Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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PG,1hr 52min
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1974
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Warner Home Video
Synopsis: Martin Scorsese's first Hollywood studio production also marked his first (and only) foray into a woman-centered story. Alice Hyatt (Ellen Burstyn), a resigned Southwest housewife, takes advantage of her trucker husband's sudden death to hit the road with her bratty son Tommy (Alfred Lutter) and pursue her childhood dream of a singing career. She finds a job as a lounge singer, but after a horrific encounter with an abusive new beau (Harvey Keitel), she flees and winds up taking a waitress job at ... Full Synopsis
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Although Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore has almost none of Martin Scorsese's thematic characteristics, it draws its charm and energy from the same kind of lifelike, improvisational style common to all his films, especially in scenes between Alice and either Flo or the annoyingly articulate Tommy; star Ellen Burstyn suggested Scorsese to Warner Bros. after Francis Ford Coppola told her to see the not-yet ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Alice Hyatt
Donald Hyatt
Alice's Son Tommy
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