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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.
- $3,430,583
- Cliff Eidelman
- September 2, 1994
Sep 2, 1994 · Steve Martin stars as a lonely man who adopts a girl whose mother died outside his house, but faces a legal challenge from her father. Based on George Eliot's novel Silas Marner, the film is a heartwarming story of love and fate.
- Gillies Mackinnon
- 50
- 2 min
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 is stolen, an orphaned toddler...
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- Gillies Mackinnon
- PG-13
- Steve Martin
Sep 2, 1994 · A movie based on George Eliot's novel Silas Marner, about a miser who adopts a girl after losing his gold coins. Roger Ebert criticizes the film for being too Victorian and contrived in its plot and characters.
[Verse 1] 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 wished that he'd gone straight. And...
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.
Written by: Bob Dylan. 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 wished that he’d gone straight. And watched out for a simple twist of fate. They walked along by the old canal.
