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- 20th Century70s
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The Ice Storm, 1997
English
USA
Profile of The Ice Storm
The mood of The Ice Storm is tense, captivating, and sexual. The plot centers around suburban life, , and a crumbling marriage. It is a drama, independent, and period movie. Stylistically, The Ice Storm is episodic, includes a voice over, and stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in the suburbs. The Ice Storm happens in the 20th century. It is based on a book. The movie is known for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Note that The Ice Storm includes drugs/alcohol, sexual content, and profanity.
Summary of The Ice Storm
Director Ang Lee's main concern is a subtle examination of family life that he began with THE WEDDING BANQUET and EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN. With THE ICE STORM, Lee creates a truly American period film that is equally concerned with family relationships, set in 1970s New England. It is Thanksgiving, 1973, and the Carvers and the Hoods are two prototypical suburban families seemingly living the good life in New Canaan, Connecticut. Behind their New Age philosophies and polyester fashions, however, lies deep discontent. One husband carries on an unsatisfying affair with the other family's wife, while his teenage daughter experiments sexually with both of the neighbor's boys. When a winter storm descends upon their upper middle class neighborhood, buried resentments bubble over, leading to a tragedy neither family will ever forget.
An intense, well-acted drama based on the novel by Rick Moody, THE ICE STORM is a masterly depiction of the frigid emotional life of suburbia. Great care was taken to accurately recreate the fashion, philosophy, and music of the 1970s without devolving into camp. Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, and Joan Allen all excel in their roles, but it is the younger actors (Christina Ricci, Tobey Maguire, Elijah Wood, Adam Hann-Byrd) who steal the show.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 26 September 1997 |
| Runtime: | 112 min |
Cast and Crew
as Ben Hood
as Janey Carver
as Elena Hood
as Paul Hood
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- by: Keith Phipps
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- 17.June.2009
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- by: j7m7f7
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