Thin Ice On DVD June 12th

GREG KINNEAR AND ALAN ARKIN ARE ON

THIN ICE

Caper Comedy Featuring Star-Studded Cast Breaks Through To Blu-ray and DVD June 12

Hailed as “a crime twist worthy of Hitchcock and dialogue worthy of the Coen Brothers” (Screen Daily), Thin Ice arrives on Blu-ray and DVD June 12 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.  Starring Oscar®-nominee Greg Kinnear (As Good AS It Gets, Little Miss Sunshine), Academy Award winner® Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine), Billy Crudup (Almost Famous, Jesus’ Son) and Lea Thompson (Back To The Future), this intriguing caper premiered to critical praise at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.

Mickey Prohaska (Kinnear) is a small-time insurance agent looking for a way to jump-start his business, reunite with his estranged wife (Thompson) and escape the frigid Wisconsin weather. This self-proclaimed master of spin believes that salesmanship is about selling a story — all he needs is a sucker willing to buy it.  He hits pay dirt with a lonely retired farmer (Arkin) who is sitting on something much bigger than an insurance commission.  But Mickey’s attempt to con the old man spins out of control when a nosy, unstable locksmith (Crudup) with a volatile temper dramatically ups the stakes, trapping him in a spiral of danger, deceit and double-crossing.

The Thin Ice Blu-ray and DVD offers three bonus features including a behind-the-scenes featurettes, deleted scenes and a look at the Sundance premiere.  The Blu-ray will feature both the theatrical and Director’s cuts of the film.   Prebook is May 16.

Thin Ice Blu-rayand DVD Special Features
·      Behind-The-Scenes of Thin Ice
·      Deleted Scenes
·      Sundance Premiere Featurette

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Thin Ice Blu-ray:  (Catalog #2281223)
Street Date: June 12, 2012                  
Prebook Date: May 16, 2012               
Screen Format: 16:9 (2:35:1)                                                   
Audio: 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio                                                                   
Subtitles: English, Spanish                             
U.S. Rating: R for - language, and brief violent and sexual content              
Total Run Time: 254 minutes 
Closed Captioned: Yes

Thin Ice DVD:  (Catalog #2281219)
Street Date: June 12, 2012                  
Prebook Date: May 16, 2012               
Screen Format: 16:9 (2:35:1)                                                   
Audio: English: 5.1 Dolby Digital                                                       
Subtitles: English, Spanish                             
U.S. Rating: R for - language, and brief violent and sexual content              
Total Run Time: 254 minutes 
Closed Captioned: Yes

The 411 by Maria:  

Well, lets see. I like Alan Arkin and Lea Thompson. Greg Kinnear is OK too but well...I wasn't really sure what was going on in the beginning. The movie is extremely slow to build. Greg plays Mickey an insurance salesman who works with his now separated wife played by Lea Thompson. When Mickey finds a lonely farmer played by Arkin who has a violin worth $25,000 he figures his luck is about to change. Arkin is just happy to have a visitor. Mickey has a plan to get the violin and ends up in the middle of a mess with Bill Crudup's character. The rest of movie is being compared to Fargo which a lot of my friends really loved. I didn't!

While the storyline is extremely slow, the acting is pretty good.  Kinnear does a great job of playing a nervous, sad sack whose life is out of control. While listed as a comedy, I didn't see it. The only thing helping this movie was the acting! Kudos to Arkin, Kinnear and even Crudup.


Disclaimer: I received a complimentary screener copy to facilitate this review. No monetary compensation was received.