After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.

A documentary about the making of Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

Thirty years after the film's release.Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson talk about working with Martin Scorsese to bring "Alice" to the screen.Recalling shooting key scenes with Harvey Keitel and Alfred Lutter, the pair set the movie's themes in the context of social changes of the time and offer insights into how their personal experiences informed the development of their characters.