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Writer 1936 - 2017

Robert Getchell

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Robert Getchell (December 6, 1936 - October 21, 2017) was an American screenwriter. He is probably best known for writing Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and creating the Sitcom Alice.

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

7 titles
The Client

The Client

Joel Schumacher 1994 1h 59m 6.8

Elite attorney Kang Seong-Hee goes up against a top prosecutor over a case involving a man accused of killing his wife.

This Boy's Life

This Boy's Life

Michael Caton-Jones 1993 1h 55m 7.5

The story about the relationship between a rebellious 1950s teenager and his abusive stepfather, based on the memoirs of writer and literature Professor Tobias Wolff.

Point of No Return

Point of No Return

John Badham 1993 1h 48m 5.6

A punk female murderer is transformed into a bourgeois assassin by an underground government agency.

Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

Karel Reisz 1985 1h 55m

Lange stunningly portrays Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country singer who died in a tragic plane crash.

Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest

Frank Perry 1981 2h 8m 7.8

Mommie Dearest, best selling memoir, turned motion picture, depicts the abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother...screen queen Joan Crawford.

Bound for Glory

Bound for Glory

Hal Ashby 1976 2h 27m 7.0

This film is an excellent biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, and discovered the suffering and strength of America's working class.

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Martin Scorsese 1974 1h 52m 7.3

A recently widowed woman on the road with her precocious young son determined to make a new life for herself as a singer. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 08/17/2004 Starring: Ellen Burstyn Harvey Keitel Run time: 112 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Martin Scorsese

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