Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a 1974 film about a recently widowed woman on the road with her precocious young son who is determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.
 * Directed by Martin Scorsese. Written by Robert Getchell.

A picture for anyone who has ever dreamed of a second chance!

Alice Hyatt

 * How are we supposed to have a meaningful family relationship if he's always on the verge of killing you?


 * You're a very weird kid.

Flo

 * I could lay under you, eat fried chicken and do a crossword puzzle at the same time, that's how much you bother me.


 * You kiss me where the sun don't shine.

Dialogue

 * Tommy: Mom, are we in Arizona yet?
 * Alice: If you ask me that one more time, I'm gonna beat you to death. Just sit back there and relax and enjoy life, huh?
 * Tommy: Life is short.
 * Alice: So are you.


 * Alice: [after Tommy was being smart] If you open your mouth, once more, I swear to God, I'm gonna nail it shut.
 * [Tommy opens his mouth]
 * Alice: I'm warning you, Tommy. I'm gonna throw you out, and you're gonna walk the last mile home.
 * [Tommy makes faces at his mother]
 * Alice: Get out!
 * [Kicks Tommy out of the car and drives away]


 * Alice: I'm an okay sorta person. How'd I get such a smart-ass kid?
 * Tommy: You got pregnant.


 * David: [Tommy's milking a cow] Hey, Tommy, watch the fingernails.
 * Tommy: Well, Christ, she's got tits the size of cucumbers. What do you expect?
 * Alice: [to David] Ahem. I don't know where he gets that language, I really don't.
 * Tommy: Think real hard, it'll come to you, lady.


 * Chicken: Would you mind turning around for me?
 * Alice: Turn around? Why?
 * Chicken: I wanna look at ya.
 * Alice: Well, look at my face, I don't sing with my ass.


 * Flo: My old man, he ain't talked to me since the day Kennedy got shot.
 * Alice: Why? Did he think you had something to do with it?


 * Alice: I know what I'm doing!
 * David: Yeah, you do. That's why you can't make up your mind about your kid, your job, Monterey, or me.


 * Tommy: You really love David, don't you?
 * Alice: Yep, I do.
 * Tommy: Yeah, I like him too, I just hate his taste in music. He always said you could fight with somebody and still like him.
 * Alice: Hey, now you're using your old noggin! Thanks pal!
 * [she hugs and kisses him]
 * Alice: My boy!
 * Tommy: Mom, mom, I can't breathe!

Cast

 * Ellen Burstyn - Alice Hyatt
 * Alfred Lutter - Tommy
 * Kris Kristofferson - David
 * Billy Green Bush - Donald
 * Diane Ladd - Flo
 * Lelia Goldoni - Bea
 * Vic Tayback - Mel
 * Jodie Foster - Audrey
 * Harvey Keitel - Ben
 * Valerie Curtin - Vera
 * Harry Northup - Joe & Jim's Bartender