Go Ask Alice (1973) (TV)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

John Korty

Writers:

Beatrice Sparks (book)
Ellen M. Violett (writer)

Release Date:

24 January 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Inadvertently, a 14-year-old girl in the late American 1960's is sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs. She eventually seeks help. |

Plot Keywords:

Drug | Girl | Teenage Girl | Drug Addiction | Intimacy

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

William Shatner	...	Sam
Ruth Roman	...	Psychiatrist
Wendell Burton	...	Joel Clements
Julie Adams	...	Dorothy
Andy Griffith	...	Priest
Ayn Ruymen	...	Jan
Mimi Saffian	...	Beth Bonds
Jennifer Edwards	...	Chris
Jamie Smith-Jackson	...	Alice
Danny Michael Mann	...	Richie (as Daniel Michael Mann)
Frederick Herrick	...	Ted
Robert Carradine	...	Bill
Michael Morgan	...	Tim
Gary Marsh	...	Tom
Mackenzie Phillips	...	Doris (as Mackinzie Phillips)
Al Checco	...	Male Sadist
Brenda Thompson	...	Female Sadist (as Brenda Thomson)
Charles Martin Smith	...	Jim (as Charlie Martin Smith)
Michael Moore	...	Bud
Jeanne Avery	...	The Teacher
Barbara Mallory	...	Marie
Michael Freeman	...	The boy pusher (as Michael A. Freeman)
Richard Alleman	...	Counterman
Elizabeth Guber	...	the Larson Baby (as Elizabeth Jill Guber)

Directed by
John Korty

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Beatrice Sparks		book (as Anonymous)
Ellen M. Violett		writer

Produced by
Charles W. Fries	....	executive producer
Gerald I. Isenberg	....	producer
Arthur Stolnitz	....	production executive (as Art Stolnitz)

Original Music by
Michael Omartian
Bill Schnee

Cinematography by
Earl Rath

Film Editing by
Henry Berman

Casting by
Eddie Foy III

Art Direction by
Rodger Maus

Set Decoration by
Robert De Vestel		(as Bob de Vestel)

Makeup Department
John G. Holden	....	makeup artist (as John Holden)
Dione Taylor	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Gary S. Gerlich	....	post-production supervisor (as Gary Gerlich)
Joe Wonder	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Gammon	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ted Berkeley	....	property master

Sound Department
Charles L. Campbell	....	supervising sound editor
William Edmondson	....	sound editor (as Bill Edmondson)
Robert J. Litt	....	recording supervisor
Roger Sword	....	sound editor (as Roger A. Sword)

Camera and Electrical Department
Dale Musgrove	....	key grip
James Sherrill	....	gaffer (as Jim Sherrill)

Music Department
Michael Arciaga	....	music supervisor
John Mick	....	music editor
Joel Sill	....	music producer: Almo Productions

Other crew
Jane Ficker	....	script supervisor
Elliot Friedgen	....	production administrator
John Korty	....	script consultant
Alan Sacks	....	program developer
Jerry Wineman	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Metromedia Producers Corporation (MPC)

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1973) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Jef Films International (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Ryder Sound Services  sound re-recording

Runtime:

USA:74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Iceland:12

Company:

Metromedia Producers Corporation (MPC)

Trivia:

Mackenzie Phillips' first filmed project.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Alice is in the hospital drinking from the cup, she holds it with her palms since her fingers are bandaged. Then there's a close-up of the cup and she's cupping it and then palming it again in the next shot.

Quotes:

Priest: Do you want an opinion or an alibi?

Soundtrack:

Good Vibrations

A powerful impact on a 13 year old girl

I saw this movie when it came out on television in 1973. I was 13 years old at the time. I would rate this movie as a 10. The reason being, it scared the hell out of me when I saw it. It came at a very influential time for me. I knew nothing about drugs, I knew no one who had taken drugs and I had never experimented with drugs at that time.

I was later exposed to drugs, they were very prevalent in the seventies. They were everywhere. I had tried marijuana, and a couple other drugs, but never acquired them for myself and never made it my lifestyle. Because of this movie, I was afraid of where it would take me, and that I wouldn't be strong enough to come back from it.

The characters were strong enough, the movie was good enough, the story was told well enough. well enough in fact to haunt my dreams every time I stepped over the drug line and I think that's why it was made, and it did the job it was supposed to do. I'm sure I'm not the only one.