Go Ask Alice (1973) (TV)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

John Korty

Writers:

Beatrice Sparks (book)
Ellen M. Violett (writer)

Release Date:

24 January 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Inadvertently, a 14-year-old girl in the late American 1960's is sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs. She eventually seeks help. |

Plot Keywords:

Drug | Girl | Teenage Girl | Drug Addiction | Intimacy

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

William Shatner	...	Sam
Ruth Roman	...	Psychiatrist
Wendell Burton	...	Joel Clements
Julie Adams	...	Dorothy
Andy Griffith	...	Priest
Ayn Ruymen	...	Jan
Mimi Saffian	...	Beth Bonds
Jennifer Edwards	...	Chris
Jamie Smith-Jackson	...	Alice
Danny Michael Mann	...	Richie (as Daniel Michael Mann)
Frederick Herrick	...	Ted
Robert Carradine	...	Bill
Michael Morgan	...	Tim
Gary Marsh	...	Tom
Mackenzie Phillips	...	Doris (as Mackinzie Phillips)

Runtime:

USA:74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Iceland:12

Company:

Metromedia Producers Corporation (MPC)

Trivia:

Mackenzie Phillips' first filmed project.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Alice is in the hospital drinking from the cup, she holds it with her palms since her fingers are bandaged. Then there's a close-up of the cup and she's cupping it and then palming it again in the next shot.

Quotes:

Alice: Can you believe it? Stoned out of our minds, and my own parents can't tell the difference. How did they get to the age they are?

Soundtrack:

Outa-Space

pretty bad

Well, I for one actually believed that "go ask alice" was the true story of a teenage girl. But it turns out it was written by an older woman as a cautionary tale on the evils of the day. As a result, for me at least, I had a hard time sitting through the movie. The acting was not very good, either. Though it was interesting to see Mackenzie Phillips in her first starring role. I think she should have written the script, seeing as how she did a lot of drugs at the time.It probably would have been a little more believable.Robert Carradine plays Bill. You may remember him from Revenge of the Nerds and Lizzie McGuire. Or you may not remember him at all. Oh, yes, they DID cast William Shatner as the father. AND Andy Griffith as the priest. But the one thing the movie didn't include was the best line from the book---"another day, another blowjob"