History Film / AliceDoesntLiveHereAnymore

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

* BuxomIsBetter: Flo's opinion. After telling Alice to unbutton her uniform and show some cleavage, she changes her mind, saying if Alice is going to do that Flo isn't going to get any tips.

Alice Hyatt (Burstyn) is a woman in her mid-thirties, living in New Mexico and stuck in an unhappy marriage to truck driver Donald (Billy Green Bush). 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 (Alfred Lutter). Alice briefly worked as a nightclub singer in her hometown of Monterey, California prior to getting married, so she elects to try that again. Eventually she winds up in Tucson, Arizona, where dire financial necessity forces her to take a job as a waitress at Mel and Ruby's Café. There she makes friends with her fellow waitresses, sassy Flo (Creator/DianeLadd) and meek Vera (Valerie Curtin), 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 (Billy Green Bush). 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 (Alfred Lutter). Alice briefly worked as a nightclub singer in her hometown of Monterey, California prior to getting married, so she elects to try that again. Eventually she winds up in Tucson, Arizona, where dire financial necessity forces her to take a job as a waitress at Mel and Ruby's Café. There she makes friends with her fellow waitresses, sassy Flo (Diane Ladd) and meek Vera (Valerie Curtin), and finds love with rancher David (Kristofferson).

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

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

[[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness The only film of Martin Scorsese's career]] [[CreatorsOddball with a female protagonist]].

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

[[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness The only film of Martin Scorsese's career]] [[OddballInTheSeries with a female protagonist]].

-->'''Tommy:''' You got pregnant.

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 UsefulNotes/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.

* MouthyKid: Tommy.
-->'''Alice:''' I'm an okay sorta person. How'd I get such a smart-ass kid?
-->'''Tommy:''' You got pregnant.

* {{Domestic Abuse}}r: Moments after Alice finds out Ben is married, she finds out he is this as well, when a violent, knife-wielding Ben breaks up her talk with Ben's wife.

* DomesticAbuse: Moments after Alice finds out Ben is married, she finds out he is this as well, when a violent, knife-wielding Ben breaks up her talk with Ben's wife.

Alice Hyatt (Burstyn) is a woman in her mid-thirties, living in New Mexico and stuck in an unhappy marriage to truck driver Donald (Billy Green Bush). 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 (Alfred Lutter). Alice briefly worked as a nightclub singer in her hometown of Monterey, California prior to getting married, so she elects to try that again. Eventually she winds up in Tucson, Arizona, where dire financial necessity forces her to take a job as a waitress at Mel and Ruby's Café. There she makes friends with fellow waitresses Flo (Diane Ladd) and Vera (Valerie Curtin), 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 (Billy Green Bush). 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 (Alfred Lutter). Alice briefly worked as a nightclub singer in her hometown of Monterey, California prior to getting married, so she elects to try that again. Eventually she winds up in Tucson, Arizona, where dire financial necessity forces her to take a job as a waitress at Mel and Ruby's Café. 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 her hometown of Monterey, CA prior to 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 Café. There she makes friends with sassy waitress Flo (Diane Ladd), and finds love with rancher David (Kristofferson).

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!!Tropes:

* TheOner: A hallmark of Martin Scorsese's career, here seen in an impressive shot where the camera starts with Flo and Alice in the diner, leads them through the snaking back passages of the diner, then goes outside the diner, then follows Flo and Alice into an outdoor toilet.

* EpicTrackingShot: A hallmark of Martin Scorsese's career, here seen in an impressive shot where the camera starts with Flo and Alice in the diner, leads them through the snaking back passages of the diner, then goes outside the diner, then follows Flo and Alice into an outdoor toilet.

* DomesticAbuser: Moments after Alice finds out Ben is married, she finds out he is this as well, when a violent, knife-wielding Ben breaks up her talk with Ben's wife.

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

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Vera, the third waitress at Mel and Ruby's, has elements of this.

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 Café. There she makes friends with sassy waitress Flo (Diane Ladd), and finds love with rancher David (Kristofferson).

* AMinorKidroduction: The opening scenes are a {{retraux}} parody of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' with a young Alice on the family farm.