The ice storm

DVD 2008

Suburban Connecticut, 1973. While the Watergate hearings blast from the TV, the wayward Hood and Carver families try to navigate a Thanksgiving break simmering with unspoken resentments, sexual experimentation, and cultural confusion.

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ISBN:

9781604650235
1604650230

Edition:

Director-approved special edition, widescreen version

Description:

2 videodiscs (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
polychrome
digital
optical
stereo
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; for sexuality and drug use, including scenes involving children, and for language

Notes:

Title from container
Based on the novel by Rick Moody
Originally released as a motion picture in 1997
Special features: Disc one: New, restored transfer, supervised and approved by director Ang Lee and director of photography Frederick Elmes; audio commentary featuring Lee and producer-screenwriter James Schamus; theatrical trailer. Disc two: 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, featureing interviews with the cinematographer, production designer, and costume designer; a new essay by film critic Bill Krohn
Director of photography, Frederick Elmes ; editor, Tim Squyres ; music, Mychael Danna
Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Henry Czerny, Adam Hann-Byrd, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Jamey Sheridan, Elijah Wood, Sigourney Weaver, Katie Holmes
DVD; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., restored High Definition transfer, NTSC
In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH)

Control Number:

1898598

UPC:

715515028424

Other Authors:

Allen, Joan, 1956-
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Czerny, Henry
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Good Machine (Firm)
Hann-Byrd, Adam
Holmes, Katie, 1978-
Hope, James
Kline, Kevin
Lee, Ang, 1954-
Maguire, Tobey, 1975-
Moody, Rick. Ice storm
Ricci, Christina
Schamus, James, 1959-
Sheridan, Jamey
Weaver, Sigourney, 1949-
Wood, Elijah, 1981-

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