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The Ice Storm

Synopsis:

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).


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Ang Lee
  • Studio: Fox Searchlight, Good Machine
  • Year: 1997
  • Run Time: 113 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Set in: New Caanan, CT
  • MPAA Rating: R (for sexuality and drug use, including scenes involving children, and for language)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama
  • Filmed in: Color

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