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"When a self-centered husband's relationship with his wife and mistress grow cold, it takes a wife-swapping "key party" and a freak ice storm to clear the air and change their lives forever. Director Ang Lee offers a compelling look at a controversial era."@en
"Two disfunctional families learn to cope with human nature in this emotionally charged tale of suburban life in the '70s. As a self-centered husband's relationship with his wife grows cold, an ice storm hits the East Coast - the worst in 30 years - and helps to clear the air."@en
"Begin jaren zeventig probeert een getrouwde Amerikaan van middelbare leeftijd zich aan te passen aan de veranderende zeden."
"When a self-centered husband's relationships with his wife and mistress grow cold, it takes a wife-swapping "key party" and a freak ice storm to clear the air...and change their lives forever."
"1973, Connecticut. Watergate has caught up with Richard Nixon. The Beatles are recording solo albums. Wife-swapping has come to the suburbs. And, the Hood family is skidding out of control. Ben Hood (Kevin Kline) is trying to bed his mistress, next-door neighbor Janey Carver (Sigourney Weaver). Ben's wife, Elena (Joan Allen), is losing patience with her husband's clumsy lies. Young Wendy Hood (Christina Ricci) is finding new games to play with the boys next door, Mikey Carver (Elijah Wood) and his little brother. The Hoods' son Paul (Tobey Maguire) escapes to Manhattan to pursue an alluring rich girl while the parents of the two families attend a cocktail party which turns out to be a "key party": a wife-swapping lottery for couples who dare or just don't care anymore. As night falls and the members of the family embark on their separate sexual odysseys, the worst ice storm in thirty years hits the coast. The events of that night -- by turns ribald, comic and tragic -- will bring the Hood family face-to-face with one another for the first time when they meet again, in the cold early light of the morning after the ice storm has passed."
"Au début des années 1970, les parents et les enfants de deux familles bourgeoises voisines vivent entre elles des relations troubles. Empêtré dans des relations tendues avec son épouse et sa maîtresse, un homme égocentrique voit sa vie et celle de ses proches transformées."
"In 1973 suburban Connecticut middle class families experimenting with casual sex, drink, etc., find their lives out of control."
"Disc 2: New documentary featuring interviews with actors Joan Allen, Kevin Kline, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Sigourney Weaver and Elijah Wood. New Video interview with novelist Rick Moody, Deleted scenes, Footage from an event honoring Lee and Schamus at New York's Museum of the Moving image. Visual essays on the look of the film, featturing intervies with the cinematographer, production designer and costume designer."
""When a self-centered husband's relationships with his wife and mistress grow cold, it takes a wife-swapping "key party" and a freak ice storm to clear the air ... and change their lives forever"--Container."@en
""When a self-centered husband's relationships with his wife and mistress grow cold, it takes a wife-swapping "key party" and a freak ice storm to clear the air ... and change their lives forever"--Container."
"The story of two dysfunctional families who learn to cope with unyielding forces of nature -- human nature -- in this emotionally charged tale of surburban life in the '70's."@en
"In the weekend after Thanksgiving in 1973 the Hoods are skidding out of control. Benjamin Hood reels from drink to drink, trying not to think about his trouble at the office. His wife, Elena, is reading self help books and losing patience with her husband's lies. Their son, Paul, home for the holidays, escapes to the city to pursue an alluring rich girl from his prep school. And young, budding nymphomaniac, Wendy Hood roams the neighborhood, innocently exploring liquor cabinets and lingerie drawers of her friends' parents, looking for something new. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century."@en
"In the weekend after Thanksgiving in 1973 the Hoods are skidding out of control. Benjamin Hood reels from drink to drink, trying not to think about his trouble at the office. His wife, Elena, is reading self help books and losing patience with her husband's lies. Their son, Paul, home for the holidays, escapes to the city to pursue an alluring rich girl from his prep school. And young, budding nymphomaniac, Wendy Hood roams the neighborhood, innocently exploring liquor cabinets and lingerie drawers of her friends' parents, looking for something new. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century."
