Ice Storm

UPC: 715515028424

Studio: Criterion

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations]

Summary: Set on Thanksgiving weekend of 1973, The Ice Storm looks into the lives of a wealthy Connecticut family who are calm and civil on the outside, but whose lives are quietly falling into chaos. Sixteen-year-old Paul Hood (Tobey Maguire) is home for the holidays from prep school; he'd just as soon have stayed at school, given the usual level of tension around the house and his desire to win the affections of Casey (Katie Holmes), a girl living in Manhattan. His 14-year-old sister, Wendy (Christina Ricci), is already a hardened cynic obsessed with the ongoing Watergate investigation, and she has begun acting out sexually with a neighbor boy, Mikey (Elijah Wood). Apparently, this runs in the family: Wendy's father, Ben (Kevin Kline), is having an affair with Mikey's mother, Janey (Sigourney Weaver), though Ben sees a future in the relationship and Janey does not. Elena (Joan Allen), Ben's wife, knows something is wrong with her marriage and her life, but she has no idea what she should do about it. As the teenagers surreptitiously experiment with drugs and alcohol, and the adults drift into mate-swapping, a dangerous blanket of freezing rain begins to cover New Canaan. The Ice Storm was adapted from the acclaimed novel by Rick Moody. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Supporting Actress – null Best Screenplay – Cannes Film Festival Best Director [Runner-up] – Toronto Film Critics Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: Disc 1: Audio comentary featuring Lee and producer-screenwriter James Schamus
Theatrical trailer
Disc 2: 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, featuring interviews with the cinematographer, production designer, and costume designer
Plus: a new essay by film critic Bill Krohn
New video interview with novelist Rick Moody

Ice Storm

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 03/18/2008

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo, DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 113 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Ice Storm
1. Opening Credits [4:49]
2. "It's Existential" [1:44]
3. Phone Call From Dad [3:49]
4. Dinner at the Carvers [4:47]
5. New Canaan, Conn. [4:39]
6. An Empty Swimming Pool [1:34]
7. "You're Boring Me" [4:32]
8. Geometry and Molecules [3:58]
9. Elena Takes a Ride [5:15]
10. "I'll Show You Mine..." [2:57]
11. Defrosting [2:04]
12. Back Home For Thanksgiving [5:26]
13. "I'll Be Back" [3:19]
14. The Carvers' Basement [4:07]
15. The Mustache Cup [4:08]
16. The Key Party [1:35]
17. Libbets and Francis, and Paul [5:42]
18. Invitations [5:23]
19. The Ice Storm [5:07]
20. "What Shall the Order Be?" [5:07]
21. Elena and Jim [8:32]
22. Hazardous Conditions [6:30]
23. "The Door to the Next World" [4:40]
24. "Good Morning, Ladies and Gentlemen" [3:21]
25. End Credits [5:55]

Matthew Doberman

Many films have claimed that, beneath the sparkling Formica and easy-clean linoleum, there's something's rotten at the heart of suburbia. Few, however, have addressed the topic with such memorable characterizations, disquieting imagery, and thematic coherence as director Ang Lee's The Ice Storm. Though set in the 1970s, the film doesn't use the era as an ironic punch line. Lee and writer James Schamus (adapting Rick Moody's acclaimed novel) portray the decade as a time of ambivalence and displacement, when America was left rudderless in the wake of the 1960s. The stellar cast -- including Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and budding talents Tobey Maguire and Christina Ricci -- adroitly convey the vacant desires and casual misgivings of different generations of an affluent New England community. Though punctuated by some moments of dark humor, The Ice Storm is as bleak as its title suggests, and may not be for all tastes. ~ Matthew Doberman, Rovi

Cast and Crew: David Krumholtz  Actor 
Michael Cumpsty  Actor 
Adam Hann-Byrd  Actor 
Allison Janney  Actor 
Glenn Fitzgerald  Actor 
Mychael Danna  Composer (Music Score) 
James Schamus  Producer 
James Schamus  Screenwriter 
Ang Lee  Director 
Ang Lee  Producer 
Ted Hope  Producer 
Kevin Kline  Actor 
Joan Allen  Actor 
Sigourney Weaver  Actor 
Tobey Maguire  Actor 
Christina Ricci  Actor 
Elijah Wood  Actor 
Henry Czerny  Actor 
Jamey Sheridan  Actor 
Katie Holmes  Actor 

Country: USA