What Alice Found
Encyclopedia
What Alice Found is a Sundance
award-winning feature film released in U.S. theaters in 2003/2004 and for U.S. home video in 2004. It has aired on the Sundance Channel, Lifetime Movie Network
, IFC, Canal Plus in France and ABC
affiliates across the U.S.
hometown life to follow her wealthier and prettier friend down to college life in Florida
. But her car breaks down on the highway under mysterious circumstances and a middle-aged "snowbird" couple in an RV come to her rescue, offering a ride all the way south. Before too long we're wondering if it wasn't the seemingly good Samaritans who sabotaged her car in the first place. What Alice Found is a complex story about mothers and daughters and the "haves and have-nots" in American society.
gives flat-out one of the year's best performances... a terrific showcase for lovely newcomer Emily Grace...an unexpected treat for sophisticated audiences". Variety had Ms. Ivey as a dark horse Oscar candidate.
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
award-winning feature film released in U.S. theaters in 2003/2004 and for U.S. home video in 2004. It has aired on the Sundance Channel, Lifetime Movie Network
Lifetime Movie Network
Lifetime Movie Network is a cable channel that is part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A&E Television Networks, LLC. A&E Television Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group, Hearst Corporation and NBCUniversal. LMN offers women-oriented movies...
, IFC, Canal Plus in France and ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
affiliates across the U.S.
Plot
The film is a harrowing coming of age tale about a young woman who flees her poor New HampshireNew Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
hometown life to follow her wealthier and prettier friend down to college life in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. But her car breaks down on the highway under mysterious circumstances and a middle-aged "snowbird" couple in an RV come to her rescue, offering a ride all the way south. Before too long we're wondering if it wasn't the seemingly good Samaritans who sabotaged her car in the first place. What Alice Found is a complex story about mothers and daughters and the "haves and have-nots" in American society.
Critics
The independently made film was the second feature film for writer/director A. Dean Bell. Critically acclaimed, What Alice Found was selected by The New York Times Stephen Holden as a "Critic's Pick" and was praised by Kevin Thomas in the Los Angles Times: "Sweet, suspenseful, funny, poignant and adult. Judith IveyJudith Ivey
Judith Lee Ivey is an American actress and director.-Personal life:Ivey was born in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Dorothy Lee , a teacher, and Nathan Aldean Ivey, a college instructor and dean. She spent 1965-1968 in Dowagiac, Michigan, where she attended Union High School through tenth grade...
gives flat-out one of the year's best performances... a terrific showcase for lovely newcomer Emily Grace...an unexpected treat for sophisticated audiences". Variety had Ms. Ivey as a dark horse Oscar candidate.
Cast
- Emily Grace - Alice
- Judith Ivey - Sandra
- Bill Raymond - Bill
- Jane Lincoln Taylor - Sally
- Justin Parkinson - Sam
- Kathryn Winnick - Julie
- Lucas Papaelias - Alex
- Michael C. Moronna - Alice's Boyfriend
- John Know - Trooper
- Tim Hayes - Danny
- Tom Tumminello - Pete
- David Rose - Rough Trucker
- Clint Jordan - Lot Trucker
- Rita Fredricks - Judge
- Mathew Campbell - Counter Clerk
- Laura Poe - Julie's Mom
- Greg Jackson - Irv
- Lisa Balkun - Young Alice
- Brian de Benedictis - John at the Bar
- Martin Pfefferkorn - Lot Trucker
- Georgiana Enders - Food Stamp Mom (uncredited)
- Harper Scout di Liberto-Bell - Crying Baby
- Yoel Cassel - Clothing Cashier
- John Kennedy Connors - Creepy Guy
- Joshua Estelle - Toddler
- Araxy Lopez - Cashier Supermarket
Awards and festivals
- 2003 Sundance Film Festival -- Special Jury Award
- 2003 Deauville France Festival -- Grand Prize
- 2003 Cinema Paradiso Festival (Hawaii) -- Best Feature Film
- 2003 Tribeca Film Festival -- Official Selection (competition)
- 2003 Athens International Film Festival -- Official Selection (competition)