Product Details

• Actors: Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone, Josef Sommer, David Strathairn
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: April 30, 1996
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300183440
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #196,134 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Timothy Hutton, John Lone and Lindsay Crouse star in this suspenseful drama about a team of Arctic researchers who find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An overlooked gem, January 12, 2001

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Pablo Giustorobelo (Fullerton, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iceman [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Perhaps one of the most underrated movies in film history, Iceman starring Timothy Hutton and John Lone, easily achieves the elements needed to be hailed as one of the best movies ever made. The story is set in contemporary times, as a group of scientists find a prehistoric man frozen in the artic glazier, and are very unexpectedly able to bring him back to life. The setting of the film is contemporary times, but the story of Iceman achieves a much broader spectrum that begins 40,000 years in the past. The prehestoric man holds within him the key to perhaps everlasting life, and it is this issue that drives the scientists to grapple as to what exactly should be done with him. Iceman, unlike the overwhelming majority of films raises many intellectual and ethical issues. It forces its audience to think and debate within themselves and with each other. In the end we as the audience find out that what the Iceman has to offer is not everlasting life, but an immense insight as to what has driven men, what has been important to them, the courage, the bravery, the love and the sense of loss that has been with them as long as they have been on earth

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars CULT MOVIES 8, February 2, 1999

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[e-mail] (sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iceman [VHS] (VHS Tape)

8. ICEMAN (drama, 1984) A team of Arctic-research scientists uncover the body of a 40 000 year old Neanderthal Man frozen in a slab of ice. Miraculously, he is brought to life by Dr. Diane Brady (Lindsay Crouse), and her surgical doctors. The Iceman (John Lone) is placed in an artificial wilderness housing, enclosed from the rest of the world. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shepard (Timothy Hutton) is brought in to study the man. However, he goes one stop further by making face to face contact. With the help of Diane, their struggle to identify with the Iceman becomes a personal, and moving experience.

Critique: A visual as well as a 'sound' delight, Iceman is a touching film that brings the naturally in all of us. That film lore feeds our emotions and our intellectual curiosity. Australian director Fred Schepisi provides the lush, snow-covered landscapes with a rich musical tapestry to reside on. Schepisi makes us feel close to the Iceman by placing him in the position of stranger (which is where we, as audience, are on), and surveyor of truth. Although it has the same plot overtones of a Frankenstein's monster dilemma (should a creation be exploited?), it does sway from this by giving us an insight into the Iceman's past. Actor John Lone's debut performance as the Iceman is wholly potent, as a rendition of our 'shadow side'. While Lindsay Crouse for once plays a sensitive scientist. The best moment of the film comes when the Iceman, at last happy, plummets through the Arctic air and comes full circle in his quest. With the film's beautiful soundtrack guiding him.

QUOTES: Iceman: "Pita!!"

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars some movies just don't get the credit they deserve, June 8, 2001

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Cedd Dogg "dArTh NaDeR" (stockton, ca. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iceman [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I rember watching this movie when I was 13 years old,I loved it it was one of my all time favorites.About five years ago I wanted to buy it or rent it,it was practicly imposible to get a hold of I could not find it anywhere,then one day I came across a small video store that had it and I offerd to buy it from the owner,it was the orignal 1985 tape in perfect condition and to this day you still cant find it anywhere.Itis a shame this movie is so hard to find ,the story,acting and drama is some of the best to be seen.If you can find this movie,get it you don't know what your missing!