Icebreaker (2000)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

David Giancola

Writer:

Hasso Wuerslin (writer)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

At the the Killington ski resort something has gone awry. Evil terrorists led by the sinister Greig...

Plot Keywords:

Hostage | Ski Resort | Villain Played By Lead Actor | Die Hard Scenario

Cast

Sean Astin	...	Matt Foster
Bruce Campbell	...	Carl Greig
Stacy Keach	...	Bill Foster
Suzanne Turner	...	Meg Foster
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sandra J. Abatiell	...	Fancy Restaurant Patron
George Adair	...	Baselodge employee
Jayson Argento	...	Ski Lodge Employee
Erick J. Barbic	...	Summit Waiter
Nancy Berry	...	Base Lodge Clerk
Steve Berry	...	Base Lodge Clerk
Scott 'Bam Bam' Bigelow	...	SWAT Team
Lauren Bond	...	Summit Restaurant Patron
Steve Breakstone	...	Fancy Restaurant Patron
Patrick Burgeron	...	Fancy Restaurant Patron
Bridget Burnett	...	Summit Restaurant Patron
Sandra Cartner	...	Summit Restaurant Patron
Kent Cassella	...	Guard #2
Athene Cira	...	Hotel Guest
Liam Clough	...	Fancy Restaurant Patron
Samuel J. Corruso	...	Federal Agent
Timothy J. Cullen	...	Benny
Stephanie De Carreau	...	Summit Restaurant Patron
Rusty De Wees	...	Timmy
Kiley Dixon	...	Federal Agent
Jason Dolmetsch	...	Summit Restaurant Patron
Tom Donahue	...	Federal Agent
Melissa Faignant	...	Summit Kitchen Employee
Jason Fearon	...	Terrorist #3
Sandra Gartner	...	Summit Restaurant Patron
Jill Gates	...	Summit Restaurant Patron
Adam Grimes	...	Berry
Robbie Hance	...	Fancy Restaurant Patron
Peggy Hayes	...	Reporter Jane
Todd G. Hutchinson	...	Summit Kitchen Employee
John James	...	Will Langley
B.J. Chandler Jeromin	...	Fancy Restaurant Patron
Tom Joyce	...	Guard #4
Mark 'Woody' Keppel	...	Beck
Richard Kincaid	...	Clay
Eileen Koch	...	Summit Restaurant Patron
David V. Lachance	...	SWAT Team
Ray Lamoria	...	SWAT Team
Alison Lees-Taylor	...	Sondra
Melissa G. Lourie	...	Tilly
Carol Lyons	...	Summit Restaurant Patron
Carol Malone	...	Hotel Guest
Kristi Marcus	...	Overdressed Skier
Christopher Masor	...	Hotel Guest
John Mattingly	...	SWAT team sniper
Dan Mazur	...	Farmer
Nancy McGill	...	Summit Restaurant Patron
Steve Mellor	...	Dave
Laura A. Moore	...	Fancy Restaurant Patron
Ron Nagle	...	Guard #3
Mike Outsky	...	SWAT Team
Daniel J. Palmer	...	Fancy Restaurant Patron
John Papais	...	Sondra's Man #1
Bruce Perkins	...	Drunk on the steps
Chad Peters	...	Summit Restaurant Patron
Shannon C. Pitanielio	...	Summit Kitchen Employee
Rob Ranberg	...	SWAT Team
Cathy Reeves	...	Base Lodge Clerk
Susan Reiss	...	Fancy Restaurant Patron
Richard Roughgarden	...	Sondra's Man #2 (as Rich Roughgarden)
Kendall Salman	...	Base Lodge Clerk
Leslie Savoy	...	Summit Restaurant Patron
David Schauwecker	...	SWAT Team
Paul Schnabel	...	Frantz
Debbie Scranton	...	Fancy Restaurant Patron
Amelia Sharp	...	Hotel Guest
Craig Shelley	...	Fire Department
Gary A. Shunart	...	SWAT Team
Michael Simms	...	Guard #1
John R. Sly	...	SWAT Team
Susan Sneekan	...	Summit Restaurant Patron
Carl Svenson	...	Helicopter Pilot
Carol A. Tamburo	...	Hotel Guest
Jerry Tift	...	Summit Restaurant Patron
Robert Toms	...	Pilot
Bruce Vail	...	Terrorist #1
Michael Vurieff	...	Fancy Restaurant Patron
John M. Wallis	...	First Aid Patient
Seth Wise	...	Terrorist #2
Hasso Wuerslin	...	Josh
Howie Zack	...	SWAT Team

