<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $18 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $8 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Ice Storm is a 1997 American drama film directed by Ang Lee, based on the 1994 novel The Ice Storm by Rick Moody . </P> <P> The film features an ensemble cast of Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Katie Holmes, Glenn Fitzgerald, Jamey Sheridan, and Sigourney Weaver . Set during Thanksgiving 1973, The Ice Storm is about two dysfunctional New Canaan, Connecticut upper - class families who are trying to deal with tumultuous social changes of the early 1970s, and their escapism through alcohol, adultery, and sexual experimentation . </P>

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