[citation needed] This low-brow spoof comedy, written and produced within six months, boasts an all-star cast including Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas and Kathy Ireland.
It also featured then unknowns — Purchase schoolmate Edie Falco ("Nurse Jackie"), Kirsten Johnston ("Third Rock") and Mary McCormack ("Private Parts").
Celebrity athletes participating in the show included Tony Hawk, Amanda Beard, Derek Jeter, Janet Evans, Steve Young, Julie Foudy, Troy Glaus, Chipper Jones, among many others.
[2] Critically acclaimed,[3] "What Alice Found" was praised by Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times: "Sweet, suspenseful, funny, poignant and adult.
Dean Bell's What Alice Found, qualifies as the latest example of an independent film of limited means and unlimited artistry," wrote Andrew Sarris in the New York Observer.
[4] The film stars two-time Tony winner Judith Ivey, whom Variety picked as a dark horse Oscar candidate for her role as Sandra.
Bell worked again with Ivey, directing the dramatic sections of the documentary "Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater", produced by Kay Cattarulla and Robert Tranchin for KERA-PBS.