Watch A Simple Plan (1998) Free Online

Release Date: 1998

Cast: Gary Cole, Becky Ann Baker, Robert Davis, Bridget Fonda, Jack Walsh, Chelcie Ross, Peter Syvertsen, Bill Paxton, Brent Briscoe, Billy Bob Thornton

Categories: Movies, Suspense, Thriller, Drama Film, Crime Fiction, Crime Drama, Crime Thriller

A Simple Plan is a 1998 drama film directed by Sam Raimi, based on the novel of the same name by Scott B. Smith, who also wrote the screenplay of the film. It was shot in Delano, Minnesota and Ashland and Saxon, Wisconsin. Billy Bob Thornton was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Scott Smith was nominated for the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. Several prominent critics praised the film for its complexity and taut suspense (four stars from Roger Ebert and Critic's Choice from The New York Times). Hank Mitchell (Bill Paxton) and his pregnant wife, Sarah... MORE

A Simple Plan is a 1998 drama film directed by Sam Raimi, based on the novel of the same name by Scott B. Smith, who also wrote the screenplay of the film. It was shot in Delano, Minnesota and Ashland and Saxon, Wisconsin. Billy Bob Thornton was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Scott Smith was nominated for the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. Several prominent critics praised the film for its complexity and taut suspense (four stars from Roger Ebert and Critic's Choice from The New York Times). Hank Mitchell (Bill Paxton) and his pregnant wife, Sarah (Bridget Fonda), live in rural Minnesota. Hank, one of the town's few residents to graduate from college, works in a feed mill, while his wife is a librarian. Hank's brother, Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton), is a dim-witted but good-hearted fellow. The story begins with Hank, Jacob, and Jacob's friend, Lou (Brent Briscoe), chasing a fox into the woods. They lose the fox, but find a crashed airplane. The pilot is long dead and the only cargo is a bag full of unmarked bills totaling $4.4 million. Hank suggests turning the money in, but is persuaded not to by Jacob and Lou. Hank's condition is that he LESS