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Alice's Restaurant

1969 · 111 min

A rambling, affectionate hangout through counterculture days, drifting between gentle comedy and quiet heartbreak as youthful idealism slowly frays.

Directed by
Arthur Penn
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Tagline
Every Generation Has A Story To Tell.
Overview
After getting kicked out of college, Arlo decides to visit his friend Alice for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner is over, Arlo volunteers to take the trash to the dump but finds it closed for the holiday, so he dumps the trash in the bottom of a ravine. This act of littering gets him arrested and sends him on a bizarre journey.

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Directed by
Arthur Penn
Genres
Drama, Comedy
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • found family
  • identity
  • freedom
  • death
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Arthur Penn
Written by
Arthur Penn, Venable Herndon
Starring
Arlo Guthrie, Patricia Quinn, James Broderick, Tina Chen, Geoff Outlaw, Michael McClanathan, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays
Music
Arlo Guthrie, Garry Sherman
Cinematography
Michael Nebbia
Runtime
111 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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