Directed by:
Ang LeeScreenplay:
James SchamusCinematography:
Frederick ElmesComposer:
Mychael DannaCast:
Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Henry Czerny, David Krumholtz, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Jamey Sheridan, Elijah Wood, Sigourney Weaver, Adam Hann-Byrd (more)Plots(1)
It is Thanksgiving, 1973, and the Carvers and the Hoods are two prototypical suburban families seemingly living the good life in New Canaan, Connecticut. Behind their New Age philosophies and polyester fashions, however, lies deep discontent. One husband carries on an unsatisfying affair with the other family's wife, while his teenage daughter experiments sexually with both of the neighbor's boys. When a winter storm descends upon their upper middle class neighborhood, buried resentments bubble over, leading to a tragedy neither family will ever forget. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Kevin Kline
USA
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Joan Allen
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Henry Czerny
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David Krumholtz
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Christina Ricci
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Adam Hann-Byrd
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Glenn Fitzgerald
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