Bitter about being double-crossed by the women he loved, (and with the police after him to boot), Bill vows to seduce the next woman he sees, then throw her away. His brother Dennis, ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Robert John Burke | ... | Bill McCabe (as Robert Burke) | |
| Bill Sage | ... | Dennis McCabe | |
| Karen Sillas | ... | Kate | |
| Elina Löwensohn | ... | Elina | |
| Martin Donovan | ... | Martin | |
| Mark Chandler Bailey | ... | Mike (as Mark Bailey) | |
| Chris Cooke | ... | Vic | |
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Jeffrey Howard | ... | Ned Rifle |
| Holly Marie Combs | ... | Kim | |
| Joe Stevens | ... | Jack | |
| Damian Young | ... | Sheriff | |
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Marietta Marich | ... | Mom (Meg) |
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John MacKay | ... | Dad |
| Bethany Wright | ... | Mary | |
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Richard Reyes | ... | Security Guard |
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Bitter about being double-crossed by the women he loved, (and with the police after him to boot), Bill vows to seduce the next woman he sees, then throw her away. His brother Dennis, meanwhile, is equally determined to track down their long lost father, a revolutionary who has been in hiding for 20 years. For different reasons, both leave New York and head for Long Island, out of money, and short on ideas. D:"Long Island is a a terminal moraine." B:"What's that?" D:"It's the material left behind when a glacier recedes." D:"Gee, then what the hell are we waiting for?" Written by Stuart Criley <scriley@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu>
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There's no such thing as adventure and romance, only trouble and desire.Parents Guide:
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Elina: He's a womanizer.
Dennis McCabe: Yea, well, ah, he wouldn't leave a woman as attractive as yourself behind.
Elina: You're a womanizer too, then.
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Performed by Yo La Tengo
Written by Georgia Hubley & Ira Kaplan
Published by Roshashauna Music, BMI
Yo La Tengo appears courtesy of Alias Records, Inc.
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"There's no such thing as adventure. There's no such thing as romance. There's only trouble and desire." It's probably the best-known phrase of this movie, but actually it's a quote from Fritz Lang's movie Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922). See more »Quotes
Dennis McCabe: I know he's a man of his word. I know he believes in things.Elina: He's a womanizer.
Dennis McCabe: Yea, well, ah, he wouldn't leave a woman as attractive as yourself behind.
Elina: You're a womanizer too, then.
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Always SomethingPerformed by Yo La Tengo
Written by Georgia Hubley & Ira Kaplan
Published by Roshashauna Music, BMI
Yo La Tengo appears courtesy of Alias Records, Inc.
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6 November 1992 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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$3,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$141,554Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Like Mr. Hartley's other movies, this film manages to balance humor, romance, drama, emotion, and action. It has a vaguely surreal air to it, wherein the events are plausible, but could only happen on those strange, unsettled days of the year when the sky can't decide whether to rain or not. There is also a bit of camp mixed in.
Also like his other films, Simple Men is quite idealistic, yet without being sappy or 'feel-good' in a cheap or simplistic way. This is a subtle movie, and I found I had to watch it a second and third time before I truly appreciated it. It's hard to compare it to anything else except Hartley's other movies, especially the excellent Henry Fool. I recommend it highly.