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The Ice Storm
The Ice Storm is a 1997 American drama film directed by Ang Lee, based on Rick Moody's 1994 novel of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast of Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Katie Holmes, Glenn Fitzgerald, Jamey Sheridan, and Sigourney Weaver. Set during Thanksgiving 1973, The Ice Storm is about two dysfunctional New Canaan, Connecticut, upper-class families who are trying to deal with tumultuous social changes of the early 1970s, and their escapism through alcohol, adultery, and sexual experimentation.
Plot
In 1973, two families in an affluent Connecticut suburb experiment with adultery and substance abuse over one Thanksgiving weekend. One family, the Hoods, consists of parents Ben and Elena and their children, Paul and Wendy. Ben is dissatisfied with his marriage and his career.
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| author | James Schamus |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Connecticut |
| director | Ang Lee |
| editor | Tim Squyres |
| events | dysfunctional family |
| genre | drama social |
| keywords | black friday boarding school clothe drive engage even fall friday night after thanksgiving how to ice storm key party lose married couple new canaan station pick up power line power outage set of keys sexual encounter substance abuse thanksgiving walk winter storm |
| musicBy | Mychael Danna |
| producer | Ted Hope |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox Buena Vista International Danish Film Institute |
| recordedAt | Connecticut |