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Title: A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
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| Steve Martin | ... | Michael McCann | |
| Gabriel Byrne | ... | John Newland | |
| Laura Linney | ... | Nancy Lambert Newland | |
| Catherine O'Hara | ... | April Simon | |
| Alana Austin | ... | Mathilda McCann - Age 10 | |
| Alyssa Austin | ... | Mathilda McCann - Age 5 | |
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Alaina Mobley | ... | Mathilda McCann - Age 3 |
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Callie Mobley | ... | Mathilda McCann - Age 3 |
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Victoria Evans | ... | Mathilda McCann - Age 1 |
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Elizabeth Evans | ... | Mathilda McCann - Age 1 |
| Stephen Baldwin | ... | Tanny Newland | |
| Byron Jennings | ... | Keating | |
| Michael Des Barres | ... | Bryce (as Michael des Barres) | |
| Tim Ware | ... | Rob | |
| David Dwyer | ... | Joe the Bartender | |
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Michael McCann is a man who feels totally betrayed by the world, after his wife revealed to him that their child was not his. A few years after his break-up we find him living alone in a small town. But, everything in his miserable life changes when he adopts a little girl whose mother died outside his house. After several years, the real father returns to claim the girl from Michael, thinking that she will be an advantage for his political career. Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>
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Country:
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2 September 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$3,428,774Company Credits
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Although Steve Martin and Laura Linney fight over the custody of a child in this film, both stars did not become first-time parents until much later in life, and well over 10 years after the release of this movie. Steve Martin became a father at 67 in 2012; Linney became a first-time mother at 49 in 2014. See more »Goofs
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Steve Martin is, and will always be, a comedian first and foremost. But everyone needs to do something different in their life and he does it well! Mr. Martin took the story of Silas Mariner and has updated it to a wonderful story. It's not a comedy movie because it's not a comedic book that it came from. I think that Mr. Martin has kept the feelings of loss and rebirth (for lack of a better phrasing) vibrantly alive in this adaptation. Steve Martin CAN do drama and he does it so well. The story and characters are rich. You are drawn in to the despair of the main character, feeling for him, but still wanting to kick him in the pants and tell him to get on with, not just life, but living. And when the opportunity to do so presents itself to him. It is a joy to watch him become human again. I could go on forever, but I'm only allowed 1,000 words. Not enough for this movie, so see for yourself what it is that makes Steve Martin not just a versatile actor, but a GOOD actor.