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interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Simple_Plan" title="A Simple Plan – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="A Simple Plan" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B4%D9%87_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87" title="یک نقشه ساده – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="یک نقشه ساده" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_plan_simple" title="Un plan simple – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Un plan simple" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li 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Smith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Simple_Plan_(novel)" title="A Simple Plan (novel)">A Simple Plan</a></i><br />by Scott B. Smith</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Jacks" title="James Jacks">James Jacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Schroeder" title="Adam Schroeder">Adam Schroeder</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Paxton" title="Bill Paxton">Bill Paxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bob_Thornton" title="Billy Bob Thornton">Billy Bob Thornton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridget_Fonda" title="Bridget Fonda">Bridget Fonda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alar_Kivilo" title="Alar Kivilo">Alar Kivilo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Arthur Coburn</li> <li>Eric L. Beason</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Elfman" title="Danny Elfman">Danny Elfman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />companies</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mutual_Film_Company" title="Mutual Film Company">Mutual Film Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savoy_Pictures" title="Savoy Pictures">Savoy Pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Films" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Films">British Broadcasting Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonine_Holding" title="Leonine Holding">Tele-München</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UGC_(cinema_operator)" title="UGC (cinema operator)">UGC-PH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toho" title="Toho">Toho-Towa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marubeni" title="Marubeni">Marubeni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newmarket_Capital_Group" title="Newmarket Capital Group">Newmarket Capital Group</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a> (United States and Canada)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a> (through <a href="/wiki/United_International_Pictures" title="United International Pictures">United International Pictures</a>, United Kingdom and Ireland)</li> <li>Concorde Filmverleih (Germany)<sup id="cite_ref-asp_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asp-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UGC_Fox_Distribution" title="UGC Fox Distribution">UGC Fox Distribution</a> (France)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Toho-Towa (Japan)<sup id="cite_ref-asp_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asp-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release dates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>September 11, 1998<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1998-09-11</span>)</span> (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="Toronto International Film Festival">TIFF</a>)</li> <li>December 11, 1998<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1998-12-11</span>)</span> (limited)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">121 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Countries</th><td class="infobox-data">United States<br />United Kingdom<br />Germany<br />France<br />Japan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$17 million<sup id="cite_ref-TheNumbers_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheNumbers-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Memento_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memento-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fonda_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fonda-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$16.3 million<sup id="cite_ref-TheNumbers_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheNumbers-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BOM_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOM-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>A Simple Plan</b></i> is a 1998 <a href="/wiki/Neo-noir" title="Neo-noir">neo-noir</a> <a href="/wiki/Crime_film" title="Crime film">crime thriller film</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Sam_Raimi" title="Sam Raimi">Sam Raimi</a> and written by <a href="/wiki/Scott_Smith_(author)" title="Scott Smith (author)">Scott B. Smith</a>, based on Smith's <a href="/wiki/A_Simple_Plan_(novel)" title="A Simple Plan (novel)">1993 novel</a>. The film stars <a href="/wiki/Bill_Paxton" title="Bill Paxton">Bill Paxton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bob_Thornton" title="Billy Bob Thornton">Billy Bob Thornton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bridget_Fonda" title="Bridget Fonda">Bridget Fonda</a>. Set in rural <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>, the story follows brothers Hank (Paxton) and Jacob Mitchell (Thornton), who, along with Jacob's friend Lou (<a href="/wiki/Brent_Briscoe" title="Brent Briscoe">Brent Briscoe</a>), discover a crashed plane containing $4.4 million in cash. The three men and Hank's wife Sarah (Fonda) go to great lengths to keep the money a secret but begin to doubt each other's trust, resulting in lies, deceit and murder. </p><p>Development of the film began in 1993 before the novel was published. <a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a> purchased the film rights, and the project was picked up by <a href="/wiki/Savoy_Pictures" title="Savoy Pictures">Savoy Pictures</a>. After Nichols stepped down, the film adaptation became mired in <a href="/wiki/Development_hell" title="Development hell">development hell</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Ben_Stiller" title="Ben Stiller">Ben Stiller</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Dahl" title="John Dahl">John Dahl</a> turning down opportunities to direct it. After Savoy closed in November 1997, the project was sold to <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a>. <a href="/wiki/John_Boorman" title="John Boorman">John Boorman</a> was hired to direct, but scheduling conflicts led to his replacement by