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42 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Iceman
"A stone age man in a space age world... ...All he wants is a friend."
1984 1h 40m EN
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★6.2TMDB · 150
Science Fiction
Synopsis
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A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befriend the Iceman and learn about the man's past while Dr. Diane Brady and her surgical team want to discover the secret that will allow man to live in a frozen state.
“A stone age man in a space age world... ...All he wants is a friend.”
Cast
Timothy Hutton
Dr. Stanley Shephard
Lindsay Crouse
Dr. Diane Brady
John Lone
Charlie
Josef Sommer
Whitman
David Strathairn
Dr. Singe
James Tolkan
Maynard
Danny Glover
Loomis
Richard Monette
Hogan
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Fred Schepisi
- Writers
- Chip Proser, John Drimmer, John Drimmer
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Fred Schepisi, shot by Ian Baker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Bruce Smeaton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Billy Weber shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Timothy Hutton and Lindsay Crouse and John Lone carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "A stone age man in a space age world... ...All he wants is a friend.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0087452 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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The take
Fred Schepisi directs. Ian Baker behind the camera. Bruce Smeaton scores. Billy Weber cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 142 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Directed by Fred Schepisi, shot by Ian Baker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Bruce Smeaton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Billy Weber shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Timothy Hutton and Lindsay Crouse and John Lone carry the top of the cast.
- 6Marketing tagline: "A stone age man in a space age world... ...All he wants is a friend.".
- 7IMDB entry: tt0087452 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Classified under 12 themes, including "cold", "language barrier", "glacier", "arctic polar circle region".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Ian Baker
- Original score
- Bruce Smeaton
- Editing
- Billy Weber
- Costume design
- Rondi Johnson
- Makeup / hair
- Michael Westmore
- Sound
- Steve Maslow
- Runtime
- 100 min · 1h 40m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG
- IMDB
- Iceman (1984)
Also by
Fred Schepisi
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Trailers & featurettes
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Production companies
Who made it
Universal Pictures
US
Key crew
- CastingMary Goldberg
- Costume DesignRondi Johnson
- Makeup DesignerMichael Westmore
- Associate ProducerCharles Milhaupt
- EditorBilly Weber
- Art DirectionLeon Ericksen
- Art DirectionJosan F. Russo
- ProducerNorman Jewison
- ProducerPatrick J. Palmer
- Stunt DoubleJohn Wardlow
- Stunt DoubleJacob Rupp
- Stunt DoubleDar Robinson
- Production ManagerRobert Latham Brown
- First Assistant DirectorJim Van Wyck
- Production ManagerJustis Greene
- Unit ManagerFitch Cady
- Second Assistant DirectorWarren Carr
- Art DirectionGraeme Murray
- Set DecorationThomas L. Roysden
- Construction CoordinatorDavid Willson
- Property MasterGrant Swain
- Property MasterHorst Grandt
- Makeup ArtistLinda A. Brown
- HairstylistSusan Boyd
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- cold
- language barrier
- glacier
- arctic polar circle region
- anthropology
- prehistory
- cavemen
- anthropologist
- frozen alive
- discovery
- neanderthal
- biosphere
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1984-04-13PG
Also known as
International titles
- Iceman – Der Mann, der aus dem Eis kamDE
- Der Mann, der aus dem Eis kamDE
