Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

"A movie for everyone who has ever dreamed of a second chance."

1974 1h 52m EN

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★7.0TMDB · 558🍅92%Rotten Tomatoes●78Metacritic★7.3IMDB · 28,743

RomanceDrama

Synopsis

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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.

“A movie for everyone who has ever dreamed of a second chance.”

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Cast

Ellen Burstyn
Alice Hyatt
Alfred Lutter
Tommy
Kris Kristofferson
David
Harvey Keitel
Ben Eberhardt
Diane Ladd
Flo
Lelia Goldoni
Bea
Billy Green Bush
Donald Hyatt
Jodie Foster
Audrey

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Robert Getchell
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $21M — a 11.7× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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52 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Martin Scorsese, shot by Kent L. Wakeford. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Richard LaSalle. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Marcia Lucas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Ellen Burstyn and Alfred Lutter and Kris Kristofferson carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A movie for everyone who has ever dreamed of a second chance.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Martin Scorsese directs. Kent L. Wakeford behind the camera. Richard LaSalle scores. Marcia Lucas cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $21M — a 11.7× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
352 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Directed by Martin Scorsese, shot by Kent L. Wakeford. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Richard LaSalle. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Marcia Lucas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Ellen Burstyn and Alfred Lutter and Kris Kristofferson carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "A movie for everyone who has ever dreamed of a second chance.".
9IMDB entry: tt0071115 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 9 themes, including "waitress", "widow", "arizona", "son".