The Iceman
Loving husband. Devoted father. Ruthless killer.
Country
Production
Budget
$10 000 000
Box office
$4 552 970
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Avi Lerner, Ehud Bleiberg, Ariel Vromen, Boaz Davidson, Trevor Short, Danny Dimbort, Lati Grobman, Mark Gill, René Besson, Laura Rister
Camera operator
Bobby Bukowski
Composer
Haim Mazar
Artist
Nathan Amondson
Audition
Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee
Editing
Danny Rafic
Whole Team (28)
Whole Team (28)
Short description
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.
What's left behind the scenes
- Many of the cars driving down the street in 1976 only appeared after 1977. These include a Chevrolet Malibu (1978), a Chevrolet Impala taxi (1977), and a parked Oldsmobile Delta 88 station wagon (1977). The parked Ford Econoline's rectangular headlights only appeared after 1979.
- When Ice goes to shoot Marty Freeman, his gloves appear and disappear on his hands with each shot change.
- Although Richard Kuklinski is referred to as Polish throughout the film, his mother was the daughter of Irish immigrants from Dublin.
- James Franco and Benicio del Toro were initially cast in the leading roles. But in the end, Franco's role went to Chris Evans, and he himself played Marty Freeman, while Ray Liotta replaced del Toro.
- Before filming began, director Ariel Vromen shot a test scene with Michael Shannon as Richard Kuklinski and Michael Wincott as Robert Prong. In the end, the role of Richard remained with Shannon, while Chris Evans was cast instead of Wincott.
- The role of Deborah Cooklinski could have gone to Maggie Gyllenhaal, but she declined due to pregnancy. Ultimately, the role went to Winona Ryder.
- While in prison, Richard Kuklinski claimed that he, along with four other men, was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, which took place on July 30, 1975, in a restaurant parking lot in Detroit. Their team was allegedly hired to kill Hoffa by a man named Tony Provenzano, a leader of the Genovese crime family. Kuklinski was paid $40,000 for the hit. Kuklinski stated that he knocked Hoffa unconscious with a club and then drove a hunting knife into the back of his head. Hoffa's body was placed in the trunk of a car, which was then crushed and sold as scrap metal to Japanese automakers. These facts only emerged after Kuklinski's death in March 2006 in a book by Philip Carlo and will likely never be confirmed.
- The role of Deborah Kuklinski could have gone to Maggie Gyllenhaal, but she declined due to her pregnancy. Ultimately, the role went to Winona Ryder.
- James Franco and Benicio del Toro were originally cast in the lead roles. However, Franco's role eventually went to Chris Evans, while Franco himself played Marty Freeman, and Ray Liotta was cast instead of del Toro.
- While in prison, Richard Kuklinski claimed that, along with four other men, he was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of former truck drivers' union boss Jimmy Hoffa, which took place on July 30, 1975, in a restaurant parking lot in Detroit. Their team was allegedly commissioned by Hoffa by a man named Tony Provenzano, the leader of the Genovese crime family. Kuklinski was paid $40,000 for the murder. Kuklinski said he knocked Hoffa unconscious with a club and then stabbed him in the back of the head with a hunting knife. Hoffa's body was placed in the trunk of a car, which was then crushed and sold for scrap metal to Japanese car manufacturers. The facts surfaced only after Kuklinski's death in March 2006 in a book by Philip Carlo and will likely never be confirmed.
- Before filming began, director Ariel Vromen shot a test scene with Michael Shannon as Richard Kuklinski and with Michael Winckott as Robert Prongay. Ultimately, the role of Richard remained with Shannon, and Chris Evans was cast instead of Winckott.
- The hospital has visual fire alarms in the corridors. Such alarms only appeared after 1990.
- Winona Ryder deliberately familiarized herself only with the pages of the script involving her character. She believed this would better allow her to portray the main character's wife, who is completely unaware of his true activities.
- Winona Ryder intentionally read only the pages of the script in which her character appeared. She decided that this would help her better play the protagonist's wife, who is completely unaware of what he actually does.
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Auditions in India
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