Directed by
David Giancola

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hasso Wuerslin		writer

Produced by
Peter Beckwith	....	producer
Karen Preus	....	line producer

Cinematography by
Grosvenor Miles Hafela

Film Editing by
David Blanchard

Casting by
Gerald I. Wolff

Set Decoration by
Chris Meehan

Makeup Department
Stacy Dyer	....	key makeup artist
Trish Seeney	....	key hair stylist
Trish Seeney	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Kori Shadrick	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Mattingly	....	first assistant director
Robin Nagengast	....	second second assistant director
Sheri Spero	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Tramaine Dion	....	art assistant
Jonas Sansone	....	art assistant
Craig Schubert	....	property master

Sound Department
Jason Blackburn	....	boom operator
Bob Gregory	....	sound designer

Special Effects by
Neil Ruddy	....	pyrotechnician

Stunts
Mark Bragg	....	stunts
Aaron J. Carr	....	stunts
Peter Corby	....	stunts
Debbie Greg	....	stunts
Chris Johnson	....	stunts
Doug Lewis	....	stunts
Jim Lovelett	....	stunt coordinator
Paul Marini	....	stunts
Paul Moscatelli	....	stunts
Dave Orvis	....	stunts
Brian Regis	....	stunts
Renee Reinhardt	....	stunts
Klaus Weirther	....	stunts
Neil Ruddy	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Woody Bell	....	key grip
Erica Colegrove	....	second assistant camera
Rich Fredette	....	additional first assistant camera
Chuck Harding	....	swing grip
Amy Hasenauer	....	gaffer
Brendan Keefe	....	swing grip (as Brendan B. Keefe)
Jack Rowell	....	still photographer
John V. Terrey	....	additional first assistant camera
Greg Wimer	....	first assistant camera
Michael Yecies	....	additional second assistant camera (as Mike Yecies)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kristin Persson	....	wardrobe supervisor
Bo Slavik	....	additional wardrobe

Editorial Department
Nancy Burke-Bruno	....	post-production coordinator

Transportation Department
Sue Smith	....	artist driver

Other crew
Lynn Appelle	....	production coordinator
Federico Badiali	....	set production assistant
Melanie J. Baker	....	production accountant
Greg Bernstein	....	legal services
Kelly Cronin	....	script supervisor
Shannon Dilloway	....	set production assistant
Karen Marquis	....	assistant production coordinator
Peter Ozarowski	....	set production assistant
Bruce Perkins	....	production assistant (as Bruce Edward Perkins)

Production Companies

• Artist View Entertainment
• Edgewood Studios

Distributors

• Planet Media Home Entertainment (Germany) (DVD)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence.

Runtime:

Germany:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:12 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Killington Ski Resort - 4763 Killington Road, Killington, Vermont, USA

Company:

Artist View Entertainment

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The logo of Matt's ski jacket is backwards when he is climbing onto the gondola.

Soundtrack:

Low Flying Planes

Low-rent version of...what else?.....Die Hard

Terrorists take over a ski resort in search of some "plutonium stolen from the Russians" that went down in the woods. Sean Astin, looking just as he did in "The Goonies", scampers earnestly around the mountain as a member of the Ski Patrol, spending most of his actual time running away from the machine gun-wielding intruders as they blindly shoot at him. His biggest concern is not the radioactive material which could incinerate the entire mountain, but the fact that he is late to a lunch date with his fiancee and her father, played by Stacy Keach. Chrome dome Bruce Campbell is the haughty leader of the terrorists, dying from some unspecified disease. Nice scenery, and a fairly exciting chase scene on skis, snowboards, and snowmobile, but what's the point?