本片故事取材于1984年加拿大家喻户晓的经典电影《La Guerre des Tuques(阻止战争的狗)》,本片在30年前上映时曾轰动一时,在全球超过125个国家上映,获得18种全球奖项。《冰雪大作战》还是首部引入中国的加拿大动画片,同时也是2015年加拿大本土制作的 电影票房冠军。 电影讲述一群生活在加拿大小镇的孩子,在寒假来临时,为了打发无聊的时间,小男孩卢克和刚到搬到镇子上的小女孩索菲亚成为对立两派的首领,约定了一场超大规模的雪仗。雪仗的规模在两方孩子们的挑衅、误会等碰撞中不断升级,进而演变成雪堡保卫战,最后导致了意想不到的事故发生。这个事故最终停止了孩子们的战争,并让孩子们认识到了自己的错误,找到了游戏的真谛,即友情和快乐才是游戏的目的,于是,所有的孩子都在这个过程中醒悟并得到了成长。
中国青年程桓(理查德·巴塞尔梅斯 Richard Barthelmess 饰)远赴伦敦,希望能够在异国他乡传授佛教教义。哪知道理想丰满现实残酷,抑郁不得志的程桓不仅荒废了事业,还沾染上了鸦片,整日生活在颓废沮丧之中。 一次偶然中,程桓邂逅了名为露丝(丽莲·吉许 Lill ian Gish 饰)的美丽女孩。露丝有着极为凄惨的身世,她的父亲巴汀(唐纳德·克里斯普 Donald Crisp 饰)是一名个性凶残的酒鬼,常在喝得酩酊大醉之后对露丝大打出手。同样悲惨的遭遇让两颗孤独的心越靠越近,终于,不堪忍受父亲折磨的露丝离家出走,程桓收留了她。好景不长,巴汀很快就找到了露丝的踪迹,将她强行带回了家,等待着露丝的,将是又一轮如同狂风暴雨一般的折磨。
Different Drummers is based on a true story about two unusual boys in Spokane, Washington in the mid 1960s. In this more innocent time, when body builder Jack Lalanne ruled the airwaves, the two heroes, a couple of elementary school students, make a bold attempt to triumph over mortality through friendship. Eleven year old David is slowing down and is now wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy, while Lyle can't stop speeding up. Back then, he was referred to as having a condition called MDB (Minimal Brain Dysfunction) but today he would be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. Lyle wants more than anything to get David out of his wheelchair and running again, and he concocts a wild scheme involving a science project, some firemen, drummers, the school principal, a cop and a hand-walk across the school gymnasium, among other things. It works like this Inspired by his TV idol, Lalanne, and his message of intestinal fortitude and willpower, Lyle manages to convince David that ...