A recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.A recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.A recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 11 nominations total
Alfred Lutter III
- Tommy
- (as Alfred Lutter)
Marty Brinton
- Lenny
- (as Martin Brinton)
David Adams
- Diner at Mel & Ruby's
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaEllen Burstyn's Oscar was delivered to her in a liquor box by Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau at the stage door of the Broadway theater where she was working. She asked Matthau what an Oscar really meant, and he told her, "Let's put it this way, Ellen. When you die, the newspapers will say, 'The Academy Award-winning actress Ellen Burstyn died today.'"
- GoofsTommy says the A7 chord hurts his fingers. A7 is one of the easiest chords, even for beginners. Kristofferson would know this and could have asked the script be altered, and recommend a more difficult chord.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits, as well as the first scene, are in 1.37:1, emulating the vintage movies Alice grew up on.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Qiao ru cai die fei fei fei (1982)
Featured review
Martin Scorsese in a rare romantic mood!
Starring the incomparable Ellen Burstyn, giving an Oscar-winning performance (one of the finest of the 1970s), this comedy-drama is gritty and tough, but never off-putting. After her husband dies, 35-year-old Alice Hyatt from New Mexico and her smart-mouthed 11-year-old son (Alfred Lutter) take to the road, chasing her girlhood dream of finding songbird success in Monterey, CA. They get stuck in Phoenix, where she meets up with a frightening working-stiff in a cowboy hat (Harvey Keitel). Later, waitressing at Mel & Ruby's Cafe in Tucson, she meets a gentle farmer (Kris Kristofferson) who's had his share of heartbreak. Perceptive, amusing, knockabout film regarding ordinary people trying to make it, episodes in their lives that enrich or derail them. Alice and her son have a wonderfully natural give-and-take, and the oddballs they meet on their odyssey (like Jodie Foster's shoplifting tomboy or the sweet, overweight cowboy who gives Alice a singing job) are deliciously silly, yet incredibly real. Burstyn is a joy cutting up with her neighbor in the backyard, having a Coke fight with her kid in a seedy motel, trading quips with Diane Ladd's salty Flo in the diner. Some critics complained that the happy ending felt tacked on, but you come to respect Alice and her choices, and most of the film's little faults are camouflaged by director Martin Scorsese's bittersweet framing and Robert Getchell's vivid screenplay. Far superior to the TV sitcom, "Alice", which quickly followed.
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- Sep 12, 2005
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- Also known as
- Alisa više ne stanuje ovde
- Filming locations
- Chicago Music Store - 130 E Congress Street, Tucson, Arizona, USA(Audrey shoplifts there)
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- Budget
- $1,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $18,600,000
- Gross worldwide
- $18,600,211
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