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Go Ask Alice

1973 · 74 min

A grim, cautionary slide into despair, earnest and dated, watching a young girl's world quietly collapse.

Directed by: John Korty
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: William Shatner, Ruth Roman, Wendell Burton

Tagline: A teenage girl's downward spiral into drug addiction.
Overview: A 15-year-old girl in late 1960's America is inadvertently sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs. She eventually seeks help.

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Directed by: John Korty
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: William Shatner, Ruth Roman, Wendell Burton

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: addiction
coming-of-age
isolation
family
trauma
Places: big city
home
road trip
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, tv movie
Directed by: John Korty
Written by: Ellen M. Violett
Starring: William Shatner, Ruth Roman, Wendell Burton, Julie Adams, Andy Griffith, Ayn Ruymen, Mimi Maynard, Jennifer Edwards
Cinematography: Earl Rath
Runtime: 74 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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