2 Movies Starring Arlo Guthrie

Alice's Restaurant

Alice's Restaurant

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-08-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (3114 Reviews)

Director:

Arthur Penn

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Arlo Guthrie (song)

Venable Herndon (screenplay)

Arthur Penn (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Arlo Guthrie's song is converted into a motion picture. Arlo goes to see Alice for Thanksgivng and as a favor takes her trash to the dump. When the dump is closed, he drops it on top of another pile of garbage at the bottom of a ravine. When the local sheriff finds out a major manhunt begins. Arlo manages to survive the courtroom experience but it haunts him when he is to be inducted into the army via the draft. The movie follows the song with Arlo's voice over as both music and narration.

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-01-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (284 Reviews)

Director:

Aiyana Elliott

Fullplot:

With the help of her mother, family, friends, and fellow musicians, Aiyana Elliott reaches for her father, legendary cowboy troubadour, Ramblin' Jack Elliott. She explores who he is and how he got there, working back and forth between archival and contemporary footage. Born in 1932 in Brooklyn, busking through the South and West in the early 50s, a year with Woody Guthrie, six years flatpicking in Europe, a triumphant return to Greenwich Village in the early 60s, mentoring Bob Dylan, then life on the road, from gig to gig, singing and telling stories. A Grammy and the National Medal of Arts await Jack near the end of a long trail. What will Aiyana find for herself?

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