Frozen River

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crime drama film film independent film

Frozen River is a 2008 independent crime drama film about two women smuggling immigrants across the U.S.–Canada border, noted for its gritty realism and Melissa Leo’s acclaimed lead performance.

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Frozen River canonical 3
short film "Frozen River" by Courtney Hunt 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
awardReceived Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead ⓘ
Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film ⓘ
surface form: Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
basedOn Frozen River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: short film "Frozen River" by Courtney Hunt
cinematography Reed Morano ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Courtney Hunt ⓘ
distributor Sony Pictures Classics ⓘ
editedBy Kate Williams ⓘ
featuresCharacter Lila Littlewolf ⓘ
Roscoe Karns ⓘ
surface form: Ray Eddy
featuresTheme Native American issues ⓘ
human smuggling ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
single motherhood ⓘ
filmingLocation Plattsburgh, New York ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
hasMetacriticScore 87 ⓘ
hasRottenTomatoesRating over 85 percent ⓘ
musicBy Peter Golub ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actress – Melissa Leo

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
notableFor Melissa Leo’s acclaimed lead performance ⓘ
gritty realism ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary Two women in upstate New York smuggle undocumented immigrants across the frozen St. Lawrence River on the U.S.–Canada border. ⓘ
portrayedBy Lila Littlewolf – Misty Upham ⓘ
Ray Eddy – Melissa Leo ⓘ
premieredAt Sundance Film Festival ⓘ
producer Chip Hourihan ⓘ
Heather Rae ⓘ
productionCompany Cohen Media Group ⓘ
releaseDate 2008-01-18 ⓘ
releaseYear 2008 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 97 ⓘ
screenwriter Courtney Hunt ⓘ
setIn New York ⓘ
surface form: New York (state)

Canada–United States border ⓘ
surface form: U.S.–Canada border
starring Charlie McDermott ⓘ
Mark Boone Junior ⓘ
Melissa Leo ⓘ
Michael O’Keefe ⓘ
Misty Upham ⓘ
writer Courtney Hunt ⓘ

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Melissa Leo → notableWork → Frozen River ⓘ
Melissa Leo → hasActedIn → Frozen River ⓘ
Martha Plimpton → notableWork → Frozen River ⓘ
Frozen River → basedOn → Frozen River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: short film "Frozen River" by Courtney Hunt