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Alice Arlen

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Alice Arlen

Born November 6, 1940 · Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Died February 29, 2016 · aged 75

Alice Arlen (born Alice Reeve; November 6, 1940 – February 29, 2016) was an American screenwriter, best known for Silkwood (1983), which she wrote with Nora Ephron. Her other film credits include the scripts of Alamo Bay (1985), Cookie (1989), The Weight of Water (2000), and Then She Found Me (2007).

Known For

SilkwoodSilkwood · 1983
Silkwood
★ 6.91983
MovieDrama
Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.
Then She Found MeThen She Found Me · 2007
Then She Found Me
★ 5.62007
MovieComedyDrama
A New York schoolteacher experiences a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies, and her biological mother, an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down as she begins a courtship with the father of one of her students.
A Shock to the SystemA Shock to the System · 1990
A Shock to the System
★ 6.51990
MovieCrimeComedy
When experienced advertising executive Graham Marshall loses out on a promotion to a young man, he goes down in a path of vengeance.
The Weight of WaterThe Weight of Water · 2001
The Weight of Water
★ 5.52001
MovieMysteryDrama
A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.
CookieCookie · 1989
Cookie
★ 5.61989
MovieComedyCrime
Cookie Voltecki is the illegitimate daughter of mobster Dino Capisco, who has just finished thirteen years in prison. Since being released from jail, all that Dino wants is to settle some old scores, and make up for lost time with his daughter.
Alamo BayAlamo Bay · 1985
Alamo Bay
★ 6.01985
MovieDrama
A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing industry in a Texas bay town.
Marry Me or DieMarry Me or Die · 1998
Marry Me or Die
★ 1.01998
MovieComedyRomance
Like many other men, Ray Dawkins has no intention of getting married. Unfortunately for Ray, he meets the beautiful Barbie Crawford, and falls in love with her.
A Thief Of TimeA Thief Of Time · 2004
A Thief Of Time
★ 6.02004
MovieCrimeMystery
Officers Leaphorn and Chee search for a missing anthropologist suspected of stealing artifacts from a burial site.

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