Thin Ice

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 madcap spiral of danger, deceit and double-crossing.

Starring: Billy Crudup, Lea Thompson, Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Bob Balaban, David Harbour