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Connecticut

The Ice Storm (1997)

Shot on location in New Canaan, Connecticut, The Ice Storm follows two dysfunctional upper-class families using escapism to deal with social changes in the 1970s. The film takes place during the Southern New England ice storm of 1973 that caused considerable damage to the state.

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