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Alice (1990)

PG-13 | | Comedy, Romance | 10 January 1991 (Argentina)
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A spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... Joe
... Alice
... Doug
... Hilda
... Monica
Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow ... Kate
Matthew H. Williamson ... Dennis (as Matt Williamson)
... Decorator
Billy Taylor ... Trainer
... Helen
Michael-Vaughn Sullivan ... Hairstylist
... Nina
... Penny
Gina Gallagher ... Joe's Daughter
Patience Moore ... School Teacher
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Storyline

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults Dr. Yang, an oriental herbalist who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of well-established rut. Written by Carl Seiler <lcs9549@tamsun.tamu.edu>

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female protagonist | invisible man | bored housewife | socialite | gossip | See All (80) »

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A younger man and a bolder woman

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Comedy | Romance

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10 January 1991 (Argentina)  »

Also Known As:

Alice - Apisti i apatimeni?  »

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Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$7,331,647
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Trivia

The film cast includes one Oscar winner: William Hurt; and five Oscar nominees: Alec Baldwin, June Squibb, Judy Davis, Bob Balaban and James Toback. See more »

Goofs

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. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Doug: Hey, where are you now?
Alice: Nowhere.
Doug: It's late, I have to go.
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Connections

Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Green Card/Almost an Angel/Hamlet/Come See the Paradise/Alice (1990) See more »

Soundtracks

Limehouse Blues
(1921)
Written by Philip Braham & Douglas Furber
Performed by Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra (as Ambrose and His Orchestra)
Courtesy of GNP Crescendo Records
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Frequently Asked Questions

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Willing to suspend disbelief
19 May 2002 | by – See all my reviews

Alice (9 out of 10)

Woody took my disbelief and suspended it high above Manhattan, so I could peer down upon Mia's Chinese-herb-aided exploration of infidelity, family and Catholicism.

Allen here is clearly more in touch with both yin and yang than Kubrick in Eyes Wide Shut. A dream, not a nightmare; a trail, not a train track.
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