The ice storm / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents a Good Machine production, an Ang Lee film; produced by Ted Hope, James Schamus and Ang Lee ; screenplay by James Schamus ; directed by Ang Lee.
Edition:
Director-approved blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer guide (unpaged : color illustrations ; 17 cm).
Title from web page. Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Tobey Maguire. Originally released as a motion picture in 1997. Release date: Jul. 23, 2013. Special features: Restored high-definition digital film transfer; Audio commentary; Documentary featuring interviews; Deleted scenes; Footage from a 2007 event honoring Lee and Schamus; Visual essays featuring interviews; Theatrical trailer; Plus, An essay by critic Bill Krohn.
Summary:
Suburban Connecticut, 1973. While Richard Nixon's 'I am not a crook' speech drones from the TV, the Hood and Carver families try to navigate a Thanksgiving break simmering with unspoken resentment, sexual tension, and cultural confusion. With clarity, subtlety, and a dose of wicked humor, Academy Award winning director Ang Lee renders Rick Moody's acclaimed novel of upper-middle-class American malaise as a trenchant, tragic cinematic portrait of lost souls.
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