Quinn played the title role of alice brock in the 1969 film alices restaurant, which the real alice brock disowned after its release. Arlo guthrie in alices restaurant 1969 james broderick and patricia quinn in. A cinematic adaption of arlo guthries classic song story. Alices restaurant 1969 directed by arthur penn cast in credits order. Alices restaurant soundtrack from 1969, composed by arlo guthrie, garry sherman. Alices restaurant cookbook, 1969, complete with arlo guthries record. Alices restaurant cookbook, 1969, complete with arlo. The work has become guthries signature song and he has periodically rereleased it with updated lyrics.
Penn, who cowrote the screenplay, evocatively captured the flavour of that song and the hippie counterculture that it celebrated, earning another academy award nomination as best director. Arthur penns alices restaurant is good work in a minor key. Alices restaurant 1969 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Alice s restaurant 1969 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
After getting kicked out of college, arlo decides to visit his friend alice pat quinn for. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing alices restaurant near you. Alices restaurant cookbook, by alice may brock, with recorded introduction by arlo guthrie. This is alice s restaurant based on arlo guntires song of the same name. Alices restaurant film score lp arlo guthrie ua import. But the alices restaurant ballad is all there and performed to perfection. Alice s restaurant, also known as the alice s restaurant massacree. A scenic route in the news come demo 2019 harleydavidson motorcycles at alices. The film stars guthrie as himself, with pat quinn as alice brock and james broderick as ray brock. A massachusetts church building made famous by the 1967 arlo guthrie song alices restaurant massacree is reopening after some recently completed upgrades. His inspiration for a new project came from an unlikely source, an eighteenminute talking blues ballad by arlo guthrie entitled the alices restaurant massacree. Released by rykodisc in 1988 rcd 10737 containing music from alices restaurant 1969. The movie follows the song with arlos voice over as both music and narration. Where the former film emphasized the coolness and freedom of bucking the system, alices restaurant reflects on the intimacy, the artistry, the simplicity and utter unsustainability of the flower power movement.
In 2017, it was selected for preservation in the national recording registry by the library of congress as being culturally, historically, or artistically significant. Alice seeks to add some stability to her life by opening a restaurant, which she does successfully with the help of friend arlos jingle. James broderick and patricia quinn in alices restaurant 1969 alices restaurant 1969 michael. There are a quartet of pick of the week contenders. In the end alices restaurant became the 21st highest grossing film of 1969, and guthrie incorporates stills from the movie into his performances of the song today.
A curious idea and one fantastic closing shot do not a great film make. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Arguably though, the movie is a far greater artistic. Alices restaurant, movie, 1969 pictures provided by. A restaurant seasoned by the 1960s, maria lisa calta, new york times, november 30, 1988 p. Still, i admit theres much to admire about its snapshot of the counterculture, one thats done. Writer and director arthur penn decided to give it a try with arlo guthries hit tune alices restaurant. Emmet walsh is the officer in charge, from arthur penns alices restaurant, 1969 view the tcmdb entry for alices restaurant 1969. Penn, who resided in the storys setting of stockbridge, massachusetts, cowrote the story with venable. The film, like the song, is loosely autobiographical. The song was an inspiration for the 1969 film also named alices restaurant.
Arlo helps his friends ray and alice, who live in a church, with alices. You sense that penn achieved what he set out to do. Alices restaurant is not a great film, but it is a good one, with penn. Arlo goes to see alice for thanksgivng and as a favor takes her trash to the dump. Alices restaurant is a 1969 american comedy film directed by arthur penn. Alices restaurant was director arthur penns 1969 hit after the tremendously. It is an adaptation of the 1967 folk song alices restaurant massacree, originally written and sung by arlo guthrie. Having established a commune to serve as an alternative to societys more traditional institutions, such as family and school, alice and ray take on the role of mother and father for the kids. Well done amazon for selling such films almost no british highstreet shop would ever stock. Alices restaurant was a seminal song in the 1960s, a social satire that humorously expressed youthful discontent with establishment values and the absurdity of its inflexible rules. Part two of the draft board adventure as arlo guthrie is sent to group w, where m. Like penns bonnie and clyde before it, alices restaurant delved into rebellion against the establishment, but penn keeps an eye on its potential limitations even as arlo guthrie and the commune live.
