Alice's Restaurant - DVD

Singer/songwriter Arlo Guthrie stars in Alice's Restaurant directed by Arthur Penn (Bonnie & Clyde, The Miracle Worker) from a screenplay by Penn and Venable Herndon. Guthrie, using his musical monologue Alice's Restaurant Massacre as a template, and under Arthur Penn's assured direction, Alice's Restaurant is a free-flowing, free wheeling, counter-culture comedy set during the turbulent 60's adapted from Guthrie's musical monologue Alice's Restaurant Massacre. Guthrie portrays the embodiment of America's youth, a young man who sees his life beginning to unravel through psychedelic drug -fueled haze, as he and his friends (and the plot) spin toward an explosive conclusion. Alice's Restaurant also features James Broderick (Dog Day Afternoon) and musician Pete Seeger as Himself.

This film combines puppetry with live action, with Carol Marsh as Alice. It begins with a brief live action sequence, but when Alice follows that white rabbit down the hole, the magic begins. A truly imaginative rendition of the Lewis Carroll classic.

Alice (Anna Kendrick) was reticent when oldest friends Sophie (Wunmi Mosaku) and Tess (Kaniehtiio Horn) insisted she join a lake house birthday getaway, to the point where she told artist boyfriend Simon (Charlie Carrick) it was a business trip. As the journey unfolds, so does the truth about the subtle and toxic manipulation Simon wields over their relationship-and her companions might help her on the rocky path out, in Mary Nighy's compelling and suspenseful study. 90 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.