The Ice Storm (1997) Chills the Criterion Collection

October 23, 2021

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The Criterion Collection released The Ice Storm to Blu-ray on July 23, 2013. Ang Lee directed the film starring Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, and Sigourney Weaver.

‘The Ice Storm’ Movie Synopsis

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.

Special Features:

Restored high-definition digital film transfer, supervised and approved by director Ang Lee and director of photography Frederick Elmes, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
Audio commentary featuring Lee and producer-screenwriter James Schamus
Documentary featuring interviews with actors Joan Allen, Kevin Kline, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Sigourney Weaver, and Elijah Wood
Interview with novelist Rick Moody
Deleted scenes
Footage from a 2007 event honoring Lee and Schamus at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image
Visual essays featuring interviews with the film’s cinematographer and production and costume designers
Theatrical trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Bill Krohn

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