| A Simple Plan
				(1998), 
				Director: Sam Raimi, rated R for  
				language, violence 
				Sometimes good 
				people do evil things. 
				
		  
Starring: Bill 
				Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Brent Briscoe, Jack 
				Walsh, Chelcie Ross, Gary Cole 
DML Rating: 
★★★★★★★★★☆ 
- near perfect "I remember my 
				father telling me what he thought that it took for a man to be 
				happy. Simple things, really. 
				A wife he loves, a decent job, 
				friends and neighbors who like and respect him. And for a while 
				there, 
				without hardly even realizing it, I had all that. I was a 
				happy man." – 
				Hank Mitchell 
				Why watch this? 
				It's hard to keep a secret... especially one involving three 
				people and lots of 
				free money. 
				Plot Summary: 
				In rural Minnesota, brothers Hank and Jacob, along with their 
				friend Lou, discover a crashed plane with a dead pilot and $4.4 
				million in cash. Hank, initially reluctant, agrees with the 
				others to hide the money and wait six months before splitting 
				it, reasoning that if no one comes looking for it, they'll be 
				safe. However, this simple plan quickly unravels as 
				mistrust, greed, and mounting pressures lead to lies, deceit, 
				and violence. 
				Dad's Preview: 
				This is a perfect film about the consequences of one really dumb 
				decision. Two brothers stumble upon a bag of money in a remote 
				plane wreck. Who can't use 
				a bag of money, right? However, the most important thing: you 
				can't tell anyone... which, of course, proves impossible in less 
				than a day. The 
				cold, relentless 
				winter setting fits the atmosphere as friends, even brothers, become people no longer trustworthy. This film is like watching a car wreck in 
				slow-motion. You know where it is going, and nothing can stop 
				it.    
				
				 
				 Mutual Film Co., 
				Savoy Pictures, British Broadcasting Corp., Tele-München;
 UGC-PH, Toho-Towa, Marubeni, Newmarket Capital Gp.; Paramount 
				Pictures
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