The Iceman Cometh

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The Iceman Cometh

PG,

1973,

3h 59m,

Drama

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92%

12 Reviews

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73%

500+ Ratings

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92%

Tomatometer

12 Reviews

73%

Popcornmeter

500+ Ratings

Based on the play by Eugene O'Neill, this drama begins as the sad-sack patrons of a New York City bar await the arrival of salesman and drinking buddy Theodore Hickman. Known to the regulars of the watering hole as Hickey, he passionately encourages his fellow alcoholics to give up their pipe dreams and embrace their harsh realities. As Hickey makes his case for letting go of all delusions, to the resentment of his friends, secrets from his own past are revealed.

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Judith Crist

New York Magazine/Vulture

Jun 29, 2020

John Frankenheimer's television origins serve him well in his relative restraint in directing the film.

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Michael Feingold

Village Voice

May 28, 2008

We see a fairly dazzling array of performances, built by Frankenheimer cunningly and steadily.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

May 28, 2008

Eugene O'Neill's great, heavy, simplistic, mechanical, beautiful play has been given a straightforward, faithful production in handsome, dark-toned color.

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Sean Burns

Crooked Marquee

Sep 14, 2024

Despite some striking, classically Frankenheimer compositions, it’s always very much a recording of a theatrical performance.

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Jacoba Atlas

Los Angeles Free Press

Nov 21, 2019

Although this motion picture version cannot sustain the intensity, it is still an important and compelling event.

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TV Guide

May 28, 2008

3/4

The scene-stealer is Robert Ryan, one of cinema's forgotten great actors. He delivers a superlative performance as the radical with dark reason and fearful purpose, bringing a new, almost heroic dimension to the character.

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Draco W

Apr 19, 2019

i watched half this thing and i was just bored to death,, what is this?

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John Frankenheimer

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Lee Marvin

Theodore "Hickey" Hickman

Fredric March

Harry Hope

Robert Ryan

Larry Slade

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Synopsis

Based on the play by Eugene O'Neill, this drama begins as the sad-sack patrons of a New York City bar await the arrival of salesman and drinking buddy Theodore Hickman. Known to the regulars of the watering hole as Hickey, he passionately encourages his fellow alcoholics to give up their pipe dreams and embrace their harsh realities. As Hickey makes his case for letting go of all delusions, to the resentment of his friends, secrets from his own past are revealed.

Director: John Frankenheimer
Producer: Ely Landau
Screenwriter: Thomas Quinn Curtiss, Eugene O'Neill
Production Co: Cinévision Ltée, The American Film Theatre
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 10, 1973, Original
Release Date (DVD): Jan 22, 2002
Runtime: 3h 59m

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