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Iceman

1984 · 100 min

A quiet, thoughtful drama about connection and sacrifice that builds to a haunting, transcendent ending.

Directed by
Fred Schepisi
Genres
Science fiction
Tagline
A stone age man in a space age world... ...All he wants is a friend.
Overview
A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befriend the Iceman and learn about the man's past while Dr. Diane Brady and her surgical team want to discover the secret that will allow man to live in a frozen state.

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Directed by
Fred Schepisi
Genres
Science fiction
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • faith
  • friendship
  • survival
Places
  • wilderness
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
science fiction
Directed by
Fred Schepisi
Written by
Chip Proser, John Drimmer
Starring
Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone, Josef Sommer, David Strathairn, James Tolkan, Danny Glover, Richard Monette
Music
Bruce Smeaton
Cinematography
Ian Baker
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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