The Ice Storm (1997)

It was 1973, and the climate was changing.

In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.

Directed by: Ang Lee

Written by: Rick Moody, James Schamus

Music by: Mychael Danna

Starring: Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Jamey Sheridan, Christina Ricci, Tobey Maguire, Elijah Wood, Adam Hann-Byrd, Michael Cumpsty, Katie Holmes

Genre: Drama

Released: 1997-09-27

Runtime: 113 minutes

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The Ice Storm (1997): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• Schamus brought the book to filmmaker Ang Lee, who was the first and only contender to turn the book into a film, and with whom Schamus and partner Ted Hope had already made four films, including The Wedding Banquet in 1993.
• Philosopher Slavoj Žižek has stated that Schamus was also inspired by one of Žižek's books at the time of writing the screenplay, commenting "When James Schamus was writing the scenario, he told me that he was reading a book of mine and that my theoretical book was inspiration."
• The Ice Storm was first brought to the attention of producer James Schamus by his wife, literary scout Nancy Kricorian, who knew Rick Moody from Columbia University's MFA program.
• Principal photography primarily took place in New Canaan and Westchester, New York, and began in April 1996.
• The film was produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures on a budget of $18 million.
• Despite an original release date of December 20, 1996, Fox Searchlight Pictures gave The Ice Storm a limited theatrical release in the United States on September 26, 1997, and it grossed $8 million in its theatrical run.
• The website's consensus reads: "Director Ang Lee revisits the ennui-laden decadence of 1970s suburban America with deft humor and gripping pathos."

Source: Wikipedia

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