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Disc #1 -- Go Ask Alice
1. Alice [7:09]
2. A Friend [3:45]
3. Turned On [4:18]
4. Hooked [7:11]
5. Pushing [2:59]
6. Trust [4:43]
7. Bad Off [3:49]
8. A Priest [8:29]
9. Friends [10:08]
10. Bum Trip [8:47]
11. Better [7:37]
12. 1 in 5000 [2:00]
"Alice" was the pseudonymous name of the teenaged author who wrote the book upon which this above-average TV movie was based. Jamie Smith-Jackson portrays a shy, slightly overweight high schooler who is so anxious for acceptance that she falls in with the drug crowd. In a methodical, almost casual matter, we see how Alice descends into a nether world of pushers, pimps and prostitution. Perhaps to make the point that this could be the story of any impressionable youth, few of the characters are identified by name: Julie Adams plays "The Mother," William Shatner "The Professor," Andy Griffith "The Priest," and so on. Filmed in a cinema-verite fashion, Go Ask Alice makes excellent use of relatively unfamiliar Los Angeles locations. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide