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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

PG  |   |  Drama, Romance  |  30 May 1975 (France)
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A recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mia Bendixsen ...
Alice - Age 8
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Tommy (as Alfred Lutter)
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Donald
Lelia Goldoni ...
Bea
Ola Moore ...
Old Woman
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Joe & Jim's Bartender
Marty Brinton ...
Lenny (as Martin Brinton)
Dean Casper ...
Chicken
Murray Moston ...
Jacobs
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Ben
Lane Bradbury ...
Rita
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Flo
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Mel
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Despite admitting that she was scared of him in her never-ending quest to please him, thirty-five year old housewife and mother Alice Hyatt is devastated when her husband Donald is killed in an on the job traffic accident. With few job skills except that as a singer, Alice, along with her precocious eleven year old son Tommy, decides to move from their current home in Socorro, New Mexico to her home town of Monterrey, California, the only place she has ever felt happy. She plans on getting singing gigs along the way to earn money to get back to Monterrey by the end of the summer and the start of Tommy's school year. Alice's quest for a job at each stop leaves Tommy often to fend for himself, which may make Tommy even more precocious. His behavior is fostered by Alice, as their relationship is often more as trouble-making friends than mother and son. Alice's plans often do not end up as she envisions, especially as she is forced to take a waitressing job at Mel and Ruby's Diner in ... Written by Huggo

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A picture for anyone who has ever dreamed of a second chance!

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30 May 1975 (France)  »

Also Known As:

Alicia ya no vive aquí  »

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$1,800,000 (estimated)

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SEK 3,444,810 (Sweden)
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According to Ellen Burstyn, nothing daunted Alfred Lutter III. She said he was a "very secure little boy" and a lot like his character, which she described as both "brilliant and annoying." See more »

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While David and Alice are arguing in the restaurant, the plate on the tray Alice is holding shifts from one side of the tray to the other, and back again between shots. See more »

Quotes

Tommy: Mom, are we in Arizona yet?
Alice: If you ask me that one more time, I'm gonna beat you to death. Just sit back there and relax and enjoy life, huh?
Tommy: Life is short.
Alice: So are you.
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Martin Scorsese in a rare romantic mood!
13 September 2005 | by (las vegas, nv) – See all my reviews

Starring the incomparable Ellen Burstyn, giving an Oscar-winning performance (one of the finest of the 1970s), this comedy-drama is gritty and tough, but never off-putting. After her husband dies, 35-year-old Alice Hyatt from New Mexico and her smart-mouthed 11-year-old son Tommy take to the road, chasing her girlhood dream of finding songbird success in Monterey, CA. They get stuck in Phoenix, where she meets up with a frightening Harvey Keitel. Later, waitressing at Mel & Ruby's Cafe in Tucson, she meets a gentle farmer who's had his share of heartbreak. This is a perceptive, amusingly knockabout film regarding ordinary people trying to make it, episodes in their lives that enrich or derail them. Alice and her son have a wonderfully natural give-and-take, and the oddballs they meet on their odyssey (like Jodie Foster's shoplifting tomboy or the sweet, overweight cowboy who gives Alice a singing job) are deliciously silly, yet incredibly real. Burstyn is a joy cutting up with her neighbor in the backyard, having a Coke fight with her kid in a seedy motel, trading quips with Diane Ladd's salty Flo in the diner. Some critics complained that the happy ending felt tacked on, but you come to really respect Alice and her choices, and most of the film's little faults are camouflaged by director Martin Scorsese's bittersweet framing and Robert Getchell's vivid screenplay. Far superior to the TV sitcom, "Alice". **** from ****


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