 The Ice Harvest
Starring: John Cusack, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Platt, Randy Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Monica Bellucci, Jenny Wade
Directed by: Harold Ramis
Screenplay by: Robert Benton
Release Date: November 23, 2005
MPAA Rating: R for violence, language and sexuality / nudity.
Studio: Focus Features
 Domestic: $9,016,782 (88.8%)
Foreign: $1,140,186 (11.2%)
Total: $10,156,968 (Worldwide)
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 Tagline: Thick Thieves. Thin Ice.
It's Christmas Eve in rainy, icebound Wichita, Kansas, and this year Charlie Arglist just might have something to celebrate. Charlie, an attorney for the sleazy businesses of Wichita, and his unsavory associate, the steely Vic Cavenaugh, have just successfully embezzled $2,147,000 from Kansas City boss Bill Guerrard.
Even so, the real prize for Charlie would be the stunning Renata, who runs the Sweet Cage strip club. Charlie's fondest Christmas wish is to slip out of town with Renata. But, as daylight fades and a storm whirls, everyone from Charlie's drinking buddy Pete Van Heuten to the local police begin to wonder just what exactly is in Charlie's Christmas stocking. For Charlie, the 12 hours of Christmas Eve are filled with nonstop twists and turns, both on the ice and off.
In his work, filmmaker Harold Ramis has always coaxed refreshingly offbeat humor from everyday life. His latest film, The Ice Harvest, mines comedy from people behaving recklessly on Christmas Eve, catching them as their various foibles – and worse – collide head-on.
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