“A visceral thrill ride through the Alpine Copper Age.”
— The Hollywood Reporter
“A bloodthirsty prehistoric revenge movie.”
— Sight & Sound
“Stunning”
— Los Angeles Times
ÖTZI.
THE WORLD’S OLDEST COLD CASE…
THIS MAY, JOIN OMNIBUS ENTERTAINMENT FOR
AN EPIC NEOLITHIC THRILLER 5,300 YEARS IN THE MAKING
ICEMAN
Street Date: May 21, 2019
DVD/Digital: $24.95
Called “a Unique Cinematic Experience Not to be Missed[1],”
the DVD Also Includes a Bonus “Making of” Featurette
SYNOPSIS
In 1991, a melting glacier revealed the body of a man. At first, people assumed he was a hiker. Later, his true Stone Age origins were revealed. This is his story…
From writer/director Felix Randau, ICEMAN is set in the stunning Ötztal Alps, more than 5,300 years ago. Kelab (Jürgen Vogel), leader of a Neolithic clan, is also the appointed keeper of the group’s holy shrine, Tineka. But, one day, while out hunting, his village is attacked by a bloodthirsty band of marauders. Everyone in the tribe is brutally murdered, including Kelab’s wife and son, and Tineka is stolen. Blinded by pain and fury, Kelab now has one sole purpose — vengeance — and he sets off on a treacherous odyssey through the mountains to confront his family’s killers.
Of the film, Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times “Iceman’s’ Neolithic murder mystery and stunning scenery set it apart…marked by stunning locations and Jakub Bejnarowicz’s fleet, evocative cinematography, Iceman is almost like something unearthed itself: a recognizable B western sharpened as much by its glints of psychology as by its kinetic savagery”. Jeanette Catsoulis of The New York Times said it was “filmed with elemental energy and wide-screen pizazz” and Rich Cline of Shadows on the Wall.com gave it 4 ½ stars, saying that it’s “grittier than similar prehistoric adventures like Quest for Fire or Apocalypto…[and]the progression of the plot and the spectacular changing landscapes hold the interest, as does Randau’s relentlessly inventive direction.”
BONUS FEATURES
Making-of Iceman (25 minute featurette)
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: DVD/Digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu)
Running Time: 96 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Widescreen
Audio: 5.1 Surround Sound/2.0 Stereo
Language: Rhaetian[2]
About Film Movement
Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. It has released more than 250 feature films and shorts culled from prestigious film festivals worldwide. Film Movement’s theatrical releases include American independent films, documentaries, and foreign art house titles. Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Diane Kurys, Ciro Guerra and Melanie Laurent. In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, Sergio Corbucci and Ettore Scola. For more information, please visit www.filmmovement.com.