Raimi. An international co-production between the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Japan, the film was financed by <a href="/wiki/Mutual_Film_Company" title="Mutual Film Company">Mutual Film Company</a>, its investors and <a href="/wiki/Newmarket_Capital_Group" title="Newmarket Capital Group">Newmarket Capital Group</a>, which allocated a budget of $17 million. <a href="/wiki/Principal_photography" title="Principal photography">Principal photography</a> began in January 1998 and concluded in March after 55 days of filming in <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> and Minnesota. The <a href="/wiki/Film_score" title="Film score">score</a> was produced and composed by <a href="/wiki/Danny_Elfman" title="Danny Elfman">Danny Elfman</a>. </p><p><i>A Simple Plan</i> premiered at the <a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1998 Toronto International Film Festival">1998 Toronto International Film Festival</a>, where it was met with critical acclaim. The film's appearance at the festival preceded a limited release in the United States on December 11, 1998, followed by a general release in North America on January 22, 1999. It underperformed at the North American box office, grossing $16.3 million, but was critically acclaimed, with reviewers praising various aspects of the film's production, including the storytelling, performances and Raimi's direction. <i>A Simple Plan</i> earned multiple awards and nominations, among them two <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a> nominations, one for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a> (Thornton) and one for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay">Best Adapted Screenplay</a> (Smith). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hank is a humble accountant at a feed mill in <a href="/wiki/Wright_County,_Minnesota" title="Wright County, Minnesota">Wright County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> with a pregnant wife, Sarah. One morning, Hank, his wayward brother Jacob and their friend Lou Chambers stumble upon a crashed airplane in the woods. Inside is a dead man and a bag containing $4.4 million in $100 bills. Lou and Jacob persuade him not to turn the money in, so Hank proposes keeping the money at his house until spring when the snow melts and the plane is found. If at that point missing money isn't raised, they will share the loot. Seeing their truck on the side of the road, Sheriff Carl Jenkins stops by and chats, and Jacob blurts something relating to the plane. Trying to pursue it, Carl just gets double-talk. Carl leaves and the three men make a pact to keep the secret, but Hank breaks it and tells Sarah. </p><p>She suggests Hank replace a small portion of the money to avoid suspicion when the plane is found. Hank takes Jacob along to do so. Farmer Dwight Stephanson happens by on snowmobile. Thinking their cover is blown, Jacob bludgeons Dwight. Believing Dwight is dead and wanting to protect his brother, Hank begins finding a place to stash his body. When Dwight comes to, Hank eventually suffocates him then drives the snowmobile and body off an embankment to make it appear like an accident. </p><p>Having learned from Jacob about Dwight's murder, Lou drunkenly demands his portion of the money from Hank and playfully alludes that he might go to the authorities if he's unsatisfied. After Sarah gives birth to their daughter, Hank confronts Jacob about Lou and asks who he'll side with if it comes to that. Jacob is hesitant but affirms his loyalty to Hank. </p><p>Soon after, Sarah learns that the money was a ransom for a kidnapped heiress. She convinces Hank to frame Lou for Dwight's murder by getting him drunk, tricking him into falsely confessing to the killing, and recording the confession. Though Jacob goes off-script, the two acquire Lou's confession. When he realizes he's been duped, Lou pulls a gun on Hank and a shootout ensues, with Jacob shooting Lou dead. Lou's wife Nancy shoots at Hank; he shoots her dead. Hank and Jacob tell the police a domestic quarrel has ended in murder-suicide. </p><p>Because of Jacob's mention of hearing a plane, Carl calls the brothers to answer questions from FBI Agent Neil Baxter who is in search of it. Sarah urges Hank not to. Fed up, Hank plans to return all the money to the plane but is stopped after Sarah rants to him about their meager lifestyle. As Hank meets Carl and Baxter to search for the plane, Sarah discovers Baxter is not a real FBI agent and alerts Hank, who steals a revolver from Carl's desk. The four men split up in the woods to search for the plane. When Carl finds it, Hank tries to warn him that Baxter is a phony, but Baxter kills Carl before he can react. Baxter demands Hank retrieve the money from the plane. Hank shoots Baxter. </p><p>Hank starts to concoct another story to tell the authorities, but Jacob balks, saying he cannot live with all that they have done. He proposes that Hank kill him and frame Baxter as a more believable story. When Hank refuses, Jacob puts a pistol to his own head. Realizing he is trapped and that Jacob is right, Hank kills Jacob with Baxter's gun. </p><p>Hank is cleared of wrongdoing by real FBI agents, who reveal that some of the serial numbers of the ransom bills had been recorded, and they will just wait for any marked money to be spent to track down the culprit. Unable to determine which bills have been marked, Hank returns home and burns the money in the fireplace against Sarah's pleas. </p><p>In a closing narration, Hank says that only on rare days are he and Sarah not haunted by their memories of the events. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Paxton" title="Bill Paxton">Bill Paxton</a> as Hank Mitchell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bob_Thornton" title="Billy Bob Thornton">Billy Bob Thornton</a> as Jacob Mitchell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridget_Fonda" title="Bridget Fonda">Bridget Fonda</a> as Sarah Mitchell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Briscoe" title="Brent Briscoe">Brent Briscoe</a> as Lou Chambers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Cole" title="Gary Cole">Gary Cole</a> as Vernon Bokovsky / FBI Agent Neil Baxter</li> <li>Jack Walsh as Tom Butler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelcie_Ross" title="Chelcie Ross">Chelcie Ross</a> as Sheriff Carl Jenkins</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becky_Ann_Baker" title="Becky Ann Baker">Becky Ann Baker</a> as Nancy Chambers</li> <li>Tom Carey as Dwight Stephanson</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Scott