Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
by Martin Scorsese
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Actor: Alfred Lutter III, Billy Green Bush, Ellen Burstyn, Lelia Goldoni, Mia BendixsenDirector: Martin Scorsese
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-17
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
DVD Review: It was more like "One Day at a Time" than "Alice."
Summary: 2 Stars
"Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" came out in late 1974 and was billed as an anthem for women.
Ellen Burstyn plays Alice Hyatt, a recently widowed 30-something mother. The movie starts out by showing her husband (before he died.) Donald (Billy Green Busch) was an abusive man that didn't pay his wife or son much attention. But Alice thinks that there isn't any cold side of the bed as long as a man is in it; so she stands by her husband.
After her husband's untimely death I thought that maybe Alice will start to live life and wouldn't be so hopeless anymore. I was very wrong. Her life went from miserable to even more miserable. Alice just seemed so incredibly harried throughout the entire movie. She packs up her meager belongings and embarks on a new life with her foul-mouthed son, Tommy (Alfred Lutter III.) Alice's only trade is her musical voice.
Alice stumbles into a dark little bar and asks the owner to give her an audition. When he tells her that his isn't a singing bar Alice turns on the water works. This was so annoying because if anyone else did this they would have been shown the door, but since she was a blonde in snug dress the owner actually gave her an audition and then a job! I wasn't fond of Alice's singing (it was very moody without much of a beat.) And I couldn't help but think that Alice was the type of woman who would flash a little leg to get things going her way, and then scream harassment if she didn't get what she wanted. If that's women's lib then I'm Abraham Lincoln.
Soon, Alice finds a little fly buzzing around her, Ben (a very young-looking Harvey Keitel.) At first he seemed somewhat charming and sweet, but he turned out to be an abusive (married) alcoholic, not unlike Alice's late-husband. This time Alice can't swat away her little pest so she does the only thing she can do; she flees for Tucson.
Alice lands a job as a waitress at Mel & Ruby's Cafe. She really doesn't care for the job, but it's a start and a way to help support her son. She also doesn't care much for her colleague, Flo (Diane Ladd) who was just as vulgar as any 18-wheel trucker. But I suspect that Alice may have felt threatned by this other blonde who drew men to her. However Alice does befriend Flo, eventually. Soon Alice meets diner-patron David (Kris Kristofferson), and even sooner she hops right into his sack.
Jodi Foster has a small part as a tom-boy (Audrey/Doris) that befriends Tommy. Audrey is even more wild and out of control than Tommy.
I really did not care for this movie very much. It didn't seem to have much of a point and the ending was incredibly anti-climactic. There were a few funny lines (with Flo and Mel, played by the legendary, late Vic Tayback.) But overall, I was not too impressed with this movie because it was rather boring and difficult to watch.
I was a HUGE fan of the sitcom Alice with Linda Lavin and I expected this movie to be a feel-good movie similar to the TV program. No matter what Alice (on the TV show) always managed to turn a bad situation into something positive and she was always such a kind-hearted person that really cared for people. I remember in one of the earliest eps of "Alice" she said: Any day can be a good day if you work hard at it, and I think that statement really embodies what the TV show was all about; turning something not so good into something that is.
The "Alice" in this movie was someone I did not know. There was no similarities between this Alice and the Alice on TV. The only part that (slightly) reminded me of the Alice I grew up with was when she gave away the shawl to the elderly lady at her yard sale. But other than that I got the impression that Movie-Alice was a wanton woman that didn't have much to say or do; TV-Alice always had a message and was always so positive. And I can't believe that the TV show Alice was adapted from this movie because the movie seemed somewhat risque (not for 2007, but for 1974 it sure was.) It was much more like "One Day at a Time" than "Alice."
Description of Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE - DVD MovieHaving scored a critical triumph with Mean Streets, Martin Scorsese accepted Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as his first big-studio assignment, proving his versatility and further advancing his promising career. Hot off The Exorcist with her choice of projects at Warner Brothers, Ellen Burstyn sought a hot young talent (Scorsese was recommended by Francis Coppola) to direct Robert Getchell's fine, sensitive screenplay about Alice Wyatt, a newly-widowed 35-year-old lounge singer with a bratty 12-year-old son (Alfred Lutter) and a very uncertain future. Her pursuit of broken dreams lands her a waitressing job in an Arizona diner, where she befriends foul-mouthed Flo (Diane Ladd) and meets and falls in love with a divorced farmer (Kris Kristofferson). With absolute authenticity of emotion and incident, Alice--which earned Burstyn a well-deserved Oscar® and features supporting roles for future Taxi Driver costars Jodie Foster and Harvey Keitel--conveys a then-timely sense of strength and endurance from a single mother in desperate times. There have been several similar dramas made since 1974, but Alice (which inspired the popular TV sitcoms Alice and Flo) is still the best. Trivia buffs: Look closely for Ladd's daughter--a very young Laura Dern--and Scorsese as background extras in the diner scenes. --Jeff Shannon
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