"Thanksgiving 1973. The climate is changing, both politically and physically. As the Watergate scandal unfolds in the background, the inhabitants of a small Connecticut town begin to slip into an existentialist void. Social taboos are shattered on whims and the line between adult authority and juvenile irresponsibility is practically nonexistant. Focuses on the Hood and Carver families. Chronicles a brief period of rapid moral deterioration. Their actions - including adultery, sexual experimentation, drug use and petty crimes - become increasingly unpredictable and impulsive. Once the 'ice storm' hits, though, reality sinks in, and the severity of their situation becomes all to apparent."@en
"USA, 1973. L'affaire du watergate secoue la vie politique et la mode de l'échangisme se répand. La famille Hood, comme le reste de l'Amérique, découvre le mensonge et la révolution sexuelle. Une tempête de glace - la pire depuis trente ans - s'abat sur le pays. Chacun de son côté, les Hood vivent la pire nuit de leur existence..."
"When a self-centered husband's relationships with his wife and mistress grow cold, it takes a wife-swapping "key party" and a freak ice storm to clear the air and change their lives forever."
"When a self-centered husband's relationships with his wife and mistress grow cold, it takes a wife-swapping "key party" and a freak ice storm to clear the air and change their lives forever."@en
""The story of two dysfunctional families who learn to cope with nature-- human nature-- in this emotionally charged tale of suburban life in the '70s. When a self-centered husband's relationships with his wife and mistress grow cold, it takes a wife-swapping 'key party' and a freak ice storm to clear the air-- and change their lives forever."--Container."@en
""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. Featuring a tremendous cast of established actors (Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver) and rising stars (Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Katie Holmes) The Ice Storm is among the finest films of the 1990s"--Container."
"For the Hood and Carver families, life in their comfortable, 1970's suburban enclave is in for heavy weather. The adulterous affair between Ben Hood and sexy neighbor Janey Carver is about to flame out. Ben's kleptomaniac wife is being hit on by her hippie minister, while his sexually precocious young daughter is doing more than homework with both of the teenage Carver boys."
"For the Hood and Carver families, life in their comfortable, 1970's suburban enclave is in for heavy weather. The adulterous affair between Ben Hood and sexy neighbor Janey Carver is about to flame out. Ben's kleptomaniac wife is being hit on by her hippie minister, while his sexually precocious young daughter is doing more than homework with both of the teenage Carver boys."@en
""In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hoods are skidding out of control. Benjamin Hood reels from drink to drink, trying not to think about his trouble at the office. His wife, Elena, is reading self help books and losing patience with her husband's lies. Their son, Paul, home for the holidays, escapes to the city to pursue an alluring rich girl from his prep school. And young, budding nymphomaniac, Wendy Hood roams the neighborhood, innocently exploring liquor cabinets and lingerie drawers of her friends' parents, looking for something new. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century. Things get bad.." -- IMDb website."
"Usa, 1973. L'affaire du Watergate secoue la vie politique et la mode de l'échangisme se répand. La famille Hood, comme le reste de l'Amérique, découvre le mensonge et la révolution sexuelle. Une tempête de glace (la pire depuis 30 ans) s'abat sur le pays. Chacun de son côté, les Hood vont vivre la plus mauvaise nuit de leur existence..."
"Quand une vague de froid s'abat sur une petite ville du Connecticut, les lignes à haute tension explosent et les humains disjonctent. On passe de l'adultère discret de voisinage à l'échange collectif de conjoints. Quand la glace fond et que revient le soleil, ce sont des êtres hagards qui errent au milieu des décombres et font le bilan des dégâts."
"Thanksgiving 1973. The climate is changing, both politically and physically. As the Watergate scandal unfolds in the background, the inhabitants of a small Connecticut town begin to slip into an existentialist void. Social taboos are shattered on whims and the line between adult authority and juvenile irresponsibility is practically nonexistant. Focuses on the Hood and Carver families. Chronicles a brief period of rapid moral deterioration. Their actions - including adultery, sexual experimentation, drug use and petty crimes - become increasingly unpredictable and impulsive. Once the 'ice storm' hits, though, reality sinks in, and the severity of their situation becomes all too apparent."@en