A Simple Plan | 
| Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, Billy Bob Thornton, Brent Briscoe, Jack Walsh
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.98
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Rating:  168 reviews
Sales Rank: 7533
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 121 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.7 x 0.6
MPN: D333767D
ISBN: 6305417830
UPC: 973633376760
EAN: 9786305417835
ASIN: 6305417830
Theatrical Release Date: December 11, 1998
Release Date: June 22, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
THREE MEN ARE EMBROILED IN MISTRUST, MURDER AND INTRIGUE WHEN THEY FIND FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN A CRASHED PLANE.
Amazon.com
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
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 fast shipment, very good transaction June 21, 2009
Sadie (Seattle, WA)
My vhs of "A Simple Plan" broke. I found this seller on ebay, and the price was right. Everything was as advertised. The movie was new, and played well. The shipping was also very fast. I would certainly buy from this seller again.
A Masterful, Gripping Thriller June 17, 2009
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
The Bottom Line:
A film that transcends its thriller roots so thoroughly that by the conclusion you wouldn't be mistaken wondering why it didn't get a Best Picture nomination, A Simple Plan is a success on every level (including the rare feat of being better than the source novel) and a must-see for anyone who likes the thriller genre, enjoys good films, or imagines what they would do if they stumbled upon 4 million dollars...
4/4
Another favorite movie of mine April 12, 2009
Gailya J. Illsley (North Carolina)
This movie should be a classic. It really shows how the 'best laid plans' can fall apart. I like Billy Bob Thornton in almost every movie I've seen him in.
Stay With It April 6, 2009
T. Venters (KY)
This is a thought-provoking movie. Stay with it because it does start out a little slow.
A Simple Plan (1998) will make an honest man of you! March 21, 2009
Keith Mirenberg (www.spaceanimations.org)
A SIMPLE PLAN was a five star film in my book and demonstrated how even the most basic deviation from honesty can result in an uncontrolled vortex of bad consequences. An absolutely great film which kept my interest to the end!
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