Director Ang Lee's main concern is a subtle examination of family life that he began with THE WEDDING BANQUET and EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN. With THE ICE STORM, Lee creates a truly American period film that is equally concerned with family relationships, set in 1970s New England. It is Thanksgiving, 1973, and the Carvers and the Hoods are two prototypical suburban families seemingly living the good life in New Canaan, Connecticut. Behind their New Age philosophies and polyester fashions, however, lies deep discontent. One husband carries on an unsatisfying affair with the other family's wife, while his teenage daughter experiments sexually with both of the neighbor's boys. When a winter storm descends upon their upper middle class neighborhood, buried resentments bubble over, leading to a tragedy neither family will ever forget. An intense, well-acted drama based on the novel by Rick Moody, THE ICE STORM is a masterly depiction of the frigid emotional life of suburbia. Great care was taken to accurately recreate the fashion, philosophy, and music of the 1970s without devolving into camp. Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, and Joan Allen all excel in their roles, but it is the younger actors (Christina Ricci, Tobey Maguire, Elijah Wood, Adam Hann-Byrd) who steal the show.
Product Identifiers
UPC
0024543012245
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3336381
Product Key Features
Actor
Tobey Maguire, Joan Allen, Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver
Rating
R
Movie/TV Title
Ice Storm
Director
Ang Lee, Lee Ang
Format
DVD
Release Year
2001
Genre
Drama
Additional Product Features
Region Code
Region 1
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
LeafCats
617
Leading Role
Tobey Maguire, Joan Allen, Kevin K Line, Sigourney Weaver