History Film / AliceDoesntLiveHereAnymore

* IronicJuxtaposition: The whole movie, Alice has been promising an insistent Tommy that she will get them to Monterey, California before the school year starts. In the end, Tommy tells her that it's OK if they stay in Tucson. The last shot of the movie shows them walking towards a hotel or restaurant called the Monterey.[[note]]Which, incredibly, was a complete accident according to Scorcese. When the sign was pointed out to him during post-production he [[ThrowItIn made sure they kept it in the frame]].[[/note]]

* IronicJuxtaposition: The whole movie, Alice has been promising an insistent Tommy that she will get them to Monterey, California before the school year starts. In the end, Tommy tells her that it's OK if they stay in Tucson. The last shot of the movie shows them walking towards the Monterey Hotel.[[note]]Which, incredibly, was a complete accident according to Scorcese. When the sign was pointed out to him during post-production he [[ThrowItIn made sure they kept it in the frame]].[[/note]]

* IronicJuxtaposition: The whole movie, Alice has been promising an insistent Tommy that she will get them to Monterey, California before the school year starts. In the end, Tommy tells her that it's OK if they stay in Tucson. The last shot of the movie shows them walking towards the Monterey Hotel.

Child star Creator/JodieFoster has a supporting part in this movie as Audrey, Tommy's juvenile delinquent friend. Creator/HarveyKeitel plays Ben, briefly Alice's boyfriend. Diane Ladd's daughter, Creator/LauraDern, has a bit part as a kid eating an ice cream cone.

Alice Hyatt (Burstyn) is a woman in her mid-thirties, living in New Mexico and stuck in an unhappy marriage to truck driver Donald. She becomes unstuck when Donald gets killed in a traffic accident--but she is also alone and jobless and responsible for her 12-year-old son Tommy. Alice briefly worked as a nightclub singer in Monterey, CA, before getting married, so she elects to try that again. Eventually she winds up in Tucson, AZ, where dire financial necessity forces her to take a job as a waitress at Mel and Ruby's Cafe. There she makes friends with sassy waitress Flo (Diane Ladd), and finds love with rancher David (Kristofferson).

Alice Hyatt (Burstyn) is a woman in her mid-thirties, living in New Mexico and stuck in an unhappy marriage to truck driver Donald. She becomes unstuck when Donald gets killed in a traffic accident--but she is also alone and jobless and responsible for her 12-year-old son Tommy. Alice briefly worked as a nightclub singer in Monterey, CA, before getting married, so she elects to try that again. Eventually she winds up in Tucson, AZ, where dire financial necessity forces her to take a job as a waitress at Mel and Ruby's Diner. There she makes friends with sassy waitress Flo (Diane Ladd), and finds love with rancher David (Kristofferson).

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Vera has elements of this.

* AMinorKidroduction: The opening scene is a parody of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' with a young Alice on the family farm.

* {{Retraux}}: The opening credits and scenes of Alice as a child, presented in Academy ratio and done in the style of a '40s Technicolor musical.

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Audrey, an 11-year-old [[SonOfAWhore daughter of a prostitute]] (whom she calls "Ramada Rose"). She convinces Tommy to go shoplifting, tries to get him to huff paint, and eventually gets him drunk.

Burstyn, who was given creative control of this film after starring in smash hit ''Film/TheExorcist'', personally selected up-and-comer Scorsese to be the director. The film won her an AcademyAward for Best Actress. It was adapted for television as the sitcom ''[[Series/{{Alice1976}} Alice]]'', which became a big hit and ran for nine years on CBS (1976-1985). Vic Tayback, who appears here as cranky diner owner Mel, reprised his role on the TV show, while Diane Ladd, who plays Flo in the movie, later joined the series as a different waitress character.

