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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Humor, Profanity, Substance Abuse, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1974 DVD Release: 08/17/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 52 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Drama, Romantic Drama, Psychological Drama, Feminist Film

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 Mel's Diner, run by gruff cook Mel (Vic Tayback). With her career on hold, Alice soon finds strength and self-worth through her friendship with the other waitresses, saucy Flo (Diane Ladd) and spacy Vera (Valerie Curtin). When sensitive rancher David (Kris Kristofferson) starts courting her, Alice wonders if she wants to abandon her goals for domesticity again. To contrast Alice's dream life with her reality, Scorsese created a stylized opening sequence of Alice as a child reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz, Duel in the Sun and Gone With the Wind, before shifting into the present-day atmospheric immediacy of location shooting and scenes built out of improvisations. That opening sequence alone cost over twice as much as Scorsese's debut feature, Who's That Knocking At My Door?. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

Ellen Burstyn - Alice Hyatt
Kris Kristofferson - David
Billy Green Bush - Donald Hyatt
Alfred Lutter - Alice's Son Tommy
Diane Ladd - Flo
Lelia Goldoni - Neighbor Bea

Martin Scorsese followed up his Mean Streets with the women's picture Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The film gets a first-rate release on DVD as part of the =Martin Scorsese Collection. The DVD offers a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English, French, and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Scorsese as well as members of the cast, including star Ellen Burstyn, who really shepherded this project to the screen. A making-of featurette and the original theatrical trailer round out his solid release. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide