--- title: 'Alice''s Restaurant (1969)' type: 'film' director: 'Arthur Penn' released: '1969-01-01' runtime_minutes: 111 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' - 'History' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/alices-restaurant-1969' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064002/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Alice's Restaurant (1969) 1969 · 111 min · Drama, Comedy, History · United States ## Synopsis Alice's Restaurant is a 1969 American biographical comedy film directed by Arthur Penn. It is an adaptation of the 1967 folk song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", originally written and sung by Arlo Guthrie. The film stars Guthrie as himself, with Pat Quinn as Alice Brock and James Broderick as Ray Brock. Arthur Penn, who resided in the story's setting of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, co-wrote the screenplay in 1967 with Venable Herndon after hearing the song and more of the story from Brock's father, who was on the board of directors at The Berkshire Playhouse, and shortly after directing Bonnie & Clyde. ## Credits - **Original Music Composer:** [Arlo Guthrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/arlo-guthrie) - **Director:** [Arthur Penn](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-penn) - **Screenplay:** [Arthur Penn](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-penn) - **Producer:** [Hillard Elkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/hillard-elkins) - **Director of Photography:** [Michael Nebbia](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-nebbia) - **Editor:** [Dede Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/dede-allen) ## Cast - [Arlo Guthrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/arlo-guthrie) - [Tina Chen](https://cinepixo.com/people/tina-chen) - [Vinnette Justine Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/vinnette-justine-carroll) - [Pat Quinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-quinn) - [Lee Hays](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-hays) - [Pete Seeger](https://cinepixo.com/people/pete-seeger) - [Shelley Plimpton](https://cinepixo.com/people/shelley-plimpton) - [M. Emmet Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-emmet-walsh) - [James Broderick](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-broderick) - [William Obanhein](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-obanhein) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/alices-restaurant-1969 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1779938); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.