Alice's Restaurant (1969)
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folk singer mingles with hippie dropouts in this satirical
melodrama about the freewheeling life-style of the 1960's.
The theme is rather flimsy, but director Arthur Penn succeeds
in wringing charm, energy, and comedy from the material.
Guthrie, who does quite well in his film debut, is especially
funny in a scene where he is briefly and traumatically inducted
into the US Army.
The movie was inspired by Guthrie's popular song of the same
name.
The movie was filmed on location in Van Deusenville MA, and
originally released with an X rating. Alice Brock (the real Alice
who was paid $8,000 for her story) appears as Suzy.
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