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A Simple Plan (1998) 7.5
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Reviews: 405 user | 133 critic | 28 from Metacritic.com When three blue collar acquaintances come across millions of dollars in lost cash they make a plan to keep their find from the authorities but find complications and mistrust weaving its way into their plan. Director:Sam Raimi |
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Cast
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FBI Agent Renkins
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Dwight Stephanson
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Mr. Schmitt
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Three diverse characters, for the most part intellectually challenged, find a deserted plane with a bag full of millions of dollars inside. They devise a simple plan to keep the money if no-one claims it. Ofcourse, nothing turns out simple... Written by Filmtwob <webmaster@filmfreak.co.za>
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Four million dollars and plenty of change. See more »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
11 December 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Thousand Miles See more »Box Office
Budget:
$17,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£139,087 (UK) (21 May 1999)Gross:
£506,625 (UK) (11 June 1999)Company Credits
Production Co:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Mutual Film Company, Paramount Pictures See more »
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ColorAspect Ratio:
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Written and Performed by Norman Greenbaum
Courtesy of Trans/Tone Productions
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Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis were attached to star, but left the film because of scheduling conflicts. See more »Goofs
Vacant farmhouse has little snow on roof. See more »Soundtracks
"Spirit in the Sky"Written and Performed by Norman Greenbaum
Courtesy of Trans/Tone Productions
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Hank, Jacob and Lou are out for a ride in Hank's truck when they hit a tree. Walking out into the snow they find a crashed plane in the woods with the pilot dead and a bag of money ($4 million). They decide to keep the money and wait to see if anything is mentioned about it. However as time passes mistrust and betrayal becomes murder as the original simple plan becomes more and more complex.
Sam Rami is a great director, albeit more well known for less subtle films than this such as the Evil Dead movies. However here he shows that he can deal with things that lack in OTT visuals etc but be a good subtle director. The basic story starts simply and gets more convoluted very easily. The plot twists are never absurd even if they are extreme, the way the story builds gradually is one of it's strengths. The best bit is the way that everything is simple (as in the title) – the snow makes all the scenes a simple white, the relationships are simple and the misunderstandings are straight forward. This simple nature makes the twists even more powerful as they come in the middle of a `normal' situation..
The cast are all very good. Paxton is especially good in the lead as the man who doesn't want to take the money originally who then is forced to take the lead in the actions that need doing to cover the crime. Thornton is the best – he not even that recognizable and he deals with his role really well. He may be a simpleton but he doesn't make it just a cartoon role. Briscoe is less well defined and Fonda isn't really key to the plot. Gary Cole has a small part towards the end and Paxton Snr has a small role.
Overall this is very enjoyable. As a noir it is very different to have it in a Fargo landscape. Rami's toned down direction is very good and he does very well with the exciting twists and with the emotional sections too. A different, sometimes slow, but very enjoyable thriller of greed and mistrust.