Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Alice's Restaurant (1969)

Alice's Restaurant -- (Movie Clip) Woody

Arlo Guthrie (playing himself) visits his dying folksinger father Woody (played by Joseph Boley) and mother Marjorie (Sylvia Davis) in a New York hospital in Arthur Penn's Alice's Restaurant, 1969.

Alice's Restaurant -- (Movie Clip) Deconsecration

Ray (James Broderick) and Alice (Pat Quinn) wait as the church they've bought is "deconsecrated," and pal Arlo (Guthrie) arrives, in Arthur Penn's Alice's Restaurant, 1969.

Alice's Restaurant -- (Movie Clip) Girdles Feel Funny

Arlo (Guthrie) gets money for Ray (James Broderick) and Shelly (Matthew McClanathan) from club owner Ruth (Eulalie Noble), who then solicits Arlo, who splits in his microbus in Alice's Restaurant, 1969.

Alice's Restaurant -- (Movie Clip) Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger is visiting hospitalized Woody Guthrie (played by Joseph Noble) this time, performing "Pastures of Plenty" and "The Car Song," when son Arlo drops by, in Arthur Penn's Alice's Restaurant, 1969.

Alice's Restaurant -- (Movie Clip) Songs To Aging Children

A bundled Joni Mitchell performs "Songs to Aging Children" at the snowy funeral for "Shelly," with Alice (Pat Quinn), Ray (James Broderick) and friends attending in Arthur Penn's Alice's Restaurant, 1969.

Alice's Restaurant -- (Movie Clip) Reenie

Arlo (Guthrie), back in New York on a gig, meets teenage groupie Reenie (Shelley Plimpton) who takes him home, but he doesn't want to catch her cold, in a touching scene from Arthur Penn's Alice's Restaurant, 1969.

Alice's Restaurant -- (Movie Clip) Group W

Part two of the draft board adventure as Arlo (Guthrie) is sent to "Group W," where M. Emmet Walsh is the officer in charge, from Arthur Penn's Alice's Restaurant, 1969.

Alice's Restaurant -- (Movie Clip) Excepting Alice...

Arlo (Guthrie) pulls out, Ray (James Broderick) says goodbye, and Alice (Pat Quinn) in her wedding dress is seen in Arthur Penn's famous closing shot by cinematographer Michael Nebbia, in Alice's Restaurant, 1969.

Alice's Restaurant -- (Movie Clip) Draft Board

Arlo (Guthrie) visits Whitehall Street and the draft board, in director Arthur Penn's comic expression of the scenes from the famous song, from Alice's Restaurant, 1969.