A brief history of alices restaurant the arlo guthrie classic starts off retelling the true story of what happened more than 50 years ago arlo guthrie lebrecht music and arts photo. C12 alices cookbook released by random house in conjunction with the movie 1969, alices restaurant cookbook was an immediate success. Alices restaurant massacree fame playing themselves, complete. Quinns other credits included an unmarried woman, shoot out, zachariah, clean and sober, and shut yer dirty little mouth. Alices restaurant 2000 arlo guthrie plays himself in this film based on his song of the same name. The number one film of the week is interstellar which is worth checking out, but not pick of the week material. Alices restaurant 1969 after the phenomenal success of bonnie and clyde in 1967, director arthur penn wanted to go in a different thematic direction, away from exploring violence as an unavoidable human condition.
Arlo guthrie might be the star of alices restaurant, but at the heart of the film are three characters. Alices restaurant massacree is a record by singersongwriter arlo guthrie, released as the title track to his 1967 debut album alices restaurant. Find movie and film cast and crew information for alices restaurant 1969 arthur penn on allmovie. Arlo helps his friends ray and alice, who live in a church, with alice s restaurant, as he avoids the draft and gets in. Mind you, in 1969 a lot of the minds which saw this film would have been zonked out of their skulls on some substance or other. As the followup to his big 1967 breakout hit film bonnie and clyde, director arthur penn made a movie in 1969 based on arlo guthries famous rambling draftdodging folk song alices restaurant.
Best i can tell, this movie was not a big hit, and doesnt particularly have a big reputation today. Alices restaurant is a 1969 comedydrama film directed by arthur penn his followup to bonnie and clyde and inspired by the title song of the arlo guthrie album alices restaurant. Alices restaurant 1969 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and. Its based on arlo guthries ballad about the attitude of law enforcement in general to the hippies of the times, and a runin he had which eventually gets him out of the draft on a legal. Video archive for the film alices restaurant, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 1969. Arlo guthries song is converted into a motion picture. Ray, alice, and shelly, played to perfection by broderick, quinn, and mcclanathan, respectively. Arlo, son of famous folksinger woody guthrie, wrote the almost 19minute song after being arrested. This uneven film is based on arlo guthries popular song the massacre at alices restaurant. Movie typography from the film alices restaurant 1969, directed by arthur penn, starring sandy dennis, michael burns, susanne benton, david garfield, luana anders. It isnt a great film, but you never get the feeling that it wanted to be.
Eschewing hollywood polish, director arthur penns loose narrative and partial use of nonprofessional actors in this feature meshed with a new youth culture predicated on rejecting convention. Well done amazon for selling such films almost no british highstreet shop would. Alices restaurant 1969 letterboxd your life in film. Alices restaurant 1969 arthur penn movie al barger. Staring guthrie himself, this film attempts to be all things with edges of satirical comedy and heartfelt drama, only the films freewheeling esoteric tone doesnt. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Arlo, son of famous folksinger woody guthrie, wrote the almost. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. In much of the film it looks as though it may be outfitted with seats or at least padded sides in the rear compartment, but toward the end they actually use it for toting a coffin. Arthur penn in alices restaurant 1969 james broderick and patricia quinn in alices restaurant 1969. Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time. Alices restaurant is a 1969 film adapted from a song by arlo guthrie. She and arlo are the only members of their group who look beyond the aimless lifestyle of the members of their commune, who are content to meander through life riding motorcycles and getting stoned.
Despite its running time of over 18 minutes, it was a hit song, and an inspiration for the 1969 film also named alice s restaurant. Alices restaurant movie trailer and videos tv guide. It is notable as a satirical, firstperson account of 1960s counterculture, in addition to being a hit song in its own right and an inspiration for the 1969 film, also named alices restaurant. The real life blind judge in guthries song, judge james hannon, also plays himself james hannon in the film. Alices restaurant was director arthur penns 1969 hit after the tremendously popular bonnie and clyde, almost a followup to his previous instant success. The song itself is officially named the alices restaurant massacree, but is frequently also called alices restaurant. Performed by pete seeger uncredited and arlo guthrie uncredited. Arlo helps his friends ray and alice, who live in a church, with alices restaurant, as he avoids the draft and gets in. The song is arlo guthries most famous work, a talking blues epic based. With arlo guthrie, patricia quinn, james broderick, pete seeger. Financial analysis of alices restaurant 1969 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. When the local sheriff finds out a major manhunt begins.
As you see alice at the door of the church at the end, ray off for perhaps a better deal in rural vermont, you get the feeling penn would like like like hell to comfort this band of wandering, sometime flowerchildren, but hes a new york bornand bred professional. Films of the later 1960s clyde with the kinder, gentler alices restaurant 1969, the plot of which was based on singersongwriter arlo guthries 18minutelong narrative song. Alices restaurant is the quintessential countercultural film of the 1960s. When the dump is closed, he drops it on top of another pile of garbage at the bottom of a ravine. This is alices restaurant based on arlo guntires song of the same name.
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