Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly tested. Her struggle to stay connected to who she once was is frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring. Julianne Moore won the Oscar for Best Actress. Vitals: Director: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland. Stars: Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Alec Baldwin, Victoria Cartagena, Hunter Parrish. 2014, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 101 min., Drama, Box office gross: $16.4 million, Sony. Extras: Three deleted scenes; three featurettes: “Directing Alice,” “Finding Alice” in which the cast, filmmakers & Alzheimer’s experts discuss what went into creating an accurate depiction of Alice Howland’s disease, “Interview With Composer Ilan Eshkeri.”
