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details
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release Date: Sep 26, 1997
Running Time: 112 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Its 1973 in New Canaan, Connecticut, and Ben and Elena Hood are feeling the destabilizing winds of change and moral quandary blow through their wealthy suburb. As Ben carries on a discreet affair with neighbor Janey Carver, his teenage kids explore their own sexual boundaries--all against the cultural backdrop of Watergate, mind-altering drugs, and the fashion excess of the seventies. The night an ice storm sweeps into town, the delicate web of emotions and honor which binds these people is tested to its breaking point.
cast + crew
Director
Ben Hood
Janey Carver
Elena Hood
Dorothy Franklin
Wendy Hood
Mikey Carver
Ted Shackley
Philip Edwards
George Clair
Mrs Gadd
Producer
Producer
Producer
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
reviews
December 8, 2000
The Ice Storm, which opened the prestigious New York Film Festival on Sept. 26, is the best film about family so far this year. Just don't think Disney, since the parents indulge in adultery and wife swapping, and the kids, ages 14 to 16, dry hump, mix drug cocktails and contemplate suicide. The setting is the plush suburb of New Canaan, Conn. The time is Thanksgiving weekend of 1973. Nixon drones denials from every TV, and in every room, children can hear their parents ripping into each other…
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