What Alice Found (2003)

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)

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

A Real Sleeper

This is a low budget, well acted little gem. Alice, a small town Massachusetts teenager, fed up with her existence, takes to the road to escape her mother who flips burgers and her own job as a check out in a super market. She sets out for Florida and to stay with her wealthier high school friend who is a freshman at Miami. After her car suspiciously breaks down on the thruway and she loses all her money, she ends up with a retired couple in an RV who also happen to be traveling to Florida.. The couple, brilliantly played by Judith Ivy and Bill Raymond are overly hospitable and, it turns out, a prostitute and and her pimp. Slowly, Alice is lured into truck stop prostitution as the RV meanders down the thruway in the general direction of Florida. Through intermittent flashbacks, we learn a little more about Alice and her desire to leave tiny Milford. We also see the couple in a new light and their life and the choices made by the couple and Alice all seem quite credible. An excellent, well made film that you will think about when it is over.