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Alice
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Overview

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6.4/10   4,204 votes
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Director:
Woody Allen
Writer (WGA):
Woody Allen (written by)
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Release Date:
10 January 1991 (Argentina) more
Genre:
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance more
Plot:
A spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations more
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(21 articles)
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Alice in Teaserland
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One of Woody's best more
US TV Schedule:
Sun. July 264:00 PMTCM   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mia Farrow ... Alice Tate

Alec Baldwin ... Ed

Blythe Danner ... Dorothy

Judy Davis ... Vicki

William Hurt ... Doug Tate
Keye Luke ... Dr. Yang

Joe Mantegna ... Joe

Bernadette Peters ... Muse

Cybill Shepherd ... Nancy Brill

Gwen Verdon ... Alice's Mother
Patrick O'Neal ... Alice's Father
Holland Taylor ... Helen
Julie Kavner ... Decorator
June Squibb ... Hilda
Marceline Hugot ... Monica
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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby (Mono)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Cameo: [Lisa Marie]Making her debut as a guest at the office Christmas party. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Thelonious Monk's version of "Darn That Dream" appears on the soundtrack, the LP sleeve of "Monk's Dream" is shown, implying that Alice and Joe are listening to it. However the tune is not featured on that album. more
Quotes:
Alice: But then when dad died you drank yourself to death with, with margaritas.
Alice's Mother: I couldn't help it darling. You know I couldn't resist the taste of salt around the rim of a glass.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Caravan more

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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
One of Woody's best, 10 December 2004
Author: pekinman from Illinois

I think Woody Allen's 'Alice' is one of his most under-rated creations. This movie comes from his glory days before the scandal with his adopted daughter eclipsed his U.S. career.

Here is vintage Woody. A fecund imagination married to a masterful story-telling talent.

Like 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' (his masterpiece in my estimation) this is pure fantasy and it is delightful. Mia Farrow has done nothing finer, equal to her portrayal in Polanski's 'Rosemary's Baby' though of a completely different genre.

The little socio-political messages do not interfere with what is otherwise a nifty little love story between Alice and Joe Mantagna. Things don't quite work out in the end, as is usual in a Woody movie, but they are on the border of real-life possibility and add the bittersweet note that he is so good at.

I love this movie. It is not one of his rocking comedies like 'Broadway Danny Rose' but is a sweet vignette. It has overtones of 'Diary of Mad Housewife' but with a happier ending, for the housewife anyway.

The scenes with Keye Luke, Alice's magical Eastern physician are subtle and funny. The fantasy scenes with Alec Baldwin's dead lover and the wonderful Bernadette Peters' muse are enchanting. Peters' Bronx-like muse is especially funny.

Don't miss it.

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