The Ice Storm

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American film drama film film

The Ice Storm is a 1997 drama film directed by Ang Lee that portrays the emotional disintegration of two suburban Connecticut families during a turbulent Thanksgiving weekend in the 1970s.

Aliases (1)

The Ice Storm (novel) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → drama film → film →
authorOfSourceWork	Rick Moody →
awardReceived	Best Screenplay Award at Cannes Film Festival →
basedOn	The Ice Storm → surface form: "The Ice Storm (novel)"
castMember	Christina Ricci → Elijah Wood → Henry Czerny → Jamey Sheridan → Joan Allen NERFINISHED → Katie Holmes → Kevin Kline → Sigourney Weaver → Tobey Maguire →
cinematographer	Frederick Elmes →
composer	Mychael Danna NERFINISHED →
countryOfOrigin	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
director	Ang Lee →
distributor	Searchlight Pictures → surface form: "Fox Searchlight Pictures"
editor	Tim Squyres →
festivalScreening	Cannes Film Festival →
genre	drama → period drama →
language	English →
mainCharacter	Ben Hood → Elena Hood → Janey Carver → Jim Carver → Paul Hood → Wendy Hood →
mainTheme	dysfunctional family relationships → emotional disintegration → sexual liberation → suburban malaise →
mpaaRating	R →
narrativeFocus	two suburban families →
notableScene	key party sequence →
producer	James Schamus → Ted Hope →
productionCompany	Good Machine →
publicationYearOfSourceWork	1994 →
releaseYear	1997 →
runtimeMinutes	112 →
screenwriter	James Schamus →
settingPlace	Connecticut → suburban Connecticut →
settingTime	1973 →
timePeriodDepicted	1970s →

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The Ice Storm → basedOn → The Ice Storm →

this entity surface form: "The Ice Storm (novel)"

Ang Lee → directed → The Ice Storm →

Katie Holmes → hasActedIn → The Ice Storm →

Ang Lee → notableWork → The Ice Storm →

Christina Ricci → notableWork → The Ice Storm →

Ricci → notableWork → The Ice Storm →

subject surface form: "Christina Ricci"

Elijah Wood → notableWork → The Ice Storm →

Sigourney Weaver → notableWork → The Ice Storm →