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Frozen
File:Frozen Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAdam Green
Written byAdam Green
Produced byPeter Block
Cory Neal
StarringEmma Bell
Shawn Ashmore
Kevin Zegers
CinematographyWill Barratt
Edited byEd Marx
Music byAndy Garfield
Production
companies
A Bigger Boat
ArieScope Pictures
Distributed byAnchor Bay Films
Release dates
  • January 24, 2010 (2010-01-24) (Sundance)
  • February 5, 2010 (2010-02-05) (United States)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryTemplate:Film US
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3,151,086[1]

Frozen is a 2010 American survival thriller film written and directed by Adam Green and starring Kevin Zegers, Shawn Ashmore, and introducing Emma Bell.

Plot

Childhood friends Dan Walker (Kevin Zegers) and Joe Lynch (Shawn Ashmore) along with Dan's girlfriend Parker O'Neill (Emma Bell) spend a Sunday afternoon at a New England ski resort on Mount Holliston. Not wanting to pay full price for three ski lift tickets, Dan convinces Parker to bribe the ski lift attendant Jason (Ed Ackerman) to let them all on the ski lift. On the way up, the ski lift shuts down, but starts back up again shortly. After spending all afternoon watching Parker fall over herself because she cannot snowboard, the guys are eager to take one last run down the mountain before they go home. However, it is now evening, and the ski resort decides to close early because a storm is moving in.

The friends remind Jason of the bribe and convince him to let them on the ski lift one last time. At this point the resort is almost deserted. Before the group gets all the way to the top, Jason is called into the boss's office and is replaced by a co-worker Rifkin (Adam Johnson). As Jason leaves, he tells Rifkin that there are only three skiers left and then the ski lift can be shut down. Another set of three skiers comes down the mountain. When Rifkin sees them, he shuts down the ski lift stranding them in their ski lift chair far above the ground.

The friends are first annoyed as they assume that there's another technical difficulty with the ski lift. A few minutes later, however, the lights go out scaring the three skiers. Night has come and a snow storm moves in. After a while, a snowcat comes along and it seems as if the driver Cody (Kane Hodder) is about to see them. However, at the last second, Cody is called back to base. After several hours, the friends realize that no one is coming to get them and that they could be stuck up there all week, as the resort is closed on weekdays. Parker then loses her right glove while smoking. Dan realizes he has no choice but to jump from the ski lift chair and get help, as they will not survive up there in the bitter cold until Friday.

Dan jumps off the lift onto a hard section of the ski path and suffers a compound fracture in both of his legs. Later on, he is approached by a wolf who growls at him, but Parker throws her snowboard at it and it runs away. Joe, now fearing for Dan's safety, decides to climb up and traverse the ski lift cable so that he can get to a chair that is closer to the ground. However, after traversing a few feet, he returns to his chair with his gloves cut and holds Parker preventing her from watching the scene below. Dan has now been surrounded by a pack of wolves who devour him, horrifying Parker and Joe. Later on, Joe and Parker have a fight in which Joe furiously accuses Parker of being too insensitive and only caring about herself. However, they soon make up.

In the morning, Parker wakes up with her right hand stuck to the ski lift safety bar which she has grabbed in her sleep. She painfully pulls it free, losing skin in the process. In addition, she has developed a bad case of frostbite on her face. After a few hours, Joe climbs up, traverses the ski lift cable, severely cutting his gloves in the process, and this time safely climbs down the ladder of a support pole two chairs back. At the same time, Parker's ski lift chair begins tipping as it has started to loosen from its supporting cable. After fighting off a pair of wolves using a ski pole, Joe slides down the mountain on Parker's snowboard as the wolves chase after him with plans to return with help for Parker.

Another night passes and no one has shown up to help Parker. She now realizes that something has happened to Joe. The next day, she begins to attempt a jump down herself, but the bolt holding the lift chair fails and the chair drops some twenty feet but is caught by a supporting cable. Parker jumps down, now from a fairly safe height, but is injured after the lift chair falls on her ankle. Parker then alternately slides and crawls down the mountain, pausing when she sees a streak of blood in the snow and is then approached by a wolf. After sizing her up, the wolf returns to the nearby pack who are apparently finishing off Joe's remains. Completely traumatized, Parker makes it the rest of the way down the mountain to a nearby road. Eventually, a car appears and a man (Peder Melhuse) comes to her rescue. While on the road, the man calls the hospital and tells them that he had found a girl hurt outside of the ski resort. The film ends with Parker's eyes closing as she hears Dan telling her, "You'll be okay, baby. You're gonna be okay."

Cast

Production

Frozen was filmed at Snowbasin near Ogden, Utah, in February 2009[10] and distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment.[11]

Release

The film premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.[12] It was released in North American theaters on February 5, 2010,[13] with distribution from Anchor Bay Films.[14]

While playing at Sundance, the film caused quite a stir with numerous faintings reported from audience members that could not handle the tension of the film. One such fainting happened at the Tower Theater in Salt Lake City.[15] Frozen also opened the Glasgow FrightFest.[16] On February 5, the film had multiple screens in areas in Boston, New York, Los Angeles,[17] Salt Lake City, Dallas, Denver, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, and Chicago.[18]

The film premiered on February 5, 2010 with the entire cast and crew at Mann Chinese 6 on Hollywood Blvd.[19] Frozen was released in Malaysia on June 24, 2010.

Home media

The film was released on a single disc DVD and Blu-ray on September 28, 2010.[20] Bonus features include an audio commentary with writer/director Adam Green and the leads Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Zegers, and Emma Bell; the documentaries "Catching Frostbite: The Origins of Frozen", "Three Below Zero", "Shooting Through It", and "Beating the Mountain: Surviving Frozen"; deleted scenes; and the official theatrical trailer.[21] The Blu-ray features an exclusive commentary from Adam Green, cinematographer Will Barratt, and editor Ed Marx.[22]

Soundtrack

A soundtrack album consisting of the film's complete score, composed by Andy Garfield was released by 2M1 Records Group in January 2011. It is available in a limited pressed run of 500 copies signed by Garfield and Adam Green. The album was produced by George Fox. Additionally, it has been released on iTunes and Amazon as a download.

Reception

Critical

Frozen has received mixed to positive reviews from critics, with 60% of critics rating it positively on review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes, with a consensus of "writer/director Adam Green has the beginnings of an inventive, frightening yarn in Frozen, but neither the script nor the cast are quite strong enough to truly do it justice".[23] Critic Richard Roeper called the film "an entertaining, suspense-filled, sometimes wonderfully grotesque little scarefest", while the Hollywood Reporter commented that it "is not written, directed, or acted well enough to be a first-rate thriller".

Box office

Frozen opened to a first weekend box office of $131,395. It underperformed the following weeks. Internationally, the film earned over $2.4 million, bringing its total gross receipts to slightly less than $2.7 million. At its widest domestic release, it screened in 106 theaters.[24]

Awards

It was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Horror Film.[25]

References

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  16. ^ "Exclusive Image and Premiere News: 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams and Frozen Invade Scotland". Dreadcentral.com. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
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  18. ^ "Find Out Where You Can Get Frozen". Dreadcentral.com. 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
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  21. ^ Submitted by Terminal on Fri, 07/09/2010 - 11:43am. "Exclusive Early Word on Frozen DVD and Blu-Ray Specs". Dreadcentral.com. Retrieved 2010-08-26. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  24. ^ Frozen (2010). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
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