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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a 1974 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Robert Getchell. It stars Ellen Burstyn as a widow who travels with her preteen son across the Southwestern United States in search of a better life.
May 23, 1975 · Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Mia Bendixsen, Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter III, Billy Green Bush. A recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.
Martin Scorsese’s” Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” opens with a parody of the Hollywood dream world little girls were expected to carry around in their intellectual baggage a generation ago. The screen is awash with a fake sunset, and a sweet little thing comes strolling along home past sets that seem rescued from “The Wizard of Oz.”
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore finds Martin Scorsese wielding a somewhat gentler palette than usual, with generally absorbing results. Read Critics Reviews
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Feb 28, 2023 · "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" should be cherished in Scorsese's filmography as something rare, besides being an excellent character study that still works well after many years. Advertisement. The story mainly revolves around Alice Hyatt ( Ellen Burstyn ), a suburban housewife living in New Mexico.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) by Robert Getchell is a Romantic Drama about a recently widowed and bullied housewife Alice Hyatt (Ellen Burstyn), who leaves New Mexico in a station wagon with her spoiled and mouthy, twelve-year-old son, Tommy (Alfred Lutter III), to start life anew in Monterey, California, her childhood home.
Dec 30, 2011 · Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More (1974) - Turner Classic Movies. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A widow dreaming of a singing career ends up waiting tables in Phoenix. Cast & Crew. Read More. Martin Scorsese. Director. Ellen Burstyn. Kris Kristofferson.
A recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer. Ellen Burstyn won the "Best Actress" Oscar for her performance in this memorable comedy-drama about a widowed mother suddenly forced to take charge of her own life.
After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.
About. Martin Scorcese directs Ellen Burstyn in an Academy Award-winning performance. At 32, Alice Hyatt (Burstyn) watches her dreams slipping away. Instead of a career as a singer, she has an abusive husband, an ill-mannered 12-year-old son, and a life in small-town Oklahoma.
