The ice storm

Author

Ted Hope

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Director-approved special ed. double-disc set. ; widescreen version.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

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.

Publication Information

[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2008]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; for sexuality and drug use, including scenes involving children, and for language.

Summary

Thanksgiving 1973. The climate is changing, both politically and physically. As the Watergate scandal unfolds in the background, the inhabitants of a small Conneticut 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. The Hood and Carver families experience a period of rapid moral deterioration where 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.

Notes

Title from container.

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, featureing interviews with the cinematographer, production designer, and costume designer; a new essay by film critic Bill Krohn.