The ice Storm

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Call Number: DVD Drama Ice
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Based on the novel by Rick Moody.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
Special features: Disc one: New, restored transfer, supervised and approved by director Ang Lee and director of photography Frederick Elmes; audio commentary featuring Lee and producer-screenwriter James Schamus; theatrical trailer ; Disc two: New documentary featuring interviews with actors Joan Allen, Kevin Kline, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Sigourney Weaver and Elijah Wood; new video interview with novelist Rick Moody; deleted scenes; footage from an event honoring Lee and Schamus at new York's Museum of the Moving Image; visual essays on the look of the film, featureing interviews with the cinematographer, production designer, and costume designer; a new essay by film critic Bill Krohn.
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.
Thanksgiving 1973. The climate is changing, both politically and physically. As the Watergate scandal unfolds in the background, the inhabitants of a small Conneticut 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 to apparent.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., restored High Definition transfer, NTSC.
Contents: Ice storm.

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A brittle film about brittle people in a too-apt brittle metaphor. submitted by lisa on July 29, 2019, 4:01pm So serious about themselves, the baby boomers. My word. Leaves me cold.

Dramatic period piece submitted by brooksza on July 25, 2022, 3:58pm I was on edge as soon as the titular storm began. This in many ways is American Beauty in the 1970's. Great cast. Two families that really love each other. Some of Kevin Klein's sad acting wasn't very convincing.

Watergate, waterbeds and frozen water. It's surprising to see Tobey Maguire and Elijah Wood on screen together, didn't think they'd ever been seen at the same place at the same time. Luckily the third twin Jake Gyllenhaal wasn't here too.