Thin Ice (2012)

Release Date: February 17th, 2012

Director: Jill Sprecher

Writers: Jill Sprecher, Karen Sprecher

Actors: Alan Arkin, Alec George, Billy Crudup, Bob Balaban, Chris Carlson, David Harbour, Eli Fuentes, Greg Kinnear, James Detmar, Jennifer Culbert, Jennifer Edwards-Hughes, Joe Foley, Lea Thompson, Michelle Arthur, Michelle Hutchison

Genre: Crime, Drama

MPAA Rating: R

Official site: Not available

Studio: ATO Pictures

A salesmans search for a rare musical instrument sets off a series of dramatic consequences.

Mickey Prohaska (Greg Kinnear) is a small-time insurance agent looking for a way to jump-start his business, reunite with his estranged wife (Lea Thompson) and escape the frigid Wisconsin weather. This self-proclaimed master of spin believes that salesmanship is about selling a story — all he needs is a sucker willing to buy it. He hits pay dirt with a lonely retired farmer (Alan Arkin) who is sitting on something much bigger than an insurance commission. But Mickey’s attempt to con the old man spins out of control when a nosy, unstable locksmith (Billy Crudup) with a volatile temper dramatically ups the stakes, trapping him in a spiral of danger, deceit and double-crossing. Blending dark comedy and delirious Midwestern noir, THIN ICE reaches a breaking point that no one — least of all Mickey Prohaska — could ever see coming.
ATO Pictures will release THIN ICE in February 2012.