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A Simple Plan

Cast

Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, Billy Bob Thornton, Brent Briscoe View All

Crew

Sam Raimi (Director), Scott B. Smith (Screenplay) View All

Release: Dec. 11th, 1998

Runtime: 2 hours, 1 minute

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. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences.

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10 A Simple Plan

Who else is a fan? Possibly the most underrated movie of the 90s. A terrific thriller with top notch performances with Bill Paxton, and BB Thornton....

4 A Simple Plan - 1998

Director by Sam Raimi Two brothers and a friend find $4 million in the cockpit of a downed plane. The pilot is dead. No one is looking for the money. To keep it, all they have to do is wait....

6 Interesting question about "A Simple Plan."

I just got down watching my copy of A Simple Plan tonight, and noticed something I hadn't seen before (third time watching it). As the credits roll at the end, there is a character named Tom Butler, ...

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Gideon58
But Hank's greed comes to light as well when he brings the money home to hold and shows it to Sarah almost immediately, whose first instinct is to turn the money in, but when it comes to light that the possibility of no one coming after the money seems imminent, even Sarah's greed kicks in, spring b....

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