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A Simple Plan is a 1998 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Scott B. Smith, based on Smith's 1993 novel of the same name. The film stars Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda. Set in rural Minnesota, the story follows brothers Hank (Paxton) and Jacob Mitchell (Thornton), who, along with Jacob ...
- $16.3 million
- Danny Elfman
- $17 million
Jan 22, 1999 · A Simple Plan: Directed by Sam Raimi. With Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, Billy Bob Thornton, Brent Briscoe. 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.
- (74K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Sam Raimi
- 1999-01-22
A riveting crime thriller full of emotional tension. While in the woods near their small town, upstanding local Hank Mitchell (Bill Paxton), his dim brother Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton) and their ...
- (1.2K)
- Sam Raimi
- R
- Bill Paxton
Dec 11, 1998 · A Simple Plan. "You work for the American Dream--you don't steal it." So says a Minnesota family man early in "A Simple Plan," but he is only repeating an untested theory. Confronted with the actual presence of $4 million in cash, he finds his values bending, and eventually he's trapped in a horror story of greed, guilt and murder.
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Hank Mitchell is an ordinary guy who works at a small town feed store. His wife Sarah is expecting, and life is good. One day, Hank goes out with his brother Jacob, a simple loser, and Jacob's friend Lou, the town drunk. Hank and Jacob visit their father's grave, and on the way home a fox runs in front of Jacob's truck, causing them to wreck.
Jan 2, 2019 · “A Simple Plan” is still very much a Sam Raimi production, from Danny Elfman’s score to use of dissolves; from panic-inducing tension to splatters of blood. However, those tricks aren’t over-exaggerated, nor do they distract. Within the first 15 minutes of “A Simple Plan,” Raimi establishes the barren, snow-laden setting.
Dec 11, 1998 · Scott B. Smith. Novel, Screenplay. Sam Raimi. Director. Reviews. Written by John Chard on November 9, 2013. Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane.
