Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) on Netflix
Alice Hyatt's husband Donald is killed on the job in Socorro, New Mexico. She sells most of their belongings and heads for Monterey, California, with her son Tommy, hoping to sing again.
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Plot summary
Alice Hyatt, once a singer, lives in Socorro, New Mexico, with her husband Donald, a Coca-Cola delivery driver, and their eleven-year-old son, Tommy. When Donald is killed in a traffic accident on the job, Alice sells most of what the family owns and sets out with Tommy for Monterey, California, the town where she grew up and hopes to sing again. The money runs out before they reach it, so they take temporary lodgings in Phoenix, Arizona, and Alice finds work as a lounge singer. She also meets Ben, a younger man who charms her. Tommy often has to look after himself while she works.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
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- Scorsese's casting director auditioned 300 boys for the role of Tommy before they discovered Alfred Lutter, who struck Scorsese as quiet and shy in his hotel room but, paired with Burstyn and told to deviate from the script, held his own: “this kid, you couldn't shut him up”.
- The part of Alice was offered to Shirley MacLaine, who turned it down; in a 2005 interview she said she regretted that decision.
