What Alice Found (2003)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

A. Dean Bell

Writer:

A. Dean Bell (writer)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

A poor young woman is recruited by a friendly couple traveling in an RV into becoming part of the dark world of truck stop prostitution.

Plot Keywords:

Prostitution | Male Full Frontal Nudity | Breasts | Female Frontal Nudity | Female Rear Nudity

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Judith Ivey	...	Sandra
Bill Raymond	...	Bill
Emily Grace	...	Alice
Jane Lincoln Taylor	...	Sally
Justin Parkinson	...	Sam
Tim Hayes	...	Danny
Lucas Papaelias	...	Alex
Katheryn Winnick	...	Julie
Tom Tumminello	...	Pete
John Knox	...	Trooper
David Rose	...	Rough Trucker
Rita Fredricks	...	Judge
Clint Jordan	...	Lot Trucker
Matthew Vose Campbell	...	Counter Clerk (as Matt Campbell)
Michael C. Maronna	...	Alice's Boyfriend (as Michael C. Maronna)
Laura Poe	...	Julie's Mom
Greg Jackson	...	Irv
Lisa Balkun	...	Young Alice
Brian de Benedictis	...	John at the Bar
Martin Pfefferkorn	...	Lot Trucker
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yoel Cassel	...	Clothing Cashier
John Kennedy Connors	...	Creepy Guy
Harper Scout di Liberto-Bell	...	Crying Baby
Joshua Estelle	...	Toddler
Araxy Lopez	...	Cashier Supermarket
Georgiana Enders	...	Food Stamp Mom (uncredited)

Directed by
A. Dean Bell

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
A. Dean Bell		writer

Produced by
Matthew Vose Campbell	....	line producer (as Matt Campbell)
J.C. Chmiel	....	executive producer
Richard Connors	....	producer
Mie Handy	....	associate producer
Nicholas Simon	....	executive producer
Don Wells	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Richard Connors
Edwin Martinez
Wyche Stublefield

Film Editing by
Chris Houghton

Casting by
Kristine Bulakowski

Art Direction by
Bryce 'Paul Mama' Williams

Costume Design by
Michelle Elaine Teague

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matthew Vose Campbell	....	first assistant director
Cosmo Inserra	....	second assistant director

Sound Department
Alex Noyes	....	sound editor
Jeff Pullman	....	production sound mixer
Bill Seery	....	supervising sound editor
Irin Strauss	....	production sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Abbi Jutkowitz	....	additional electrician
Mike Selemon	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
Driss Tijani	....	casting associate

Other crew
Teagle F. Bougere	....	adr loop group
Marissa Copeland	....	adr loop group (as Marrisa Copeland)
Georgiana Enders	....	script supervisor
James W. Harrison III	....	production assistant
Rachel Style	....	adr loop group

Production Companies

• Factory Films
• Highland Entertainment

Distributors

• Castle Hill Productions (USA)
• Larchford Productions

Also Known As:

Case départ (France) [fr]
Ti anakalypse i Aliki (Greece) (festival title) [el]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity and language.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Danbury, Connecticut, USA

Company:

Factory Films

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the shot in which Bill is trying to take the gun from Alice, there is a close-up of the gun as it is fired. In the shot, the hammer never falls to fire the round, yet we see the gun-flash. It is obvious that the "flash" is simply a strobe set off to simulate the gun-flash.

Soundtrack:

On and On

This is an under-rated movie.

Six out of seven people who took the time to comment on this movie have very positive responses. The one negative review happens to reside (or did) on the first page of the movie's location in the IMDb.

I found "What Alice Found" to be one of the best movies almost no one's heard of that I have seen this year. It's 6.4 rating is misleading and may be more a function of the difficult subject matter than the quality of the movie. Who would think that a movie purportedly about truck stop prostitution would be worth seeing? Guess again.

For me, "Alice" was a positively gripping psychological thriller. I was virtually on the edge of my seat the entire time. It's a very credible story with a realistic script and is very well cast. In a fairer world, actress Judith Ivey would win awards for keeping you guessing whether she was good or evil.

Ignore the rating and see this terrific movie. (And by the way, I wish there was a soundtrack album.)