The Ice Storm
starring: Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Tobey Maguire
directed by: Ang Lee
directed by: Ang Lee
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Storm
EAN: 0024543012245
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 13, 2001
Running Time: 114 minutes
Sales Rank: 15831
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: September 27, 1997
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Editorial Review:
Description:
When a self-centered husband's relationship with his wife and mistress grow cold, it takes a wife-swapping 'key party' and a freak ice storm to clear the air and change their lives forever. Director Ang Lee offers a compelling look at a controversial era.
Amazon.com essential video:
Asian American director Ang Lee sums up America in the early 1970s by focusing on the arrival of the sexual revolution in the 'burbs. Isolationism within a family, consumerism, and selfishness are personified by a cast that captures the self-obsession within two New England families. As the children struggle awkwardly with adolescence, their parents stumble through sexual experimentation. In the days of Watergate and Vietnam, society is breaking boundaries and ignoring convention. Following suit, these families are eschewing polite barriers and social taboos, with disastrous results. The 'ice storm' of the title refers not only to a natural phenomenon but is a (rather heavy-handed) metaphor for a pervasive emotional temperament. The entire cast delivers textured, finely nuanced performances. This movie lingers in the psyche not only for the scope of the tragedy at its conclusion, but for Lee's often humorous and stingingly accurate assessment of pop culture. Based on Rick Moody's novel, this won the best-screenplay award at Cannes in 1997. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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