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6.9In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.
Cast
- Kevin Kline as Ben Hood
- Joan Allen as Elena Hood
- Sigourney Weaver as Janey Carver
- Jamey Sheridan as Jim Carver
- Christina Ricci as Wendy Hood
- Tobey Maguire as Paul Hood
Themes
- infidelity
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- 1970s
- thanksgiving
- dysfunctional family
- connecticut
- family relationships
- ice storm
- suburbia
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
63,025 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
72/100
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 BAFTA Award9 wins & 33 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ang Lee
- Screenplay by
- James Schamus
- Based on
- The Ice Storm , by Rick Moody
- Produced by
- Ted Hope , James Schamus, Ang Lee
- Starring
- Kevin Kline Joan Allen Henry Czerny Adam Hann-Byrd Tobey Maguire Christina Ricci Jamey Sheridan Elijah Wood Sigourney Weaver
- Cinematography
- Frederick Elmes
- Edited by
- Tim Squyres
- Music by
- Mychael Danna
- Production companies
- Fox Searchlight Pictures Good Machine Canal+ Image International
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release dates
- May 12, 1997 ( 1997-05-12 ) ( Cannes ) September 27, 1997 ( 1997-09-27 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 113 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $18 million
- Box office
- $16 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Ice Storm is a 1997 American drama film directed by Ang Lee and written by James Schamus adapting the 1994 novel The Ice Storm by Rick Moody. During Thanksgiving in 1973, two neighboring suburban families seek escape from their emotional emptiness through infidelity and self-indulgence. The film stars Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Katie Holmes, Glenn Fitzgerald, Jamey Sheridan, and Sigourney Weaver. The film was produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures on a budget of $18 million.
The film premiered on May 12, 1997, at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, where Schamus won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay. Fox Searchlight gave the film a limited theatrical release in the United States on September 27, 1997. It grossed $8 million in the U.S., and it grossed $8 million outside the US for a worldwide total of $16 million. Among other accolades, Weaver won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Ice Storm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.