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Iceman

Year:
Duration:
100 min
Genres:
Drama | Sci-Fi
IMDB rate:
6.1
Director:
Fred Schepisi
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1984-04-13
Filming Locations: Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $1,836,120 (USA) (15 April 1984)
Gross: $7,343,032 (USA) (6 May 1984)
Cast
Actor
Character
Timothy Hutton
Dr. Stanley Shephard
Lindsay Crouse
Dr. Diane Brady
Josef Sommer
Whitman
David Strathairn
Dr. Singe
Philip Akin
Dr. Vermeil
Danny Glover
Loomis
Amelia Hall
Mabel
Richard Monette
Hogan
James Tolkan
Maynard
Stephen E. Miller
Temp Doc
David Petersen
Scatem Doc
Judith Berlin
E.K.G. Doc (as Judy Berlin)
Paul Batten
Technician
Lovie Eli
Nurse
Stephen Nemeth
Lab Tech
Réal Andrews
Lab Tech (as Real Andrews)
Bob Reimer
Helicopter Pilot
Blair Anderson
Powell
Dave Ryder
Powell's Assistant
Herb 'Kneecap' Nikal
Indian Guide (as Herb [Kneecap] Nikal)
Eilizabeth Aulajut
Inuit Storyteller
Dennis Letkeman
Air Traffic Controller
Paul Stanley
Canuck
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Trivia
The film both opens and ends with a title card quotation from an Inuit Legend that reads: "I, who was born to die shall live. That the world of animals and the world of men may come together, I shall live."
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Bruce Smeaton's score is not what was originally intended for the film. The score in the film is mainly needle drop tracks for most scenes. The score was recorded with 130 piece Hollywood Symphony Orchestra and was meant to have a fuller sound. The reason for this was because Director Fred Schepisi, who was fired and then brought back onto the project for post-production tampered with the film after it was locked. He'd shifted around dialog, scenes and such. According to Smeaton, "He'd (Schepisi) gone in and made 28 minor changes to the film just as we (Smeaton, Music Editor Jim Henrikson and Music Engineer Dan Wallin along with the Hollywood Symphony) were preparing to go into Glen Glenn Sound with 130 piece orchestra. The music wasn't fitting the scenes they were intended for. Fred (Schepisi) never showed up." Smeaton had to then cancel the sessions and edit down his music from what had they originally had been intended for. Smeaton admits to having regretted working with Schepisi and their subsequent film, Roxanne (1987) starring Steve Martin would be their last project together. Schepisi would have the late Jerry Goldsmith as his composer of choice during the 1990's.
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One of the film's main movie posters had a long preamble that read: "HE'S 40,000 YEARS OLD. Deep within an Arctic glacier they found him, preserved by a miracle of nature, brought back to life by a miracle of science. Now medical science wants to exploit him in the name of research. One man wants to stop them...in the name of humanity. But he'll need more than a miracle to survive...he'll need a friend".
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Goofs
When Charlie is looking upwards to the helicopter, his open mouth reveals a large number of silver fillings. Such dentistry, obviously, wouldn't have been available during the stone age.
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Quotes
Charlie, the Iceman: [Charlie brings a dark object to Brady]
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Dr. Diane Brady: [expressing trepidation at meeting the Iceman] You know Shephard, I was stepped on by a pony when I was 6.
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Doctor Stanley Shephard: [their first view of the Iceman] What do you think?
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Photos from cast
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