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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.
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Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. Tanny's a wild boy, whom John cannot control, and one night he breaks into McCann's house, and steals the gold and disappears, which nearly confirms McCann's distrust of mankind.
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.
Sep 2, 1994 · Overview. 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.
Sep 2, 1994 · Synopsis by Karl Williams. Steve Martin produced, wrote, and starred in this modernized adaptation of the George Eliot novel Silas Marner. Martin is miserly small-town hermit Michael McCann, who hoards his wealth in the form of a rare coin collection.
A Simple Twist of Fate is a 1994 American comedy-drama movie directed by Gillies MacKinnon and was based on the 1861 novel Silas Marner by George Eliot. It stars Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara, Stephen Baldwin and Carolyn McCormick.
Detailed plot synopsis reviews of A Simple Twist of Fate. After his wife reveals she is pregnant with another man's child, Michael (Martin) becomes a miserly recluse. His stash of gold coins is stolen, and shortly thereafter, an abandoned baby toddles into his home.
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