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Overview

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Director:
Sam Raimi
Writers (WGA):
Scott B. Smith (novel)
Scott B. Smith (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
11 December 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Sometimes good people do evil things. more
Plot:
Two brothers and a friend find $4 million in the cockpit of a downed plane. The pilot is dead. No one is looking for the money. To keep it, all they have to do is wait. IT ALL SOUNDED SO SIMPLE... full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 14 nominations more
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(31 articles)
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User Comments:
A study in desperation more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bill Paxton ... Hank Mitchell

Bridget Fonda ... Sarah Mitchell

Billy Bob Thornton ... Jacob Mitchell

Brent Briscoe ... Lou Chambers
Jack Walsh ... Tom Butler

Chelcie Ross ... Sheriff Carl Jenkins
Becky Ann Baker ... Nancy Chambers

Gary Cole ... Neil Baxter
Bob Davis ... FBI Agent Renkins

Peter Syvertsen ... FBI Agent Freemont

Tom Carey ... Dwight Stephanson
John Paxton ... Mr. Schmitt
Marie Mathay ... News Reporter
Paul Magers ... Anchorman
Joan Steffand ... Anchorwoman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Thousand Miles (USA) (working title)
Ein einfacher Plan (Germany)
Un plan simple (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and language.
Runtime:
121 min
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Ashland, Wisconsin, USA more

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Trivia:
The bar scenes were shot in Delano Minnesota. The bar used in the scenes was an old bar that was changed into a private residence in combination with the apartment above. The only real bar in town did not meet filming needs so the crew used the private residence and fixed up the interior to meet the look they were going for. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Hank and Jacob are sitting in the car, the window is up, but when Jacob gets out, the window is down more
Quotes:
Jacob Mitchell: I wish somebody else had found that money. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Auld Lang Syne more

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35 out of 40 people found the following comment useful:-
A study in desperation, 17 July 2000
Author: bandguy from Nashville, TN

A Simple Plan is certainly not a simple film, as some reviewers here had hoped it would be. The point is not how simple life is, but how horribly wrong and out of control things can get. This film takes you to the absolute depths of human greed, desperation, and frailty. It is amazing how many evil deeds one can rationalize by believing "and then it will all be over." A Simple Plan is a great character study which makes you think of what you would do in the same situation. At what point would you draw the line? How far would you go to keep millions of dollars all to yourself? The excellent photography adds to the sense of desperation that permeates the whole film. The vast, snowbound landscape is the perfect image for the feelings the main characters have for their station in life: cold, silent, lifeless, unending, and unrelenting.

Don't watch this movie unless you are prepared to see a group of people reach the end of their rope and make a series of life-changing decisions.

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