Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

7.3PG112 minDirector: Martin Scorsese

1974 film directed by Martin Scorsese

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. Kris Kristofferson, Billy "Green" Bush, Diane Ladd, Valerie Curtin, Lelia Goldoni, Vic Tayback, Jodie Foster, Alfred Lutter, and Harvey Keitel appear in supporting roles.

The film was released theatrically on December 9, 1974, by Warner Bros., and it later premiered at the 28th Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing $21 million on a $1.8 million budget. At the 47th Academy Awards, Burstyn won Best Actress, and Ladd and Getchell were nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay.

The film was adapted into a popular television series, Alice, that aired on CBS from 1976 to 1985.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) — Despite admitting that she was scared of him in her never-ending quest to please him, thirty-five year old housewife and mother Alice Hyatt is devastated when her husband Donald is killed in an on the job traffic accident. With few job skills except that as a singer, Alice, along
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