In the Region of Ice (1976)
37m
Running Time
October 6, 1976Release Date
In the Region of Ice (1976)
37m
Running Time
October 6, 1976Release Date
Plot.
In this American Film Institute-subsidized short subject, Fionnula Flanagan plays a sharp-tongued but compassionate nun, while Peter Lempert is cast as a sullen, emotionally disturbed boy. The title refers to the "thawing" process that occurs when the nun attempts to break through Lempert's wall of silence. Winner of the Oscar for "Best Short Film, Live Action".
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Cast & Crew.
Fionnula Flanagan
The Sister
Frederick Elmes
Additional Photography
Peter Lampert
The Boy
Aleka Corwin
Art Direction
Vance Colvig
Ticket Taker
Andre R. Guttfreund
Director
Peter Werner
Director
Joyce Carol Oates
Writer
Peter Werner
Writer
Mitch Breit
Gaffer
Halle Mandel
Additional Editor
Don Peake
Composer
Nancy Nigrosh
Thanks
Stephen L. Posey
Cinematographer
Details.
Release DateOctober 6, 1976
StatusReleased
Running Time37m
Wiki.
In the Region of Ice is a 1976 American short film directed by Peter Werner, based upon the short story of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates. It was made as a thesis film for the Center for Advanced Film Studies. It won an Oscar at the 49th Academy Awards in 1977 for Best Short Subject. The Academy Film Archive preserved In The Region of Ice in 2012.