Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
“A movie for everyone who has ever dreamed of a second chance.”
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.
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Cast
33 people
Ellen Burstyn
Alice Hyatt
Known for
Requiem for a Dream
The Exorcist
Alfred Lutter
Tommy
Known for
Love and Death
The Bad News Bears
Kris Kristofferson
David
Known for
Blade II
The Jacket
Harvey Keitel
Ben Eberhardt
Known for
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Diane Ladd
Flo
Known for
Joy
Wild at Heart
Lelia Goldoni
Bea
Known for
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Shadows
Billy Green Bush
Donald Hyatt
Known for
Critters
The Hitcher
Jodie Foster
Audrey
Known for
The Silence of the Lambs
Taxi Driver
Valerie Curtin
Vera
Known for
Silver Streak
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Vic Tayback
Mel
Known for
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Alice
Murray Moston
Jacobs
Known for
Mean Streets
New York, New York
Harry Northup
Joe & Jim's Bartender
Known for
Mean Streets
Who's That Knocking at My Door
Martin Scorsese Director · Robert Getchell Writer Richard LaSalle Composer
Worldwide gross $21M · Budget $1.8M · United States release December 9, 1974
Box office
Budget
$1,800,000
Worldwide gross
$21,000,000
Gross vs. budget
11.7×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
David Susskind Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Belgium · December 9, 1974
Limited theatrical
United States · December 9, 1974
Premiere · Los Angeles, California
United States
January 29, 1975 · Premiere · New York City, New York
Argentina
March 11, 1976 · Theatrical
Austria
October 3, 1975 · Theatrical
Brazil
July 31, 2000 · TV · Televisão Herbert Richers
September 17, 2004 · Physical · DVD/VHS Herbert Richers
February 12, 2018 · Physical · IMDB
Czechia
January 2, 2002 · TV
Denmark
August 11, 1975 · Theatrical
Finland
October 31, 1975 · Theatrical
France
May 12, 1975 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Germany
September 26, 1975 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
December 25, 1975 · Theatrical
Hungary
May 19, 1977 · Theatrical
Ireland
July 11, 1975 · Theatrical
Italy
May 23, 1975 · Theatrical
Japan
November 22, 1975 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 14, 1975 · Theatrical
May 21, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Philippines
January 29, 1976 · Theatrical
Poland
January 10, 1977 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 25, 1977 · Theatrical
Romania
December 27, 1976 · Theatrical
Russia
October 11, 1976 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 9, 1974 · Theatrical
June 30, 1975 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 5, 1975 · Limited theatrical · London, England
Uruguay
December 1, 1975 · Theatrical
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