"Alice's Restaurant" was a seminal song in the 1960s, a social satire that humorously expressed youthful discontent with establishment values and the absurdity of its inflexible rules. In particular, the song protests U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, a critique that the film includes and extends.
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Arlo Guthrie is the son of folksinger Woody Guthrie, whose own work explored the numerous personal tragedies that occurred during the Great Depression and who was equally critical of the business and government establishment.
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The real Alice that the song and movie are based on appears in the film as an extra in two scenes.
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Theatrical release: August 20, 1969.
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The closing shot of the film was the longest track-and-zoom shot in film history at the time.
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