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The Ice Harvest

Year:

2005

Duration:

USA:92 min

Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Harold Ramis

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2005-11-23

Filming Locations: Carpentersvillle, Illinois, USA

Earnings

Budget: $16,000,000

Opening Weekend: $3,740,799 (USA) (27 November 2005)

Gross: $8,819,059 (USA) (11 December 2005)

Cast

Actor

Character

Connie Nielsen

The Ice Harvest

Oliver Platt

The Ice Harvest

John Cusack

Charlie Arglist

Billy Bob Thornton

Vic Cavanaugh

Lara Phillips

Rusti

Bill Noble

Culligan

Brad Smith

Ronny

Ned Bellamy

Sidney

Mike Starr

Roy Gelles

T.J. Jagodowski

Officer Tyler

Meghan Maureen McDonough

Francie

Tab Baker

Dennis

Frank Gallo

Restaurateur

William Dick

Manager

David Pasquesi

Councilman Williams

Laura Whyte

Dottie

Steve King

Stan

Caroline Gehrke

Melissa

Justine Bentley

Sarabeth

Max Kirsch

Spencer (as Max Kirsh)

Shana Goodsell

Christian Girl

Ryan Ourth

Boyfriend

Mick Napier

Stroke

Lindsay Porter

Gladys

Brendan Donaldson

Clerk

Randy Quaid

Bill Guerrard

Shelby Hyman

Shelby

Meredith Maresh

Pearl (as Merideth Maresh)

Dalton J. Homer Spaulding

Biscuit

Joseph Luis Caballero

Bartender (uncredited)

Diane Frances Fisher

Lounge Patron (uncredited)

Lori Ann Gerdisch

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Michael Kilcullen

Restaurant Busboy (uncredited)

Yuri Rutman

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Michael Stailey

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Rick Touhy

Santa Claus

Jenny Wade

Cupcake (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The tag line "As falls Wichita so falls Wichita Falls" is the title of a Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays album from 1981.

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John Cusack's character's last name, Arglist, translates to "guile" or "deceitfulness" in German.

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Monica Bellucci was initially signed to play the character of Renata but had to back out due to her pregnancy.

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Goofs

Near the end of the film, with Renata taped to the chair, a rear shot shows Bill reaching for a bottle of whiskey and a glass. From the rear shot you can hear him pouring whiskey into the glass. As the shot changes to frontal, he pours again into an empty glass.

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When Bill Guerrard is shown in Renata's office at first, his suit jacket is blue. But after getting shot in the face, he is seen on the floor and his suit jacket is black. Then when Bill Guerrard gets up after not being killed, his suit jacket is blue again.

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When Pete gets dragged out of the bar by the bartender's boyfriend, his pants get ripped in the back. In the subsequent shot, there is no tear.

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Quotes

Vic: You're dead, Roy. Don't just stand there pretending you're not.

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Renata: It's against my religion to give out personal advice, but you should either sober up or get real drunk.

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Vic: Well? How'd it go?

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