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ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (1974 Theatrical Trailer)

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This is the theatrical trailer for the 1974 rmantic comedy drama feature "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore".

The movie would prove to be so successful at the box office that CBS would adapt the movie into a sitcom, the hit 1976-85 classic series "Alice".

Directed by Martin Scorsese ("Goodfellas"), the movie was released through Warner Bros. Pictures on December 9, 1974.

In Socorro, New Mexico, Alice Hyatt's (Ellen Burstyn, "The Exorcist") husband, Donald (Billy Green Bush), is killed on the job in a trucking accident. Alice, a former singer, decides to sell the majority of her belongings and take her son Tommy (Alfred Lutter) to her childhood home of Monterey, California, where she hopes to pursue a singing career, which she had abandoned when she married Donald.

Their financial situation forces them to take temporary lodgings in Phoenix, Arizona, where she finds work as a lounge singer. She meets Ben (Harvey Keitel), a younger man who charms her into a sexual relationship that comes to a sudden end when his wife, Rita (Lane Bradbury), confronts Alice. Ben breaks into Alice's apartment while Rita is there and physically assaults Rita in front of Alice; he also threatens Alice and smashes up her apartment. Fearing for their safety, Alice and Tommy quickly leave town.

Having spent most of what little money they had on their escape, Alice is forced to accept a job as a waitress in Tucson, Arizona, at a local diner owned by Mel (Vic Tayback), where she bonds with her fellow servers – independent, no-nonsense, outspoken Flo (Diane Ladd) and quiet, timid, incompetent Vera (Valerie Curtin)– and meets divorced local rancher David (Kris Kristofferson). David quickly becomes enamored with Alice, who is wary of pursuing another relationship; however, she begins to warm to him as he establishes a paternal relationship with Tommy.

Their relationship is threatened when David uses physical force to discipline Tommy. Although Alice still dreams of going to Monterey, they reconcile; David offers to sell his ranch and move to Monterey, but in the end, Alice decides to stay in Tucson with him.
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