“While the righteous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde were being championed by the radical fringe of the New Left, Penn looked to a group of pacifist, draft-dodging hippies for the inspiration for ALICE’S RESTAURANT. The film’s pre-electric Dylan vibe, performances by Dust Bowl era progeny Lee Hays, Arlo Guthrie, and Pete Seeger, and quaint Stockbridge settings all give [the film] a decidedly rustic feel…. Penn portrays the lifestyle of his fugitives from modernity – in their quest to establish a new community divorced from bourgeois morality, with a de-sanctified church serving as their communal home – with a deep and specific sympathy but also with reserved, critical dis-tance.” –Michael Chaiken & Paul Cronin, MOVING IMAGE SOURCE