Frozen River [Blu-ray]

Director: Courtney Hunt Courtney Hunt

Overview

A desperate single mother living in upstate New York resorts to smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States as a means of making ends meet in first-time feature director/screenwriter Courtney Hunt's emotionally wrenching drama, winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Feature at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Ray Eddy is in an impossible position; it's two days before Christmas and her husband has suddenly disappeared with all of the family savings. Now, as the newly single mother of two realizes the futility of attempting to cover the house payments on her meager Yankee One Dollar Store wages, her children are forced to exist on a nutritionally devoid diet of popcorn and Tang. Deciding that her only hope for survival is to find a man who will support her and her children, Ray sets out to find a husband but instead makes the acquaintance of street-smart Mohawk Lila Littlewolf. Lila, too, has been struggling to keep her head above water amidst economic despair, and has recently stumbled across a rather unconventional solution to her dire financial situation. Lately, Lila has been earning a living by smuggling illegal immigrants into the U.S., but her tribal elders vehemently disapprove of the scheme and have recently attempted to stop it by forbidding the local auto dealers from selling her a car. As fate would have it, Ray's Dodge Spirit may just be the only thing the destitute mother can count on anymore, and as this unlikely pair gas up the tank for a daring dash across the iced-over St. Lawrence River, their fates become forever intertwined in ways that neither could have ever anticipated.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/10/2009
UPC:	0043396300354
Original Release:	2008
Rating:	R
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:33:00
Sales rank:	34,010

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Melissa Leo	Ray
Misty Upham	Lila
Charlie McDermott	T.J.
Mark Boone Jr.	Jacque Bruno
Michael O'Keefe	Trooper Finnerty
Jay Klaitz	Guy Versailles
Bernie Littlewolf	John Canoe
Dylan Carusona	Jimmy
Michael Sky	Billy Three Rivers
Chen Li	Chinese Girl
Li Wei	Chinese Girl
Pun Bandhu	Chinese Man
James Reilly	Ricky
John Canoe	Bernie Littlewolf
Melissa Chessington Leo	Actor
Mark Boone	Actor
Shahzad Ali Ismaily	Composer
Peter Golub	Composer
Shahad Ismaily	Composer

Technical Credits

Courtney Hunt

Alex Kerwin	Stunts
Chip Hourihan	Producer
Courtney Hunt	Screenwriter,Director
Heather Rae	Producer
Tim Garris	Stunts
Donald A. Harwood	Executive Producer
Charles Cohen	Executive Producer
Micah Bloomberg	Sound/Sound Designer