A Simple Twist of Fate
A twist of fate brought them something wonderful... Each other!
1994 | 106m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Gillies MacKinnon |
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| Writer: | Steve Martin, George Eliot |
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| When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. Tanny's a wild boy, whom John cannot control, and one night he breaks into McCann's house, and steals the gold and disappears, which nearly confirms McCann's distrust of mankind. But then, a mysterious young woman dies in the snow outside McCann's house, and her small daughter makes her way to McCann's house and into McCann's life and heart. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 02, 1994 |
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| Director: | Gillies MacKinnon |
| Writer: | Steve Martin, George Eliot |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy, Drama |
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| Production Companies | Touchstone Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Steve Martin | Michael McCann |
| Gabriel Byrne | John Newland |
| Laura Linney | Nancy Lambert Newland |
| Catherine O'Hara | April Simon |
| Alana Austin | Mathilda McCann - Age 10 |
| Stephen Baldwin | Tanny Newland |
| Byron Jennings | Keating |
| Michael Des Barres | Bryce |
| Tim Ware | Rob |
| David Dwyer | Joe the Bartender |
| Ed Grady | Judge Marcus |
| Amelia Campbell | Marsha Swanson |
| Carolyn McCormick | Elaine McCann |
| Terry Loughlin | Cal |
| Leon Lamar | Stablehand |
| Anne Heche | Tanny's Playmate (uncredited) |
| Alyssa Austin | Mathilda McCann - Age 5 |
| Afemo Omilami | Bailiff |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Humphrey Dixon | Editor |
| Gillies MacKinnon | Director |
| Steve Martin | Writer |
| Cliff Eidelman | Original Music Composer |
| Andrew Dunn | Cinematography |
| George Eliot | Novel |
| Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Tim Galvin | Art Direction |
| Hope Hanafin | Costume Design |
| Philip Ivey | Hairstylist |
| Judy Ponder-Patton | Makeup Department Head |
| Andy Harris | Production Design |
| Maria Nay | Set Decoration |
| Frank Griffin | Makeup Artist |
| Suzanne Kontonickas | Hairstylist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Steve Martin | Executive Producer |
| Ric Kidney | Producer |
| Karen Snow | Associate Producer |
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