Ellen Burstyn
Alice Hyatt
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a 1974 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Robert Getchell. It stars Ellen Burstyn as a widow who travels with her preteen son across the Southwestern United States in search of a better life.
May 23, 1975 · A drama romance film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Ellen Burstyn as a widowed singer on the road with her son. The film won an Oscar for Burstyn and features a young Harvey Keitel and a young Jodie Foster.
- (28K)
- Drama, Romance
- Martin Scorsese
- 1975-05-23
Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of this Martin Scorsese-directed drama about a widowed mother and her son. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, cinematographers, editors and more on IMDb.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) by Robert Getchell is a Romantic Drama about a recently widowed and bullied housewife Alice Hyatt (Ellen Burstyn), who leaves New Mexico in a station wagon with her spoiled and mouthy, twelve-year-old son, Tommy (Alfred Lutter III), to start life anew in Monterey, California, her childhood home.
A 1974 film by Martin Scorsese about a widowed woman and her son who embark on a journey across the Southwest. Ellen Burstyn stars as Alice, a former singer who tries to pursue her dreams and cope with reality.
After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.
- 112 min
A 1974 drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Ellen Burstyn as a widowed mother and singer. The film has a 92% critics rating and an 81% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviews praising Burstyn's performance and the film's tone.
- (84)
- Drama
- PG
