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The ice storm
Uniform Title
Ice storm (Motion picture)
Title
The ice storm / 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.
ISBN
9781604657449
1604657448
Edition
Director-approved blu-ray special ed.
Published
[New York] : Criterion Collection, ©2013.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([15] pages ; 16 cm).
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
Based on the novel by Rick Moody.
Blu-ray release date: Jul. 23, 2013.
Special features: 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; 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 ; art director, Bob Shaw ; camera operators, Phil Oetiker, John Sosenko.
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Cannes Film Festival, Best Screenplay, 1997.
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.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 17, 2018
Series
The Criterion collection ; 426
Credits
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.
Cast
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.
System details note
Blu-ray; Region A; widescreen, 16:9, aspect ratio, 1.85:1; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Surround.
Requires Blu-ray player.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for sexuality and drug use, including scenes involving children, and for language.
Videorecording number
CC2281BD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Good Machine (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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