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A Simple Plan
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780792155478
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305417830
Label: Paramount
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: D333767D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 22, 1999
Running Time: 121 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: December 11, 1998
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Editorial Review:
An endless white landscape of rolling hills and snow-blanketed forests. A lonely acoustic score (by Danny Elfman) playing in the background. A vision of rural simplicity portrayed in hushed tones. The stillness is about to shatter. Brothers Hank (Bill Paxton), an accountant at a small-town feed store, and Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton), an unemployed, hygienically challenged dim bulb, accompanied by Jacob's oafish pal Lou (Brent Briscoe), stumble across a downed plane in the brush containing a corpse and a sack containing millions of dollars--surely the aftermath of a drug deal, they conclude. Greed overcomes good sense, and the three agree to hide the money for a year and keep the secret to themselves. A simple plan indeed, and it doesn't take long for it to go all to hell as the lure of wealth tears at kinship and friendship, and the ruthless machinations of impetuous partners leave a body count in its wake. Bridget Fonda costars as Hank's wife, whose initial hesitation gives way to cold-blooded plotting. Sam Raimi, best known for wowing audiences with stylistic gymnastics and manic mayhem, directs this quietly desperate thriller with chilly restraint, finding its cold, tragic heart in the estranged relationship between Hank and Jacob: the college boy blind to the truth of his own family and the town loser whose tortured soul reveals a humanity lost on his brother (a brilliant performance by Thornton). Adapted by Scott B. Smith from his acclaimed novel. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - well done
This underrated film has a great deal of messaging in it worth multiple viewings. Paxton is reliable, Fonda is tricky and Thornton is memorable. Great supporting cast in a film that is much bigger than its understated delivery.
Rating:  - Good purchase
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Rita Allen
Rating: - The genius of Billy Bob in a story you'll interact with
As you watch this movie, about 3 dillweed country men who happen upon $4 million in a crashed and forgotten plane, you'll think, "What would *I* do?" Clearly the movie's characters make some colossal mistakes, but the frustration the viewer feels is intentional, just like jump scenes in a thriller, or tears in a chick-flick.
I'm not a big fan of Bill Paxton, but he does well in this role as a "college edumacated" feed mill worker. It's a good role for him. However, Billy Bob Thornton, ... Read More
Rating: - A SIMPLE PLAN...GREATEST CRIME THRILLER!!
A SIMPLE PLAN IS THE GREATEST CRIME THRILLER. THE STORY ABOUT 3 GOOD PEOPLE AND A WIFE INVOLVED WHAT LOOKS TO BE A SIMPLE PLAN....KEEP THE MONEY TILL SPRING, WAIT TO SEE IF ANYONE IS LOOKING FOR IT AND IF NOT SPLIT THE MONEY AND LEAVE TOWN. SOUND SIMPLE RIGHT....DEAD WRONG AND THIS MOVIES WILL SHOW U THE NUMEROUS THINGS THAT GO WRONG FROM DISTRUST TO BACK STABBING TO EVEN COLD BLOODED MURDER. THIS FILM HAS IT ALL BLACK HUMOR, CHILLING THRILLERS, GORE AND AMAZING STORY LINE. I HAVE TO SAY THE PERFORMANCES ... Read More
Rating:  - Slow as molasses
Even if this movie didn't move along at the snails pace that it does (until the last 30 minutes or so), it still is a below average drama. Good cast, but their acting here could have used some redirection...Bill Paxton has this perpetually melodramatic look of dread thruout the movie, although given the outlandish actions his character takes and the hollywood plot, it's not too surprising. Billy Bob Thornton mumbled his way through an uneven performance where 1 minute he's jibbering as aimlessly and disjointed ... Read More
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