Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Writer:

Robert Getchell (written by)

Release Date:

30 May 1975 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

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

Plot:

A recently widowed woman on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.

Plot Keywords:

Phoenix Arizona | Singer | Spouse | Waitress | Piano

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Mia Bendixsen	...	Alice, Age 8
Ellen Burstyn	...	Alice Hyatt
Alfred Lutter III	...	Tommy (as Alfred Lutter)
Billy Green Bush	...	Donald
Lelia Goldoni	...	Bea
Ola Moore	...	Old Woman
Harry Northup	...	Joe & Jim's Bartender
Martin Brinton	...	Lenny
Dean Casper	...	Chicken
Murray Moston	...	Jacobs
Harvey Keitel	...	Ben
Lane Bradbury	...	Rita
Diane Ladd	...	Flo
Vic Tayback	...	Mel
Valerie Curtin	...	Vera

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 (video rating) | UK:AA (cinema rating) | Brazil:14 | Canada:PG (video rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Amado, Arizona, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

"Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" was the title of an episode of 'The Brady Bunch (1969)' that aired on October 17, 1969, more than four years before the film came out. It was based on the 1933 song "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore," written by Joe Young, Johnny Burke, and Harold Spina, and popularized by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the alarm clock goes off, Alice knocks it to the floor. Alice goes back to sleep and some short time later, without either her or Tommy having moved in the bed, the alarm clock has returned to the nightstand.

Quotes:

David: So who's stoppin' ya?... Pack yer bags; I'll take you to Monterey... I don't give a damn about that ranch.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Roseanne: Becky Doesn't Live Here Anymore (#3.15)" (1991)

Soundtrack:

I've Got a Crush on You

Priceless

People forget that "ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE" is a Scorsese film. Look at it again and you'll see it is one hundred percent Scorsese. Totally focused on a female character. I read somewhere that Ellen Burstyn asked Scorsese "How well do you know women" and Scorsese replayed "Not well at all, but I'm willing to learn" The portrait of Alice adds something to film female characters that had never been present on the screen before. All those Joan Crawford fighting working class women seem like a joke compared to Ellen Burstyn's Alice. Jodie Foster steps into the screen with a funny, touching BANG. If you've never seen this film, hurry up! If you've seen it, see it again.