MPAA Rating: R | Year: 2008 | Running Time: 96 minutes
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$33.99FROZEN RIVER / (WS SUB AC3 DOL)
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$16.99FROZEN RIVER / (WS SUB AC3 DOL)
A desperate single mother living in upstate New York resorts to smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States as a means of making ends meet in first-time feature director/screenwriter Courtney Hunt's emotionally wrenching drama, winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Feature at the ...more
The fearless performance of Melissa Leo as mom-in-distress Ray is what the emotional success of Frozen River hinges on. To her credit, Leo inhabits Ray completely. In the film, the devil is in the details. There's the dirt under Ray's chipped fingernails and the deep-worn lines on her weather-worn face. There are also the split ends in her unglossy mane of dry, red hair. Ray is a woman with no luxuries, placed in the frozen, gray and depressed tundra of northern New York, nestled near the ...more
- Melissa Leo - Ray
- Misty Upham - Lila Littlewolf
- Charlie McDermott - T.J.
- Michael O'Keefe - Trooper Finnerty
- Mark Boone, Jr. - Jacques Bruno
- James Reilly - Ricky
- Jay Klaitz - Guy Versailles
- Bernie Littlewolf
- John Canoe - Bernie Littlewolf
- Dylan Carusona - Jimmy
- Michael Sky - Billy Three Rivers
- Courtney Hunt - Director
- Donald A. Harwood - Executive Producer
- Charles S. Cohen - Executive Producer
- Chip Hourihan - Producer
- Heather Rae - Producer
- Courtney Hunt - Screenwriter
- Brian Rzepka - Art Director
- Alfonso Trinidad - Associate Producer
- Molly Conners - Co-producer
- Abby O'Sullivan - Costume Designer
- Kevin Pazmino - First Assistant Director
- Kate Williams - Editor
- Peter Golub - Composer (Music Score)
- Shahzad Ali Ismaily - Composer (Music Score)
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Frozen River
Nominee - 81st OscarsĀ®:
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Melissa Leo
Original Screenplay

















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