The Ice Storm

Haunting drama about a Connecticut family in crisis in the early 70s. Desperately trying to inject some meaning into their lives, both parents and children experiment with drugs and sex, unaware that a storm is fast approaching., Ang Lee’s BAFTA and Cannes-winning drama follows the stories of two families, Ben and Elena Hood and Jim and Janey Carver and their adolescent children, including Christina Ricci and Elijah Wood. Set in Connecticut in the early ’70s, it follows their casual affairs, breakdowns, juvenile sexual experimentation and bad parenting, all of which leads to a dramatic climax of dysfunction during an ice storm that blankets the area with a frozen glaze., Ang Lee’s haunting drama won the Best Screenplay award in Cannes and was a hit with the critics for its powerful evocation of the listless decadence that characterised the closing years of the ’70s. Starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver, the film is set against the backdrop of a small Connecticut town shrouded in winter in the dark days of Watergate. The parallel experiences of the adults and children of one family are shown as they experiment with sex and drugs in an increasingly desperate attempt to create meaning in their shallow, bourgeois lives, unaware that a storm is fast approaching., Haunting drama about a Connecticut family in crisis in the early 1970s. Desperately trying to inject some meaning into their lives, both parents and children experiment with drugs and sex, unaware that a storm is fast approaching., In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family are skidding out of control on a lethal mixture of drink and sex. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century. Things get bad…, 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). Apparently, this runs in the family: Wendy’s father, Ben (Kevin Kline), is having an affair with Mikey’s mother, Janey (Sigourney Weaver), though Ben sees a future in the relationship and Janey does not. Elena (Joan Allen), Ben’s wife, knows something is wrong with her marriage and her life, but she has no idea what she should do about it. As the teenagers surreptitiously experiment with drugs and alcohol, and the adults drift into mate-swapping, a dangerous blanket of freezing rain begins to cover New Canaan. The Ice Storm was adapted from the acclaimed novel by Rick Moody., Ang Lee’s slice of life about married couples coping with indifferent children, adultery and wife-swapping in 1970s suburbia., 1973, suburban Connecticut: middle class families experimenting with casual sex, drink, etc., find their lives out of control., (1997) Ang Lee’s BAFTA and Cannes-winning drama follows the stories of two couples (Kevin Kline and Joan Allen, and Jamey Sheridan and Sigourney Weaver) and their adolescent children (including Christina Ricci and Elijah Wood) in Connecticut in the early 70s. Their casual affairs, breakdowns, juvenile sexual experimentation and bad parenting lead to a dramatic climax of dysfunction during an ice storm that blankets the area with a frozen glaze. M,W,R,, Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver star in this acclaimed drama about discontent in 1970s suburban Connecticut. The story follows two dysfunctional families who each reach their breaking point when the adults participate in mate-swapping “key parties.” Joan Allen, Jamey Sheridan, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Adam Hann-Byrd, Tobey Maguire., (1997) Ang Lee’s BAFTA and Cannes-winning drama follows the stories of two couples (Kevin Kline and Joan Allen, and Jamey Sheridan and Sigourney Weaver) and their adolescent children (including Christina Ricci and Elijah Wood) in Connecticut in the early 70s. Their casual affairs, breakdowns, juvenile sexual experimentation and bad parenting lead to a dramatic climax of dysfunction during an ice storm that blankets the area with a frozen glaze. Contains drug use and scences of a sexual nature. M,W,R,S.