A Simple Plan

A Simple Plan (1998)

Timing: 2:1 (121 min)

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Photo 48

Actors and characters

Release date

1998-12-11

Country

France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, United States

Production

TOHO, Paramount, Mutual Film Company, Newmarket Capital Group, TOHO-TOWA, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), H2L Media Group, BBC, UGC PH, Marubeni, Tele München, Savoy Pictures

Genre

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Budget

$17 000 000

Revenue

$16 316 273

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Director

Sam Raimi

Actors

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

Producer

James Jacks, Adam Schroeder, Gary Levinsohn, Mark Gordon

Operator

Alar Kivilo

Composer

Danny Elfman

Artist

John Berger

Audition

Lynn Blumenthal, Ilene Starger

Editing

Arthur Coburn, Eric L. Beason, Julie Hartley
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• The film is based on the novel of the same name by Scott B. Smith.
• Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis were cast in roles in the film but were forced to decline due to commitments to other projects.
• A meeting takes place in the store between Bill Paxton’s character and an old man. Paxton’s father played the latter. The actor himself had no idea he would meet his father on set. As it turned out, John Paxton had written director Sam Raimi a letter expressing admiration for his work and asking if there was a small role for him in any film. Raimi called Paxton Sr. for an audition and cast him as Mr. Schmidt.
• In January 1988, a scene with Billy Bob Thornton and Bill Paxton (1955-2017) was lost during transport of the filmed material by Northwest Airlines from Minnesota to Los Angeles. The lost scene had been filmed specifically in Minnesota. The film was insured, so the scene was simply reshot.
• The scenes in the bar were filmed in the town of Delano, Minnesota. It was an old establishment converted into private housing, which had to be used for filming because the town's only real bar was unsuitable for shooting for a number of reasons.