Steve Martin
Michael McCann
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A Simple Twist of Fate is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Gillies MacKinnon. The screenplay by Steve Martin is loosely based on the 1861 novel Silas Marner by George Eliot. Martin stars, along with Gabriel Byrne, Catherine O'Hara and Stephen Baldwin.
Sep 2, 1994 · A Simple Twist of Fate: Directed by Gillies MacKinnon. With Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara. His life was emotionally closed off from the world, until an orphaned baby showed up at his house.
Sep 2, 1994 · Steve Martin's screenplay for "A Simple Twist of Fate" is based on Silas Marner, George Eliot's 1861 novel about a poor weaver whose life is destroyed by a false accusation. He becomes a reclusive miser, hoarding coins.
Small-town recluse Michael McCann (Steve Martin) lives an isolated existence until unusual events pull him out of his shell. After his beloved coin collection...
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Simple Twist of Fate Lyrics: They sat together in the park / As the evening sky grew dark / She looked at him and he felt a spark / Tingle to his bones / 'Twas then he felt alone / And...
As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin’ up, She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate. And forgot about a simple twist of fate. He woke up, the room was bare. He didn’t see her anywhere. He told himself he didn’t care, pushed the window open wide.
When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny.
