Suburban Connecticut, 1973. While the Watergate hearings blast from the TV, the wayward Hood and Carver families try to navigate a Thanksgiving break simmering with unspoken resentments, sexual experimentation, and cultural confusion.
With crystalline clarity, characteristic subtlety, and even a dose of wicked humor, Academy Award–winning director Ang Lee adapts Rick Moody’s acclaimed novel of American malaise into a trenchant, tragic portrait of lost souls.
Featuring a tremendous cast of established actors (Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver) and up-and-coming stars (Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Katie Holmes), The Ice Storm is one of the finest films of the nineties. --The Criterion Collection
Cast: Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Jamey Sheridan, Adam Hann-Byrd, Katie Holmes, David Krumholtz, Michael Cumpsty, Henry Czerny, Allison Janney, Glenn Fitzgerald
Cannes (In Competition), New York (Opening Night)
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Title: The Ice Storm (1997)
Directed by: Ang Lee
Date of birth: 23 October 1954, Chaochou, Pingtung, Taiwan
Writing credits:
James Schamus
Music by: Mychael Danna
Country: United States
Language: English
Color: Color
Runtime: 113 min.