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Charlie is a mob lawyer who's just pulled a stunt that will either make him seriously rich or dead as a doornail. Charlie and his hapless accomplice Vic have just stolen $2 million dollars from seedy gangster Bill. Together with Charlie's stripper squeeze Renata, all that separates them from a new life is one long night of calamity and dirty deeds.

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EAN5050582429190

eBay Product ID (ePID)59499794

Product Key Features

ActorNed Bellamy, Oliver Platt, Randy Quaid, Mike Starr, John Cusack, Connie Nielsen, Billy Bob Thornton

Film/TV TitleThe Ice Harvest

DirectorHarold Ramis

FormatDVD

Release Year2006

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesFeature commentary with director Harold Ramis\Two alternative endings\Outtakes with Billy Bob Thornton\Cracking the Story\Beneath the Harvest\Ice Cracking - Analysis of a Scene, Closed Caption, With Subtitles

GenreDrama, Comedy

Subtitle LanguageCatalan

Run Time85 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate15

Number of Discs1

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

ReviewsDaily Star - A cruel, hugely funny crime caper

Additional InformationBased on the novel by Scott Phillips, THE ICE HARVEST is a comic film noir set in very cold and icy Wichita, Kansas. John Cusack turns in another fine performance as Charlie Arglist, a soft-spoken lawyer who works for local mob boss Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid). Charlie hangs out in strip clubs, pines after femme fatale Renata (Connie Nielsen), rarely sees his kids, and basically watches life happen all around him. Ready for a change, he and the much more hardened Vic Cavanaugh (Billy Bob Thornton) steal $2.1 million from Guerrard and plan to play it cool before leaving town, trying not to create suspicion. All they need to do is make it through Christmas Eve--but that's not going to be easy for Charlie, who spends the long night getting caught up in a series of very funny, very dangerous, and very bloody events that unfold while sweet Christmas carols echo in the background. Reminiscent of such stylish modern noirs as RED ROCK WEST and FARGO, THE ICE HARVEST features a clever script by Oscar-winner Robert Benton and Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Russo, and was directed by Harold Ramis, the former Ghostbuster who has helmed such successful films as CADDYSHACK, GROUNDHOG DAY, and ANALYZE THIS. The acting is uniformly excellent--including Mike Starr as hit man Roy Gelles, who never shows his face--but Oliver Platt runs away with the film as Pete Van Heuten, an old friend of Charlie's who stole his family and now is an obnoxious, hysterical, pathetic drunken fool with a good heart.

Dubbing LanguagesCatalan

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Movie/TV TitleThe Ice Harvest

Consumer AdviceContains strong language, violence and sex references

WriterRobert Benton, Richard Russo