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Director: Arthur Penn

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Intrigued by the counterculture tale of Arlo Guthrie's epic 1968 talking-blues record "The Alice's Restaurant Massacree," director Arthur Penn, co-scripting with playwright Venable Herndon, adapted the song into the 1969 feature Alice's Restaurant. Hippie outsider Arlo (Guthrie, playing himself) encounters suspicion from the straight world; visits his dying father, renowned leftist activist/singer Woody Guthrie (Joseph Boley), in the hospital along with friend Pete Seeger; and hangs out in ...