lavin in the title role. Ellen Burstyn stated that although she acted as a silent producer on the movie, she did not receive one penny from the TV show. Vic Tayback who plays Mel in the film, reprises his role for the series, and Alfred Lutter, who played Tommy in the movie, only did the pilot, as producers replaced him with another actor. Diane Ladd, who plays Flo in the film, would join the sitcom in later seasons playing another part.
The DVD is beautiful, with the movie being cleaned and comes in widescreen format. There is a wonderful documentary on the movie featuring Ellen Burstyn who supplies anecdotes on the film.
Summary of Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
A recently widowed woman on the road with her precocious young son determined to make a new life for herself as a singer. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 08/17/2004 Starring: Ellen Burstyn Harvey Keitel Run time: 112 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Martin ScorseseHaving scored a critical triumph with Mean Streets, Martin Scorsese accepted Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as his first big-studio assignment, proving his versatility and further advancing his promising career. Hot off The Exorcist with her choice of projects at Warner Brothers, Ellen Burstyn sought a hot young talent (Scorsese was recommended by Francis Coppola) to direct Robert Getchell's fine, sensitive screenplay about Alice Wyatt, a newly-widowed 35-year-old lounge singer with a bratty 12-year-old son (Alfred Lutter) and a very uncertain future. Her pursuit of broken dreams lands her a waitressing job in an Arizona diner, where she befriends foul-mouthed Flo (Diane Ladd) and meets and falls in love with a divorced farmer (Kris Kristofferson). With absolute authenticity of emotion and incident, Alice--which earned Burstyn a well-deserved Oscar? and features supporting roles for future Taxi Driver costars Jodie Foster and Harvey Keitel--conveys a then-timely sense of strength and endurance from a single mother in desperate times. There have been several similar dramas made since 1974, but Alice (which inspired the popular TV sitcoms Alice and Flo) is still the best. Trivia buffs: Look closely for Ladd's daughter--a very young Laura Dern--and Scorsese as background extras in the diner scenes. --Jeff Shannon
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