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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:

Gillies MacKinnon

Writers (WGA):

George Eliot (novel)
Steve Martin (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

2 September 1994 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Comedy more

Tagline:

A twist of fate brought them something wonderful... Each other!

Plot:

His life was emotionally closed off from the world, until an orphaned baby showed up at his house. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

2 nominations more

User Comments:

The funny thing is more (33 total)


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  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Twist of Fate (Australia) (TV title)
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Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA more


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Trivia:

A potentially real (not 555 prefix) phone number with area code 910 was given in the movie. Not long after the movie was made, this area code was established for then central, now southeastern North Carolina. more

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: The shadow of a boom mic is visible above Mathilda's mom, when Mathilda begins to cry. more

Quotes:

Michael McCann: I was thinking I'd call her Mathilda
Mrs. Simon: I will give you the deed to my house not to call her that.
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Movie Connections:

Version of Are Children to Blame? (1920) more

Soundtrack:

Running Bear more


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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
The funny thing is, 15 February 2003
Author: Gavin Tabiner (gavintabiner@hotmail.com) from Goole, East Yorkshire, England

It was only by a simple twist of fate that i saw this film, that twist being that there was nothing else worth watching on tv last night, and so i tuned in and watched this film, and really enjoyed it. Like so many people have commented, it is a nice change to see S M doing drama, i found that he added some very comical moments to the film (the weather ballon scene). This is a touching story that makes you happy. aaaawwwwwwwwww, sniff***sniff****

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