Icebreaker (film)

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Icebreaker
Directed by David Giancola
Written byHasso wuerslin, David Giancola
Starring Sean Astin
Stacy Keach
Bruce Campbell
Production
companies
Edgewood Studios
Two Legt Shoes Films
Release date
  • May 2000 (2000-05)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Icebreaker is a 2000 action film starring Sean Astin, Stacy Keach and Bruce Campbell and written and directed by David Giancola. [1] It was filmed at the Killington Ski Resort in Killington, Vermont.

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Plot

Terrorists, led by Carl Greig, take over a mountain ski resort with a stolen nuclear weapon. Ski patrolman, Matt Foster, must stop them from blowing up the mountain. [2] [3]

Cast

Home media

The film was released on DVD April 29, 2003. [4]

RiffTrax

The creators of the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 released a parody audio track for Icebreaker by RiffTrax, which was released in January 2016. [5]

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References

  1. staff (December 25, 1998). "Information on the new Bruce Campbell movie, ICEBREAKER!!". Ain't It Cool News.
  2. TV Guide
  3. The 20 Movies That Are Basically 'Die Hard' By Another Name - Film School Rejects
  4. Amazon.com
  5. "Icebreaker". RiffTrax. 22 January 2016.