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On this day in the United States of America all the way back in the year 1984, Iceman enjoyed its first release when it was screened exclusively for audiences of the USA Film Festival. (FYI: its full U.S. theatrical release would follow about two weeks later.)
Directed by Fred Schepisi, the script shows attributed to Chip Proser and John Drimmer. The film starred John Lone, Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, Josef Sommer, David Strathairn, Philip Akin, Danny Glover, Amelia Hall, Richard Monette, James Tolkan, and others.
According to our friends at IMDB.com, here's the plot summary:
"An anthropologist who is part of an arctic exploration team discovers the body of a prehistoric Neanderthal man who is subsequently resuscitated. The researcher must then decide what to do with the prehistoric man and he finds himself defending the man from those that want to dissect him in the name of science."
Interestingly enough, I do remember seeing this one back in the day; and I distinctly remember being quite moved by it. Lone's performance as the somewhat reanimated caveman was particularly impressive, and Hutton -- as the scientist who befriends the Neanderthal -- was also very solid. I can also recall being a bit disappointed by the somewhat predictable finale: it isn't as if there was a great deal they could do with the story -- ultimately one was to wonder how possible it would be to introduce a man of limited means to a whole new world of tomorrow, and that's pretty much where they went with it. Still, I'd argue that if a flick deserves to be rediscovered for modern audiences then Iceman is something deserving of another look.
-- EZ
On this day in the United States of America all the way back in the year 1984, Iceman enjoyed its first release when it was screened exclusively for audiences of the USA Film Festival. (FYI: its full U.S. theatrical release would follow about two weeks later.)
Directed by Fred Schepisi, the script shows attributed to Chip Proser and John Drimmer. The film starred John Lone, Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, Josef Sommer, David Strathairn, Philip Akin, Danny Glover, Amelia Hall, Richard Monette, James Tolkan, and others.
According to our friends at IMDB.com, here's the plot summary:
"An anthropologist who is part of an arctic exploration team discovers the body of a prehistoric Neanderthal man who is subsequently resuscitated. The researcher must then decide what to do with the prehistoric man and he finds himself defending the man from those that want to dissect him in the name of science."
Interestingly enough, I do remember seeing this one back in the day; and I distinctly remember being quite moved by it. Lone's performance as the somewhat reanimated caveman was particularly impressive, and Hutton -- as the scientist who befriends the Neanderthal -- was also very solid. I can also recall being a bit disappointed by the somewhat predictable finale: it isn't as if there was a great deal they could do with the story -- ultimately one was to wonder how possible it would be to introduce a man of limited means to a whole new world of tomorrow, and that's pretty much where they went with it. Still, I'd argue that if a flick deserves to be rediscovered for modern audiences then Iceman is something deserving of another look.
-- EZ
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