Anyone saw the 1974 movie that was the basis for Alice? I saw it today, and it was great. It was supposed to be a drama, but it had some great funny parts in it. I loved it when Alice mentioned AMC in it! It makes me want TVLand to pick up this underrated gem.

Originally posted by JT
Anyone saw the 1974 movie that was the basis for Alice? I saw it today, and it was great. It was supposed to be a drama, but it had some great funny parts in it. I loved it when Alice mentioned AMC in it! It makes me want TVLand to pick up this underrated gem.

Oh yes! I've seen it a billion times and even got to record it just recently. It really is a great movie. I laughed so hard when Mel was in a panic and was asking a busy Flo where Vera was and Flo finally yelled, "SHE WENT TO S*** AND THE HOGS ATE HER!" (I think that's what she said). Well, whatever she said it was hilarious! :)

I saw that movie several times. Ellen Burstyn plays Alice in it. She created the film. Did Burstyn ever own a piece of the Alice tv series? Did Burstyn ever really exist? Burstyn went on to make a really weird film called Resurrection in 1980. She plays a woman crippled in a car accident who later heals herself with faith. I walked away from Ressurection wondering if Ellen Burstyn is real or imaginary. Does anyone know which?

Originally posted by Nedrta
I saw that movie several times. Ellen Burstyn plays Alice in it. She created the film. Did Burstyn ever own a piece of the Alice tv series? Did Burstyn ever really exist? Burstyn went on to make a really weird film called Resurrection in 1980. She plays a woman crippled in a car accident who later heals herself with faith. I walked away from Ressurection wondering if Ellen Burstyn is real or imaginary. Does anyone know which?

Not to sound rude, but...what on earth are you talking about? :confused: :confused: Of course Ellen Burstyn is a real person. Yeesh, such a silly question, lol. Here's some more info on Ellen: http://us.imdb.com/Name?Burstyn,+Ellen

"Alice doesnt live here anymore" has been on tv quite a bit lately ( Flix for example ). With the exception of Mel/ Vic Tayback and to a degree Flo/Diane Ladd its hard to tell the movie and tv show are related. Among the differences...

Movie: based in Tuscon TV: Phoenix
Movie: another cook worked at Mel's TV: only Mel
Movie: Flo & Alice smoked TV: not really ( usually as a joke )
Movie: drama TV: sitcom

also in the movie the diner was called "Mel & Ruby's ", Ruby being Mel Sharples late "wife", could be wrong but I dont remember anything ever said on Alice about Mel's "wife".

Originally posted by bb
"Alice doesnt live here anymore" has been on tv quite a bit lately ( Flix for example ). With the exception of Mel/ Vic Tayback and to a degree Flo/Diane Ladd its hard to tell the movie and tv show are related. Among the differences...

Movie: based in Tuscon TV: Phoenix
Movie: another cook worked at Mel's TV: only Mel
Movie: Flo & Alice smoked TV: not really ( usually as a joke )
Movie: drama TV: sitcom

also in the movie the diner was called "Mel & Ruby's ", Ruby being Mel Sharples late "wife", could be wrong but I dont remember anything ever said on Alice about Mel's "wife".

Also another difference was that on the TV show, Alice and Tommy moved from New Jersey, in the movie they moved from New Mexico :)

And another something I sorta noticed was that in the TV show, it seemed like Alice referred to Don as being a very loving and caring husband and father. In the movie, they showed Don before he died and he was a real jerk!

Maybe since the movie has been showing a lot lately, the tv show will come back on soon. Seems like that sort of thing happens a lot. We can only hope!!!!!

Great! Glad you loved the show darling!

I've seen this flick a couple of times. Good thing I taped the movie.
May I tell you guys my favorite scene? The scene where David (Kris Kristoferson) was giving Tommy (Alfred Lutter) guitar lessons. Tommy was not trying hard enough on the D-7 string, so that he put his guitar down, and walked to the stereo and turned on loud rock music. David grabbed the record and tossed it like a frisbee, and Tommy yelled to David, "SCREW YOU!". "When are you gonna understand that I hate that $#!t-kicking music of yours? $#!t-kicking, $#!t-kicking, $#!T-KICKING!!!!!"

Originally posted by chunkygee2002
I've seen this flick a couple of times. Good thing I taped the movie.
May I tell you guys my favorite scene? The scene where David (Kris Kristoferson) was giving Tommy (Alfred Lutter) guitar lessons. Tommy was not trying hard enough on the D-7 string, so that he put his guitar down, and walked to the stereo and turned on loud rock music. David grabbed the record and tossed it like a frisbee, and Tommy yelled to David, "SCREW YOU!". "When are you gonna understand that I hate that $#!t-kicking music of yours? $#!t-kicking, $#!t-kicking, $#!T-KICKING!!!!!"

LOL, boy Tommy had a foul mouth in the movie, and very annoying as well. They sure mellowed him out on the TV show, though. They still could have made him the same loud and annoying Tommy, just minus the obscenities, LOL. The "Alice" Tommy was much more tolerable :)