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Movie Description
Like the Coen brothers' FARGO, Sam Raimi's A SIMPLE PLAN is an ice-cold neo-noir as chilling and bleak as its snow-covered Minnesota locale. When two brothers, straightlaced family man Hank (Bill Paxton) and simple-minded loser Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton)--along with Jacob's unabashed town-drunk friend Lou (Brent Briscoe)--find 4.4 million dollars inside a crashed plane, they believe they've found the financial answer to all their problems. All they have to do is keep it a secret until the plane is discovered and any investigations are completed. This proves to be easier said than done, however, when the three men (as well as Hank's surprisingly calculating wife, Sarah, played by Bridget Fonda), each with their different reasons, begin to lose trust in the others. When an FBI agent (Gary Cole) comes to town, the tension becomes explosive, peeling away layers of familial resentment and resulting in betrayal, deceit, and, ultimately, murder. Thornton's brilliantly understated and profoundly moving performance was recognized by the Academy with a nomination for Best Supporting Actor, while the taut script, by crime writer Scott B. Smith from his own novel, was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Synopsis
Only a rose -- that was all Beauty asked for when her father journeyed to the city. But her harmless request has unexpected consequences when Beauty's father plucks the flower from a garden belonging to an enchanted Beast. Now the fearsome creature wants the father's life -- or the life of one of his daughters. Despite her father's protests, Beauty determines to go in his place. When she arrives at the Beast's palace, she discovers, to her amazement, a blazing fire, silver platters heaped with food, and the softest downy bed. And she learns that the Beast is kind and will not harm her. Still, she reacts with horror when he asks her to marry him.
Beauty knows she can never do that... can she? Cocteau's spellbinding version of the French fairy tale will eternally enchant viewers of all ages...
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen Anamorphic
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
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Industry Reviews
"...One of the most sophisticated and visually elegant films of all time....A haunting, original treasure..." -- Critic's Choice
New York Times - p.C8 - Caryn James (04/17/1992)
"...A morality tale of steadily mounting tension....[A] sharp, subtle work..."
Travers
"Billy Wilder meets the Coen brothers, in Raimi's quietly powerful adaptation of Scott Smith's roman noir..."
Premiere - Glenn Kenny (10/01/1998)
"...Gripping and unsettling....When you get the shivers watching this wintry tale unfold, it won't be from the cold..."
New York Times - Janet Maslin (12/11/1998)
"...One of the most touching noirs yet made..."
Total Film - Dan Jolin (07/01/2000)
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