A Simple Plan

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American film crime thriller film film neo-noir film

A Simple Plan is a 1998 neo-noir crime thriller film, directed by Sam Raimi and based on Scott Smith’s novel, about three men who find a crashed plane full of cash and are gradually undone by greed and paranoia.

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A Simple Plan canonical 13
A Simple Plan (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
crime thriller film ⓘ
film ⓘ
neo-noir film ⓘ
basedOn A Simple Plan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: A Simple Plan (novel)
basedOnAuthor Scott Smith ⓘ
character Hank Mitchell ⓘ
Jacob Mitchell ⓘ
Sarah Mitchell ⓘ
cinematographer Alar Kivilo ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Sam Raimi ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editor Eric L. Beason ⓘ
filmingLocation Minnesota ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
genre crime thriller ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Danny Elfman ⓘ
narrativePerspective linear narrative ⓘ
oscarNomination Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
oscarNominationRecipient Billy Bob Thornton ⓘ
Scott Smith ⓘ
plotSummary Three men discover a crashed plane containing a large sum of cash and are gradually destroyed by greed and paranoia. ⓘ
producer Adam Schroeder ⓘ
James Jacks ⓘ
productionCompany Alphaville Films ⓘ
Mutual Film Corporation ⓘ
surface form: Mutual Film Company
releaseDateUS 1998-12-11 ⓘ
releaseYear 1998 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 121 ⓘ
screenwriter Scott Smith ⓘ
setting rural Minnesota ⓘ
winter ⓘ
stars Bill Paxton ⓘ
Billy Bob Thornton ⓘ
Brent Briscoe ⓘ
Bridget Fonda ⓘ
Chelcie Ross ⓘ
Gary Cole ⓘ
theme consequences of crime ⓘ
greed ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ
paranoia ⓘ

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Sam Raimi → notableWork → A Simple Plan ⓘ
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Bridget Fonda → notableWork → A Simple Plan ⓘ
Bill Paxton → notableWork → A Simple Plan ⓘ
Bill Paxton → starredIn → A Simple Plan ⓘ
Becky Ann Baker → notableWork → A Simple Plan ⓘ
William Robert Thornton → notableWork → A Simple Plan ⓘ
subject surface form: Billy Bob Thornton
A Simple Plan → basedOn → A Simple Plan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Simple Plan (novel)
William Paxton → notableWork → A Simple Plan ⓘ
William Paxton → starredIn → A Simple Plan ⓘ
Paxton → notableWork → A Simple Plan ⓘ
subject surface form: Bill Paxton
Paxton → starredIn → A Simple Plan ⓘ
subject surface form: Bill Paxton