Smith" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/ScottSmith2.jpg/162px-ScottSmith2.jpg" decoding="async" width="162" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/ScottSmith2.jpg/243px-ScottSmith2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/ScottSmith2.jpg/324px-ScottSmith2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1914" data-file-height="1759" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:109px;max-width:109px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:149px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sam_Raimi_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Sam Raimi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Sam_Raimi_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/107px-Sam_Raimi_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Sam_Raimi_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/161px-Sam_Raimi_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Sam_Raimi_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/214px-Sam_Raimi_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1712" data-file-height="2392" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Smith_(author)" title="Scott Smith (author)">Scott B. Smith</a> (left), who wrote the adaptation of his novel, and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Raimi" title="Sam Raimi">Sam Raimi</a>, who directed the film.</div></div></div></div> <p>After <a href="/wiki/Scott_Smith_(author)" title="Scott Smith (author)">Scott B. Smith</a> had published a short story for <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>, the magazine's fiction editor learned of his then-unpublished novel <i><a href="/wiki/A_Simple_Plan_(novel)" title="A Simple Plan (novel)">A Simple Plan</a></i> before reading it and forwarding it to an agent. Shortly thereafter, Smith learned that <a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a> was interested in purchasing the <a href="/wiki/Film_rights" title="Film rights">film rights</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Combustible_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Combustible-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nichols spent a weekend reading the book, before contacting Smith's agent and finalizing a deal the following Monday morning. Nichols purchased the rights for his production company Icarus Productions<sup id="cite_ref-TCM_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCM-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for $250,000, with an additional $750,000 to come later from a studio interested in pursuing the project.<sup id="cite_ref-DeseretNews_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeseretNews-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith's <a href="/wiki/Manuscript" title="Manuscript">manuscript</a> of <i>A Simple Plan</i> was <a href="/wiki/Option_(filmmaking)" title="Option (filmmaking)">optioned</a> for development at an <a href="/wiki/Independent_film" title="Independent film">independent film</a> studio, <a href="/wiki/Savoy_Pictures" title="Savoy Pictures">Savoy Pictures</a>. Nichols later stepped down from the project, due to scheduling conflicts with a planned <a href="/wiki/All_the_Pretty_Horses_(film)" title="All the Pretty Horses (film)">film adaptation</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/All_the_Pretty_Horses_(novel)" title="All the Pretty Horses (novel)">All the Pretty Horses</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FightingWords_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FightingWords-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After learning of <i>A Simple Plan</i> from Nichols, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Stiller" title="Ben Stiller">Ben Stiller</a> joined the project<sup id="cite_ref-FightingWords_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FightingWords-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and signed a two-picture directing deal with Savoy.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He spent nine months working on the script with Smith. During preproduction, Stiller had a falling out with Savoy over budget disputes.<sup id="cite_ref-FightingWords_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FightingWords-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unable to secure financing from another studio, Stiller left the film.<sup id="cite_ref-StarTribune_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StarTribune-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1995, <a href="/wiki/John_Dahl" title="John Dahl">John Dahl</a> was announced as director, with <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Cage" title="Nicolas Cage">Nicolas Cage</a> set to appear in a starring role, and filming likely to start during the following summer in the southern hemisphere or in Canada during the following winter.<sup id="cite_ref-StarTribune_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StarTribune-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sluggish_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sluggish-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 1995, following a series of box office failures, Savoy announced that it was retreating from the film industry.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The studio was later acquired by <a href="/wiki/IAC_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="IAC (company)">Silver King Broadcasting</a>/<a href="/wiki/Home_Shopping_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Home Shopping Network">Home Shopping Network</a>, whose chairman, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Diller" title="Barry Diller">Barry Diller</a>, put <i>A Simple Plan</i> up for sale.<sup id="cite_ref-FightingWords_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FightingWords-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This resulted in both Dahl and Cage leaving the production.<sup id="cite_ref-FightingWords_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FightingWords-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-StarTribune_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StarTribune-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The project was purchased by <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a>, where producer <a href="/wiki/Scott_Rudin" title="Scott Rudin">Scott Rudin</a> hired <a href="/wiki/John_Boorman" title="John Boorman">John Boorman</a> to direct the film. Boorman cast <a href="/wiki/Bill_Paxton" title="Bill Paxton">Bill Paxton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bob_Thornton" title="Billy Bob Thornton">Billy Bob Thornton</a> in the respective leading roles of Hank and Jacob Mitchell.