IFWT #39 - The Ice Storm (1997)

It's Thanksgiving 1973. Watergate permeates the airwaves and the sexual revolution has made its way into the suburbs. The Hood family has devolved into ennui and their neighbors, The Carver's, aren't fairing much better. A film that relishes its ensemble - starring an A-list cast including Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and such rising stars as Christina Ricci, Tobey Macquire and Elijah Wood, Ang Lee directs a film that isn't mere nostalogia, but deals with subjects, that may take place 50 years ago, but still leave a sting today. So take a seat, as we kickstart our first ever Thanksgiving episode, and deep dive this 90s classic, by way of 1973.