The Ice Storm is a 1997 American drama film directed by Ang Lee and written by James Schamus adapting the 1994 novel The Ice Storm by Rick Moody. During Thanksgiving in 1973, two neighboring suburban families seek escape from their emotional emptiness through infidelity and self-indulgence. The film stars Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Katie Holmes, Glenn Fitzgerald, Jamey Sheridan and Sigourney Weaver. The film was produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures on a budget of $18 million.