In a childs namefull movie 1991 valerie bertinelli, christopher meloni. Overview of go ask alice, 1973, directed by john korty, with jamie smith jackson, william shatner, ruth roman, at turner classic movies. Go ask alice tv movie 1973 go ask alice tv movie 1973. Go ask alice is a 1971 fiction book about a teenage girl who develops a drug addiction at age. This is the second movie that charles martin smith worked on with mackenzie phillips. May 29, 2015 go ask alice 1973 74 min drama 24 january 1973 usa inadvertently, a 14yearold girl in the late american 1960s is sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs. Rent go ask alice 1973 starring william shatner and jamie smithjackson on dvd and bluray. Go ask alice 1973 is a drama movie starring william shatner and ruth roman. Go ask alice has also ranked among the most frequently challenged books for several decades due to its use of profanity and explicit references to sex and rape, as well as drugs. Go ask alice is based on the actual diary of a fifteenyearold drug user.
A 15yearold girl in late1960s america is sucked into an odyssey of. With william shatner, ruth roman, wendell burton, julie adams. Inadvertently, a 14yearold girl in the late american 1960s is sucked into an odyssey. As such, we hope it will provide insights into the increasingly complicated world in which we live. Inadvertently, a 14yearold girl in the late american 1960s is sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs. The book, written by anonymous purports to comprise of extracts from a fifteenyearold girls diary that chronicles a horrifying descent into drug addiction and prostitution. The book was adapted into the 1973 television film go ask alice, starring jamie smithjackson and william. In the madefortv movie landscape of the 70s, go ask alice was it. Go ask alice 1973 a highschool student documents her struggle to overcome her dependency on drugs in the pages of a diary. A highschool student documents her struggle to overcome her dependency on drugs in the pages of a diary. Watch go ask alice 1973 full movie free streaming online.
Watch go ask alice 1973 full movie free streaming online tubi. Based on the bestselling book, go ask alice recounts a young girls ultimately fatal experiences with drugs in. It is, however, a highly personal and specific chronicle. They both worked on american graffiti 1973, and would also work on more american graffiti 1979. In the case of the 1973 tv movie version of the anonymous diary go ask alice, drugs are a vague mix of cocaine, amphetamine, quaaludes, valium, marijuana, but mainlyweirdly enoughlsd. Its been 25 years since i first saw this infamous, antidrug tvmovie, which, at the time, was reportedly based on the diary of a. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of go ask alice and what it means. Watched this because i couldnt believe it was actually available as a movie. See the full list of go ask alice cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Jun 01, 2018 a highschool student documents her struggle to overcome her dependency on drugs in the pages of a diary. Based on the bestselling book, go ask alice recounts a young girls ultimately fatal experiences with drugs in the early 1970s. A teenage girls downward spiral into drug addiction. Sep 16, 2012 its said that the author of the book upon which this movie was based wrote it as a work of fiction, which she later admits, but i still think that this is a great movie that reflects what drug use.
Go ask alice tv movie 1973 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Go ask alice devils in the details official video duration. Released 1973, go ask alice stars jamie smith jackson, william shatner, ruth roman, wendell burton the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 14 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. A 14yearold girl in late 1960s america is inadvertently sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs.
The film was first aired as the abc movie of the week on january 24, 1973. Jan 04, 2008 go ask alice was the product of beatrice sparks, an author who has come out with a number of teens who saw their lives ruined by their bad choices offerings, each one presented as a true. Jamie smithjackson portrays a shy, slightly overweight high schooler. Alice in wonderland new official full trailer hq official disney uk. In all three movies, they do not share any scenes together. Go ask alice is a 1971 fiction book about a teenage girl who develops a drug addiction at age 15 and runs away from home on a journey of selfdestructive escapism. The book that this weak, inauthentic tv movie was based on was written by a middleaged british woman pretending to. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage protagonist.
Jamie smithjackson became the blueprint for teen girlhood after the abc movie, one of the first and still the best of the kidsgettingintodrugsatschool genre was broadcast in 1973. It is not a definitive statement on the middleclass, teenage drug world. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Beth returns from camp, but alice finds that beth has changed. But those of you old enough to remember the latter portion of the 70s might remember that beatrice sparks, the editor of go ask alice, also edited a bunch of other alarmist books aimed at teens, all supposedly taken from teenagers diaries. A 15yearold girl in late1960s america is sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs and eventually seeks help. William shatner, ruth roman, wendell burton, julie adams, andy griffith, ayn ruymen, mimi saffian, jennifer edwards, jamie smithjackson. Alice and chris are both dissatisfied with the establishment and their own families.
The book was adapted into the 1973 television film go ask alice, starring jamie smithjackson and william shatner. Rent go ask alice 1973 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. When her only friend goes away for the summer, a lonely alice finds herself invited to a party by one of the cool kids she noticed at school. Go ask alice 1973 stream and watch online moviefone. When the family moves for the collegeenglishprofessor fathers new job, alice apprehensively approaches the unfamiliar and befriends another shy girl, beth, who shares her outsider status. Its said that the author of the book upon which this movie was based wrote it as a work of fiction, which she later admits, but i still think that this is a great movie that reflects what drug use. The book that this weak, inauthentic tv movie was based on was written by a middleaged british woman pretending to be an adolescent american girl. Alice gets a job working with chris, and the two become best friends. Alice s parents worry about alice s hippie appearance. Alice was the pseudonymous name of the teenaged author who wrote the book upon which this aboveaverage tv movie was based.
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