Like the Coen brothers' FARGO, Sam Raimi's A SIMPLE PLAN is an ice-cold neo-noir as chilling and bleak as its snow-covered Minnesota locale. When two brothers, straightlaced family man Hank (Bill Paxton) and simple-minded loser Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton)--along with Jacob's unabashed town-drunk friend Lou (Brent Briscoe)--find 4.4 million dollars inside a crashed plane, they believe they've found the financial answer to all their problems. All they have to do is keep it a secret until the plane is discovered and any investigations are completed. This proves to be easier said than done, however, when the three men (as well as Hank's surprisingly calculating wife, Sarah, played by Bridget Fonda), each with their different reasons, begin to lose trust in the others. When an FBI agent (Gary Cole) comes to town, the tension becomes explosive, peeling away layers of familial resentment and resulting in betrayal, deceit, and, ultimately, murder. Thornton's brilliantly understated and profoundly moving performance was recognized by the Academy with a nomination for Best Supporting Actor, while the taut script, by crime writer Scott B. Smith from his own novel, was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Letterbox - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Scene Selection
Interactive Menus

Billy Bob Thornton: Screenwriter/Actor
Bill Paxton: American Actor
Brent Briscoe: SCREENWRITER
Bridget Fonda: American actress, SINGLE WHITE FEMALE
Gary Cole: American TV/Film Actor
Chelcie Ross: Supporting Actor
Jack Walsh: 
Peter Syvertsen: 
Tom Carey: Actor
John Paxton: American Screenwriter
Becky Ann Baker: Actress, NIGHTS IN RODANTHE, SPIDER-MAN 3

Sam Raimi: Director, EVIL DEAD

James Jacks: Executive Producer
Adam Schroeder: Producer

Michael Polaire: PRODUCER\"EYE FOR AN EYE"

Scott B. Smith: Screenwriter & novelist, "A Simple Plan"

Eric Beason: Editor
Arthur Coburn: Editor

"...One of the most touching noirs yet made..."
"...Its emotional power and subtlety put it in a class of its own..."
"...Lean, elegant, and emotionally complex -- a marvel of backwoods classicism..." -- Rating: A
"...Well acted and tautly assembled..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
"Billy Wilder meets the Coen brothers, in Raimi's quietly powerful adaptation of Scott Smith's roman noir..."
"...Gripping and unsettling....When you get the shivers watching this wintry tale unfold, it won't be from the cold..."
"...A morality tale of steadily mounting tension....[A] sharp, subtle work..."