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Alice's Restaurant

starring: Arlo Guthrie, Patricia Quinn (II), James Broderick, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays
directed by: Arthur Penn

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792848097
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792848098
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 23, 2001
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 6928
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: August 20, 1969



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Description:
'It is hard to imagine a more beautiful movie' (Time) than this critically acclaimed chronicle of hippie life during the late 1960s, which garnered the acclaimed director of Bonnie and Clyde his second Oscar(r) nomination*. Based on the song by folk music troubadour Arlo Guthrie, son of legendary 'Dust Bowl' balladeer Woody Guthrie, this tribute film to 'the lost generation' features memorable scenes with other folk artists like Pete Seeger, who join Arlo in song to make a profound statement about war, protest and change. In the late '60s, a changing social and political climate inspired a new generation to create a lifestyle outside of the mainstream. Twenty-two year-old Arlo's journey to find a place for himself and his music includes a visit to his dying father in the hospital, gigs in New York and romps with his friends Alice and Ray, who run a small restaurant in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. And when an incident at Alice's Restaurant plays a pivotal role inArlo's avoidance of the draft, it sends him down a road that he will consider a small price to pay to keep his freedom and his beliefs. *Arthur Penn: Director; Alice's Restaurant (1969); Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Amazon.com:
You can get anything you want there, or so went Arlo Guthrie's song, a lengthy monologue about a Thanksgiving dinner and how its aftermath kept Guthrie out of the Vietnam-era draft. Arthur Penn's movie version, which stars Guthrie, James Broderick, and Pat Quinn, has a shambling, good-natured feel, much like Guthrie's epic tall tale. But as it follows Guthrie's adventures (he gets arrested for improper disposal of Thanksgiving garbage and the arrest renders him unfit for military service, in the draft board's eyes), it also examines the freewheeling nature of relationships in that period--and the toll that freedom took on those relationships. Guthrie is a natural performer, particularly funny during the draft board sequence; but the heart of the film is Quinn and Broderick's troubled marriage. --Marshall Fine



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Visionary about our future of their past
1969 was a turning point in American history. And this film is still living on the hippy dream, on ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Grand Old Flick
Brought back memories of a wonderful time the 1960s. Laughed a lot and warched it twice. Buy it, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A memory of idealism & shadows
As another Thanksgiving approaches, those of a certain age invariably hear the strains of "Alice's Restaurant" ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - poor
rambles, poor audio & video - story line hard to follow - except that this is a free spirited affair.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Alice;s Restaurant
The movie is a good (although a bit exaggerated) look at the era. The highlight is the commentary of the movie ... Read More

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