Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone

Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton and John Lone star along with Lindsay Crouse in this suspenseful drama about a team of Arctic researchers who find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him...( read more  read more... ) back to life. Anthropologist Stanley Shephard (Hutton) wants to befriend the Iceman (Lone) and learn about the man's past; Dr. Diane Brady (Crouse) and her surgical team want to discover the secret that will allow man to live in a frozen state. When the Iceman becomes part of their lives, the results are both moving and emotionally shattering. Shot on location in Canada's breathtaking snowy wilderness, Iceman uncovers life's greatest mystery.

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PG, 101 min.

Directed by: Fred Schepisi

Release Date: April 13, 1984

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DVD Release Date: December 28, 2004

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  • September 25, 2009
    An excellent and moving drama, criminally underrated.
  • October 13, 2007
    A largely forgotten environmental drama which tries to be exciting, funny and moving but fails on all counts. A decent cast is given very little to get their teeth into. Overall, it's a preachy, boring but well-intentioned movie. Some nice scenery towards the end, though, and thi...( read more)s could be your only chance to witness a sky-diving Neanderthal. Al Gore would love it.
  • October 4, 2008
    its about a group of scientist who find a frozen caveman. Turns out after they unfreeze him, that he is still alive and they put him in an artificial jungle. Not a dummy, the caveman or it would be more accurate to mention that its a Neanderthal cause he's been frozen for 40 000 ...( read more)years, but he does understand that what surrounds him isnt genuine. An anthropologist tries to make contact with him
  • May 3, 2008
    ICEMAN (1984)
    directed by Fred Shepisi
    starring Timothy Hutton, John Lone, Lindsay Crouse

    No. Its not a film about the X-Men character, nor is it a Top Gun spinoff with Val Kilmer. Iceman is pretty much pl
    ...( read more)otless, its about a group of scientist who find a frozen caveman. Turns out after they unfreeze him, that he is still alive and they put him in an artificial jungle. Not a dummy, the caveman or it would be more accurate to mention that its a Neanderthal cause he's been frozen for 40 000 years, but he does understand that what surrounds him isnt genuine. An anthropologist tries to make contact with him and thats pretty much what happens in the film.

    Iceman doesnt really have any good scientific values but its an interesting variation on the Tarzan theme. It came out not too long after Jean-Jacques Annaud's La guerre du feu and the same year as Hugh Hudson's Greystoke, seems like people had a fascination about those man from another era who lived closer to animals than humans.

    Timothy Hutton was a young man who had just won an Oscar and this was a good project for him. He delivers a fairly good performance despite his laughable hairdo. John Lone as the caveman is quite impressive. He is really commited to his character and manage to keep it serious for the entire movie, it never becomes ridiculous or laughable.

    Iceman is a little slow at first but its got an interest subject and manages to keep the viewer's interest until the end. The soundtrack is pretty good and there are even some moving moments. Nothing amazing but surprisingly good despite being a bit naive.

  • February 8, 2008
    A daft proposition, but lets hope it's a lot better than the so called "comedies" of this sub-genre (sci-fi, bringing someone or something to life that was buried in the ice for thousands of years) sounds like a worthwhile possibly enjoyable waste of a couple of hours.

    ~S

    (Redu...( read more)x review likely)
  • January 16, 2008
    Thoughtful movie. Other than the obivious impossibility of bringing a long frozen corpse back to life, the situational stuff plays realistically.
  • October 3, 2007
    GREAT MOVIE FOR ITS TIME!
  • September 27, 2007
    Iceman is much more a drama than a science fiction film, but as a drama it is very effective indeed. The film takes an essentially simple premise and expands it into an engrossing story about the meeting of cultures and what it means to be human.

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  • August 20, 2007
    Really liked this movie when I saw it years ago. Timothy Hutton used to be one of my favs. Nice little movie to catch on a lazy afternoon.

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