Alice Hyatt (Burstyn) is a woman in her mid-thirties, mother to son Tommy, living in New Mexico, stuck in an unhappy marriage to truck driver Donald. She becomes unstuck when Donald gets killed in a traffic accident--but she is also alone and jobless and responsible for a 12-year-old. Alice briefly worked as a nightclub singer in Monterey, CA, before getting married, so she elects to try that again. Eventually she winds up in Tucson, AZ, where dire financial necessity forces her to take a job as a waitress at Mel and Ruby's Diner. There she makes friends with sassy waitress Flo (Diane Ladd), and finds love with rancher David (Kristofferson).

Alice Hyatt is a woman in her mid-thirties, mother to son Tommy, living in New Mexico, stuck in an unhappy marriage to truck driver Donald. She becomes unstuck when Donald gets killed in a traffic accident--but she is also alone and jobless and responsible for a 12-year-old. Alice briefly worked as a nightclub singer in Monterey, CA, before getting married, so she elects to try that again. Eventually she winds up in Tucson, AZ, where dire financial necessity forces her to take a job as a waitress at Mel and Ruby's Diner. There she makes friends with sassy waitress Flo (Diane Ladd), and finds love with rancher David (Kristofferson).

'''''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore''''' is a 1974 comedy-drama film starring Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson, directed by Creator/MartinScorsese.

'''''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore''''' is a 1974 film starring Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson, directed by Creator/MartinScorsese.

''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'' is a 1974 film starring Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson, directed by Creator/MartinScorsese.

Burstyn, who was given creative control of this film after starring in smash hit ''Film/TheExorcist'', personally selected up-and-comer Scorsese to be the director. The film won her an AcademyAward for Best Actress. It was adapted for television as the sitcom ''[[Series/{{Alice1976}} Alice]]'', which became a big hit and ran for nine years on CBS (1976-1985). Vic Tayback, who appears here as Mel, Alice's cranky boss at the diner, reprised his role on the TV show, while Diane Ladd, who plays Flo in the movie, later joined the series as a different waitress character.

Burstyn, who was given creative control of this film after starring in smash hit ''Film/TheExorcist'', personally selected up-and-comer Scorsese to be the director. The film won her an AcademyAward for Best Actress. It was adapted for television as the sitcom ''[[Series/Alice1976 Alice]]'', which became a big hit and ran for nine years on CBS (1976-1985).

Vic Tayback, who appears here as Mel, Alice's cranky boss at the diner, reprised his role on the TV show. Child star Creator/JodieFoster has a supporting part in this movie as Audrey, Tommy's juvenile delinquent friend. Creator/HarveyKeitel plays Ben, briefly Alice's boyfriend. Diane Ladd's daughter, Creator/LauraDern, has a bit part as a kid eating an ice cream cone.

Burstyn, who was given creative control of this film after starring in smash hit ''Film/TheExorcist'', personally selected up-and-comer Scorsese to be the director. The film won her an AcademyAward for Best Actress. It was adapted for television as the sitcom ''Series/{{Alice}}'', which became a big hit and ran for nine years, 1976-1985.

Vic Tayback, who appears here as Mel, Alice's cranky boss at Mel's Diner, reprised his role on the TV show. Child star Creator/JodieFoster has a supporting part in this movie as Audrey, Tommy's juvenile delinquent friend. Creator/HarveyKeitel plays Ben, briefly Alice's boyfriend. Diane Ladd's daughter, Creator/LauraDern, has a bit part as a kid eating an ice cream cone.

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Audrey, an 11-year-old [[SonOfAWhore daughter of a prostitute]] (whom she calls "Ramada Rose"). She convinces Tommy to go shoplifting, tries to get him to huff paint, and eventually gets him drunk.

* BrattyHalfPint: Although Tommy is essentially good-hearted, but he can be bratty and annoying, and he curses like a sailor. David tells Alice that she spoils him too much. In one scene in the car, Alice breaks down in tears after Tommy just will not stop telling an insanely irritating long story about shooting a dog.

'''Tommy''': [[PrecisionFStrike Shit!]]\\