The Ice Harvest

Comedy, Drama, Thriller, Crime

John Cusack	Charlie Arglist
Billy Bob Thornton	Vic Cavanaugh
Connie Nielsen	Renata
Lara Phillips	Rusti
Bill Noble	Culligan
Randy Quaid	Bill Guerrard
Oliver Platt	Pete Van Heuten
Brad Smith	Ronny
Ned Bellamy	Sidney
Mike Starr	Roy
Connie Nelsen
T.J. Jagodowski	Officer Tyler
Meghan Maureen McDonough	Francie
Bill Noble (III)

Director	Harold Ramis
Producer	Albert Berger; Ron Yerxa; Robert Benton
Writer	Richard Russo; Robert Benton

The Ice Harvest is a very entertaining, character-driven film. Apropos to its dark humor, all but a small portion of the action occurs at night as the two main characters attempt to make it out of town with a haul of cash stolen from a wealthy local power player. With a small town feel, it is clear that everyone knows everyone else, from the street cop to the prosecutor to the bartender. Getting a view of the seedy underbelly of even the most mundane place can be interesting. The complicating factor in the story, and the story's namesake, is an ice storm, which impedes simple escape from the town.