The Ice Storm (1997)

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Written by Rick Moody, James Schamus

Directed by Ang Lee

Running Time: 120 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1997

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

This film is set in a small Connecticut town in winter during the dark days of Watergate. This community houses a range of discontented middle-class families desperate to escape from their problems, and use sex as the means. The adults start having affairs and wife-swapping parties, while the children are more concerned with losing their virginity.

The parallel experiences of the adults and children of one family are shown as they experiment with sex and drugs in an increasingly desperate attempt to create meaning in their shallow, bourgeois lives, unaware that a storm is fast approaching.

This haunting drama won the Best Screenplay award in Cannes and was a smash hit with the critics for its powerful evocation of the listless decadence that characterised the closing years of the '70s.

Cast

Image for Kevin KlineKevin KlineBen Hood
Image for Joan AllenJoan AllenElena Hood
Image for Sigourney WeaverSigourney WeaverJaney Carver
Henry CzernyGeorge Clair
Image for Tobey MaguireTobey MaguirePaul Hood
Image for Christina RicciChristina RicciWendy Hood
Image for Elijah WoodElijah WoodMikey Carver
Adam Hann-ByrdSandy Carver
Image for David KrumholtzDavid KrumholtzFrancis Davenport
Image for Jamey SheridanJamey SheridanJim Carver
Kate BurtonDorothy Franklin
William CainTed Shackley
Michael CumpstyPhilip Edwards
Maia DanzigerMrs. Gadd
Image for Katie HolmesKatie HolmesLibbets Casey

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