ALICE'S RESTAURANT (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1969
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
• Plot: 'It is hard to imagine a more beautiful movie' (Time) than this critically acclaimed chronicle of hippie life during the late 1960's, which garnered the acclaimed director of 'Bonnie and Clyde', Arthur Penn, his second Oscar nomination. Based on the song by folf music troubadour Arlo Guthrie, son of legendary 'Dust Bowl' balladeer Woody Guthrie, this tribute film to 'the last generation' features memorable scenes with other folk artists like Pete Seeger, who join Arlo in song to make a profound statement about war, protest and change.; ; In the late '60s, a changing social and political climate inspired a new generation to create a lifestyle outside of the mainstream. Twenty-two year-old Arlo's journey to find a place for himself and his music includes a visit to his dying father in the hospital, gigs in New York and romps with his friends Alice and Ray, who run a small restaurant in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. And when an incident at Alice's Restaurant plays a pivotal role in Arlo's avoidance of the draft, it sends him down a road that he will consider a small price to pay to keep his freddom and his beliefs.
• Cast: Arlo Guthrie, Patricia Quinn, James Broderick, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Michael McClanathan, Geoff Outlaw, Tina Chen, Kathleen Dabney, William Obanhein, Seth Allen, Monroe Arnold, Joseph Boley, Vinnette Carroll, Sylvia Davis, Simm Landres, Eulalie Noble, Louis Beachner, MacIntyre Dixon, Arthur Pierce Middleton, Donald Marye, Shelley Plimpton, M. Emmet Walsh, Ron Weyand, Eleanor D. Wilson, Neil Brooks Cunningham, Thomas De Wolfe, James Hannon, Graham Jarvis, John E. Quill, Frank Simpson, Alice Brock, Arthur Penn, Venable Herndon, Hillard Elkins, Joe Manduke, Michael Nebbia, Dede Allen, Abe Seidman, Sanford Rackow, Jack Fitzstephens, Warren Clymer
• Director: Arthur Penn
• Runtime: 1:51
• Company: United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), MGM Home Video
• Media Format: Movie