VHS, R, 113 minutes, CBS / FOX

When a self-centered husband's relationships with his wife and mistress grow cold, it takes a wife-swapping key party and a freak ice storm to clear the air...and change their lives forever. Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Allen and Christina Ricci turn in outstanding performances as two dysfunctional families learn to cope with his unyielding forces of nature-human nature- ion this emotionally charged tale of suburban life in the '70's. Director Ang Lee compiled thousands of pages of information about the '70's before he started filming "The Ice Storm.", "This film needed a look," Lee said, "because the story is a social study of a period. I tried to establish that '70's feel-lots of polyester, progressive rock, trying to be as tacky as i could without mocking it.".