The ice storm [videorecording] / 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.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: CC1743D | Criterion CollectionSeries: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 426.Publication details: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2008]Edition: Director-approved special ed. ; widescreenDescription: 2 videodiscs (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([15] p. ; 18 cm.)ISBN: - 1604650230
- 9781604650235
- Ice storm (Motion picture).
- Moody, Rick -- Film adaptations
- Conflict of generations -- Drama
- Dysfunctional families -- Drama
- Families -- Connecticut -- New Canaan -- Drama
- Nineteen seventy-three, A.D. -- Drama
- Rich people -- Psychology -- Drama
- Rich people -- Sexual behavior -- Drama
- Sex (Psychology) -- Drama
- Social change -- United States -- Drama
- Suburbs -- Drama
- Teenagers -- Conduct of life -- Drama
- Winter storms -- Drama
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 1971- -- Drama
- Director of photography, Frederick Elmes ; editor, Tim Squyres ; composer, Mychael Danna ; costume designer, Carol Oditz ; production designer, Mark Friedberg ; casting by Avy Kaufman ; music by Mychael Danna ; art director, Bob Shaw ; camera operators, Phil Oetiker, John Sosenko.
- Cannes Film Festival, Best Screenplay, 1997.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Set on Thanksgiving weekend of 1973, The Ice Storm looks into the lives of a wealthy Connecticut family who are calm and civil on the outside, but whose lives are quietly falling into chaos. Sixteen-year-old Paul Hood (Tobey Maguire) is home for the holidays from prep school; he'd just as soon have stayed at school, given the usual level of tension around the house and his desire to win the affections of Casey (Katie Holmes), a girl living in Manhattan. His 14-year-old sister, Wendy (Christina Ricci), is already a hardened cynic obsessed with the ongoing Watergate investigation, and she has begun acting out sexually with a neighbor boy, Mikey (Elijah Wood). Apparently, this runs in the family: Wendy's father, Ben (Kevin Kline), is having an affair with Mikey's mother, Janey (Sigourney Weaver), though Ben sees a future in the relationship and Janey does not. Elena (Joan Allen), Ben's wife, knows something is wrong with her marriage and her life, but she has no idea what she should do about it. As the teenagers surreptitiously experiment with drugs and alcohol, and the adults drift into mate-swapping, a dangerous blanket of freezing rain begins to cover New Canaan. The Ice Storm was adapted from the acclaimed novel by Rick Moody. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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, featuring interviews with the cinematographer, production designer, and costume designer; in booklet, a new essay by film critic Bill Krohn.
Director of photography, Frederick Elmes ; editor, Tim Squyres ; composer, Mychael Danna ; costume designer, Carol Oditz ; production designer, Mark Friedberg ; casting by Avy Kaufman ; music by Mychael Danna ; art director, Bob Shaw ; camera operators, Phil Oetiker, John Sosenko.
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, David Krumholtz.
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.
MPAA rating: R; for sexuality and drug use, including scenes involving children, and for language.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., restored High Definition transfer, NTSC.
This disc is copy protected.
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Cannes Film Festival, Best Screenplay, 1997.