Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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.
Plot
In Socorro, New Mexico, Alice Hyatt's husband, Donald, a Coca-Cola delivery driver, is killed on the job in a traffic accident. A former singer, Alice sells most of her belongings, intending to take her son, Tommy, to her childhood home of Monterey, California, where she hopes to pursue the singing career she abandoned when she married Donald.
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| author | Robert Getchell |
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| award | Academy Award for Best Actress National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | Arizona |
| director | Martin Scorsese |
| editor | Marcia Lucas |
| genre | comedy-drama western |
| keywords | abandon alice hyatt belong childhood home coca-cola divorce end kill married new mexico phoenix arizona sexual relationship sing traffic accident unmarried |
| musicBy | Richard LaSalle |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
| producer | David Susskind |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | Arizona Monterey Socorro Tucson |
| theme | feminist romantic comedy |