Alice's Restaurant (1969)
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.
Director:
Arthur Penn
Writers:
Arthur Penn, Venable Herndon.
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Arlo Guthrie as Arlo Guthrie |
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Patricia Quinn as Alice Brock |
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James Broderick as Ray Brock |
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Tina Chen as Mari-chan |
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Geoff Outlaw as Roger Crowther |
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Michael McClanathan as Shelly |
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Pete Seeger as Himself |
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Lee Hays as Himself |
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Kathleen Dabney as Karin |
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William Obanhein as Himself - Officer Obie |
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Seth Allen as Evangelist |
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Monroe Arnold as Blueglass |
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Joseph Boley as Woody Guthrie |
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Vinnette Carroll as Draft Clerk |
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Sylvia Davis as Marjorie Guthrie |
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Simm Landres as Private Jacob / Jake |
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Eulalie Noble as Ruth |
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Louis Beachner as Dean |
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MacIntyre Dixon as 1st Deconsecration Minister |
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Arthur Pierce Middleton as 2nd Deconsecration Minister |
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Donald Marye as Funeral Director |
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Shelley Plimpton as Reenie |
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M. Emmet Walsh as Group W Sergeant |
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Ron Weyand as Cop #1 |
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Eleanor D. Wilson as Landlady |
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Neil Brooks Cunningham as Medic |
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Thomas De Wolfe as Waiter |
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James Hannon as Himself |
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Graham Jarvis as Music Teacher |
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John E. Quill as Cop #2 |
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Frank Simpson as Sergeant |
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Alice Brock as Suzy |
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Jeannie Berlin as Extra (Uncredited) |
| Production | Joseph Manduke | Producer |
| Production | Willard W. Goodman | Production Supervisor |
| Writing | Arthur Penn | Screenplay |
| Production | Gene Lasko | Producer |
| Production | Florence Nerlinger | Producer |
| Writing | Venable Herndon | Screenplay |
| Writing | Arlo Guthrie | Author |
| Production | Harold Leventhal | Producer |
| Production | Bill Liberman | Producer |
| Directing | Barbara Rittenberg | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Arthur Penn | Director |
| Production | Hillard Elkins | Producer |
| Editing | Dede Allen | Editor |
| Sound | Jack Fitzstephens | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Stephen Fitzstephens | Foley |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Newman | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Hill Johnstone | Co-Costume Designer |
| Editing | Stephen A. Rotter | Editor |
| Crew | Thomas J. Wright | Property Master |
| Crew | Diane Katz | Production Intern |
| Crew | Milton Olshin | Projection |
| Camera | Muky | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Gerald B. Greenberg | Editorial Manager |
| Camera | Charles Kolb | Grip |
| Sound | Dick Vorisek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Fred Hellerman | Sound Director |
| Art | John Mortensen | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Garry Sherman | Additional Music |
| Editing | Richard Marks | Editor |
| Sound | Abe Seidman | Sound mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marilyn Putnam | Costume Supervisor |
| Crew | Rhona Kane | Unit Publicist |
| Lighting | Morton Gorowitz | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Phil Naso | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Shelly Bartolini | Scenic Artist |
| Sound | Sanford Rackow | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Victor J. Kemper | Camera Operator |
| Art | Warren Clymer | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irving Buchman | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Merle Eckert | Scenic Artist |
| Production | Ed Bowes | Unit Manager |
| Art | Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
| Sound | Arlo Guthrie | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Michael Nebbia | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Garry Sherman | Original Music Composer |