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In the Region of Ice (1976)

37m

Running Time

In the Region of Ice (1976)

Name: In the Region of Ice
Released: 1976-10-06

37m

Running Time

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". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

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Cast & Crew.

Peter Lampert

Fionnula Flanagan

Peter Werner

Director / Writer

Stephen L. Posey

Director of Photography

Vance Colvig

Ticket Taker

Don Peake

Conductor / Music

Halle Mandel

Additional Editor

Kate Murtagh

Sister Carlotta

Nancy Nigrosh

Thanks

Mitch Breit

Gaffer

Malachi Throne

Mr. Weinstein

Frederick Elmes

Additional Photography

Ralph Anderson

Student

Joyce Carol Oates

Novel

Andre R. Guttfreund

Director

Aleka Corwin

Art Direction

Peter Werner

Writer

Michal Goldman

Editor

Details.

Release Date
October 6, 1976

Status
Released

Running Time
37m

Last updated: 2023-11-17

This Movie Is About.

preserved film

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.