The ice storm

The Resource The ice storm
Label
The ice storm
Statement of responsibility
Fox Searchlight Pictures presents a Good Machine production ; an Ang Lee film ; produced by Ted Hope, James Schamus and Ang Lee ; screenplay by James Schamus ; directed by Ang Lee
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Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Thanksgiving 1973. The climate is changing, both politically and physically. As the Watergate scandal unfolds in the background, the inhabitants of a small Connecticut town begin to slip into an existentialist void. Social taboos are shattered on whims and the line between adult authority and juvenile irresponsibility is practically nonexistant. Focuses on the Hood and Carver families. Chronicles a brief period of rapid moral deterioration. Their actions - including adultery, sexual experimentation, drug use and petty crimes - become increasingly unpredictable and impulsive. Once the 'ice storm' hits, though, reality sinks in, and the severity of their situation becomes all too apparent
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Awards note
Cannes Film Festival, Best Screenplay, 1997.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Frederick Elmes ; editor, Tim Squyres ; composer, Mychael Danna ; costume designer, Carol Oditz ; production designer, Mark Friedberg ; casting by Avy Kaufman ; art director, Bob Shaw ; camera operators, Phil Oetiker, John Sosenko
Dewey number
791.4372
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for sexuality and drug use, including scenes involving children, and for language
Language note
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.I24786 2013
PerformerNote
Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Henry Czerny, Adam Hann-Byrd, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Jamey Sheridan, Elijah Wood, Sigourney Weaver, Katie Holmes, David Krumholtz, Michael Cumpsty, Allison Janney, Glenn Fitzgerald
Runtime
113
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
426
Technique
live action
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