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Director:
Fred Schepisi
Writers:
John Drimmer (screenplay)
John Drimmer (story)
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Release Date:
13 April 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
HE'S 40,000 YEARS OLD. Deep within an Arctic glacier they found him, preserved by a miracle of nature, brought back to life by a miracle of science. Now medical science wants to exploit him in the name of research. One man wants to stop them...in the name of humanity. But he'll need more than a miracle to survive...he'll need a friend. more
Plot:
An anthropologist who is part of an arctic exploration team discovers the body of a prehistoric man who is still alive... more | add synopsis
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An unforgettable journey of humanity more (19 total)

Cast

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Timothy Hutton ... Dr. Stanley Shephard
Lindsay Crouse ... Dr. Diane Brady
John Lone ... Charlie, the Iceman
Josef Sommer ... Whitman

David Strathairn ... Dr. Singe
Philip Akin ... Dr. Vermeil

Danny Glover ... Loomis
Amelia Hall ... Prof. Mabel Chapman
Richard Monette ... Hogan
James Tolkan ... Maynard
Stephen E. Miller ... Temp Doc
David Petersen ... Scatem Doc
Judith Berlin ... E.K.G. Doc
Paul Batten ... Technician
Lovie Eli ... Nurse
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-8 | Germany:16 | Norway:11 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #27277) | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada more
Company:
Universal Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Iceman was a project linked to director Norman Jewison for several years throughout the 1970s. It ultimately emerged under Fred Schepisi but Jewison was still attached as producer. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: When Charlie is looking upwards to the helicopter, his open mouth reveals a large number of silver fillings. Such dentistry, obviously, wouldn't have been available during the stone age. more
Quotes:
Doctor Stanley Shephard: [their first view of the Iceman] What do you think?
Maynard: Looks like an indian.
Doctor Stanley Shephard: What kind of an indian?
Maynard: A Cleveland Indian. What do I know? You're the anthropologist.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "South Park: Prehistoric Ice Man (#2.18)" (1999) more
Soundtrack:
Heart of Gold more

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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
An unforgettable journey of humanity, 4 November 1999
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Author: Dana Wang from Taipei, Taiwan

While a group of scientists were working in the Arctic they found a man frozen in the ice. Dr. Stanley Shephard (Timothy Hutton) identified the primitive as a Neanderthal who was probably 40000 years old.

Neanderthals were supposed to be located in Europe. So how could one be found in North America? However, despite all the possible scientific errors, "Iceman" is still a masterpiece. This film is about the issue of immortality- we could deal with the same problems that the iceman did - if freezing sick people and unfreezing them when there are new ways to cure become possible in the future. Is everybody supposed to live forever? Or if some of us, the ill ones, would be healed decades or even centuries later, we may not be used to the new world, new things around us, and our loved ones may already died. It may cause psychological trauma and...the shock would be unimaginable. I think Shephard was right, death is natural and we should face it.

In the movie, only Shephard was willing to treat the iceman (John Lone) as a human, not as an object to be used in some scientific experiment. Shephard tried very hard to communicate with the iceman and getting to know him as a person. This became a touching and educational journey for everyone involved.

John Lone's mesmorizing performance as "Charlie" the iceman who intended to sacrifice himself in order to save his family, has profoundly moved me. He's really a splendid actor. And I must say this film is definitely worth seeing more than once.

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