Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

Note Générale:

7,4/10   

Réalisateur:

Martin Scorsese

Scénariste:

Robert Getchell (written by)

Date de sortie:

30 mai 1975 (France)

Genre:

Drame | Romance

Accroche:

A picture for anyone who has ever dreamed of a second chance!

Intrigue:

A recently widowed woman on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.

Plot Keywords:

Phoenix Arizona | Singer | Spouse | Waitress | Piano

Récompenses:

Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 9 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Martin Scorsese in a rare romantic mood!

Ensemble

Mia Bendixsen	...	Alice, Age 8
Ellen Burstyn	...	Alice Hyatt
Alfred Lutter III	...	Tommy (as Alfred Lutter)
Billy Green Bush	...	Donald
Lelia Goldoni	...	Bea
Ola Moore	...	Old Woman
Harry Northup	...	Joe & Jim's Bartender
Martin Brinton	...	Lenny
Dean Casper	...	Chicken
Murray Moston	...	Jacobs
Harvey Keitel	...	Ben
Lane Bradbury	...	Rita
Diane Ladd	...	Flo
Vic Tayback	...	Mel
Valerie Curtin	...	Vera

Durée:

112 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

UK:15 (video rating) (1987) | UK:AA (cinema rating) | Brazil:14 | Canada:PG (video rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | Netherlands:12

Lieux de tournage:

Amado, Arizona, USA

Société:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Anecdotes:

Diane Ladd played Flo in this movie. In the television series "Alice" (1976), the part was played by Polly Holliday. When Holliday left the series, Ladd stepped in to portray Belle, the waitress who replaced Flo at Mel's Diner. Vic Tayback reprised his role as Mel in the TV series. Alfred Lutter III played Alice's son Tommy in the pilot episode of the TV series, but was afterwards replaced by Philip McKeon.

Goofs:

Continuité: When Alice and her son leave in their station wagon for Arizona, the rear view mirror is in place, but it disappears along the trip, even though the piece that holds it on the windshield is still there. The mirror is still in place from a camera shot from the back seat.

Guillemet:

Tommy: Life is short.
Alice: Yeah, well, so are you.

Connexions:

Référencé sur Erin Brockovich (2000)

Bande son:

Jeepster

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 Tommy 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 Harvey Keitel. Later, waitressing at Mel & Ruby's Cafe in Tucson, she meets a gentle farmer who's had his share of heartbreak. This is a perceptive, amusingly 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 really 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". **** from ****