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Joka leikkiin ryhtyy

Original title: A Simple Plan
  • 1998
  • K-16
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
76K
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Joka leikkiin ryhtyy (1998)
CrimeDramaThriller

Three blue-collar acquaintances come across millions of dollars in lost cash and make a plan to keep their find from the authorities, but it isn't long before complications and mistrust weav... Read allThree blue-collar acquaintances come across millions of dollars in lost cash and make a plan to keep their find from the authorities, but it isn't long before complications and mistrust weave their way into the plan.Three blue-collar acquaintances come across millions of dollars in lost cash and make a plan to keep their find from the authorities, but it isn't long before complications and mistrust weave their way into the plan.

  • Director
    • Sam Raimi
  • Writer
    • Scott B. Smith
  • Stars
    • Bill Paxton
    • Billy Bob Thornton
    • Bridget Fonda
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    76K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sam Raimi
    • Writer
      • Scott B. Smith
    • Stars
      • Bill Paxton
      • Billy Bob Thornton
      • Bridget Fonda
    • 480User reviews
    • 106Critic reviews
    • 81Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 16 wins & 24 nominations total

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    Bill Paxton and Bridget Fonda in Joka leikkiin ryhtyy (1998)
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    Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, and Billy Bob Thornton in Joka leikkiin ryhtyy (1998)
    Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, and Billy Bob Thornton in Joka leikkiin ryhtyy (1998)
    Joka leikkiin ryhtyy (1998)
    Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, Billy Bob Thornton, and Brent Briscoe in Joka leikkiin ryhtyy (1998)

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    Bill Paxton
    Bill Paxton
    • Hank
    Billy Bob Thornton
    Billy Bob Thornton
    • Jacob
    Bridget Fonda
    Bridget Fonda
    • Sarah
    Brent Briscoe
    Brent Briscoe
    • Lou
    Jack Walsh
    • Tom Butler
    Chelcie Ross
    Chelcie Ross
    • Carl
    Becky Ann Baker
    Becky Ann Baker
    • Nancy Chambers
    Gary Cole
    Gary Cole
    • Baxter
    Bob Davis
    Bob Davis
    • FBI Agent Renkins
    Peter Syvertsen
    Peter Syvertsen
    • FBI Agent Freemont
    Tom Carey
    • Dwight Stephanson
    John Paxton
    John Paxton
    • Mr. Schmitt
    Marie Mathay
    • News Reporter
    Paul Magers
    • Anchorman
    Joan Steffand
    • Anchorwoman
    Jill Sayre
    Jill Sayre
    • Hospital Nurse
    Wayne A. Evenson
    • Bartender
    Tim Storms
    Tim Storms
    • Drinker
    • (as Timothy Storms)
    • Director
      • Sam Raimi
    • Writer
      • Scott B. Smith
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      During a 2002 interview on the National Public Radio program "Fresh Air," Bill Paxton told interviewer Terry Gross that he didn't know that his own father had been cast in this movie (in the small role of Mr. Schmitt) until he arrived at a production office at the start of filming and saw his father's headshot on the wall among the other cast members'. It turned out that John Paxton had written a letter to director Sam Raimi saying, "I've always admired your films, and I was wondering if there were any small parts that I'd possibly be right for." And Raimi gave him an audition.
    • Goofs
      A funeral scene in the latter half of the movie takes place in the middle of winter, but is a full burial service. In Minnesota, as is the case with other northern locales where the ground is frozen for several months of the year, the funeral for someone who died in the winter would occur in two parts: a "real-time" memorial service followed by spring interment.
    • Quotes

      [Hank talks to the FBI agent about their stories to the police]

      Neil Baxter: Looks like we're both gonna have an awful lot of explaining to do.

      Hank Mitchell: Just me.

      [Hank shoots the gun into Baxter's head]

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Babe: Pig in the City/Home Fries/Ringmaster/Very Bad Things/Savior (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Spirit in the Sky
      Written and Performed by Norman Greenbaum

      Courtesy of Trans/Tone Productions

    User reviews480

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    A study in desperation
    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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    10
    • bandguy
    • Jul 17, 2000

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    • Release date
      • March 12, 1999 (Finland)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Germany
      • France
      • United States
      • Japan
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • A Simple Plan
    • Filming locations
      • Delano, Minnesota, USA
    • Production companies
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • H2L Media Group
      • Mutual Film Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $16,316,273
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $390,563
      • Dec 13, 1998
    • Gross worldwide
      • $16,316,273
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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