<sup id="cite_ref-SimpleComplex_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SimpleComplex-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film marked Paxton and Thornton's second on-screen collaboration after <i><a href="/wiki/One_False_Move" title="One False Move">One False Move</a></i> (1992).<sup id="cite_ref-EbertInterview_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EbertInterview-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paxton learned of the novel <i>A Simple Plan</i> from his father five years before securing the role of Hank. He stated, "...<span class="nowrap"> </span>for five years, there was a whole list of actors and directors who kind of marched through it. Billy Bob and I were set to do these roles in 1997, and then it fell apart. That was the cruelest twist for an actor, to get a part you dreamed you'd get and then they decide to scrap the whole thing."<sup id="cite_ref-EbertInterview_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EbertInterview-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boorman took part in <a href="/wiki/Location_scouting" title="Location scouting">location scouting</a>, and filming was set to begin during the first week of January 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-StarTribune_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StarTribune-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When a second investor left the project, Paramount refused to fully finance the $17 million production itself.<sup id="cite_ref-StarTribune_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StarTribune-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SimpleComplex_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SimpleComplex-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Boorman was able to secure financing, the studio feared that filming would not be finished before the end of winter.<sup id="cite_ref-StarTribune_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StarTribune-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boorman ran into scheduling conflicts, and left the film.<sup id="cite_ref-StarTribune_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StarTribune-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paramount then hired <a href="/wiki/Sam_Raimi" title="Sam Raimi">Sam Raimi</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-SimpleComplex_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SimpleComplex-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who saw the film as an opportunity to direct a character-driven story that differed from his earlier works, which were highly stylized or dependent on intricate camera movements.<sup id="cite_ref-Combustible_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Combustible-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Raimi did not have time to scout locations due to studio constraints. He relied on the previous areas visited during Boorman's involvement.<sup id="cite_ref-StarTribune_12-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StarTribune-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rudin considered casting <a href="/wiki/Anne_Heche" title="Anne Heche">Anne Heche</a> as Hank's wife Sarah Mitchell.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 1997, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Bridget_Fonda" title="Bridget Fonda">Bridget Fonda</a> had secured the role. The film marked her second collaboration with Raimi after <i><a href="/wiki/Army_of_Darkness" title="Army of Darkness">Army of Darkness</a></i> (1992).<sup id="cite_ref-Fonda_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fonda-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film was co-financed by <a href="/wiki/Mutual_Film_Company" title="Mutual Film Company">Mutual Film Company</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newmarket_Capital_Group" title="Newmarket Capital Group">Newmarket Capital Group</a><sup id="cite_ref-Memento_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memento-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as part of a <a href="/wiki/Joint_venture" title="Joint venture">joint venture</a> that was formed by the two studios.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mutual's international partners—the United Kingdom's <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>, Germany's <a href="/wiki/Tele_M%C3%BCnchen_Gruppe" class="mw-redirect" title="Tele München Gruppe">Tele-München</a>, Japan's Toho-Towa/<a href="/wiki/Marubeni" title="Marubeni">Marubeni</a> and France's <a href="/wiki/UGC_(cinema_operator)" title="UGC (cinema operator)">UGC-PH</a>—also financed the production in exchange for distribution rights in their respective territories and <a href="/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">equity stakes</a> on the film on a worldwide basis.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paramount acquired the North American distribution rights.<sup id="cite_ref-Fonda_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fonda-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writing">Writing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:35%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Ben [Stiller] really taught me how to write a script. I don't know that he ever explicitly said it, but by imagining the script as a verbal description of a movie, the movie that I wanted the book to be. That's very simple, but it really was the key to everything for me—just imagining what was on the page. I was shortchanging the visual in my script, concentrating on dialogue, which I imagine is a very common first-time screenwriter's mistake, and to suddenly just do it visually opened up everything for me. </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—Smith on writing the screenplay.<sup id="cite_ref-ScreenPlays_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScreenPlays-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p>The original script that Smith had written for Nichols was 256 pages long, the equivalent of a four-and-a-half hour film. Smith kept Nichols's suggestion of having the story take place in Minnesota, rather than in Ohio, where the book is set.<sup id="cite_ref-StarTribune_12-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StarTribune-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Minnesota Film Board joined the project and remained involved throughout <a href="/wiki/Principal_photography" title="Principal photography">principal photography</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-StarTribune_12-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StarTribune-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the novel was published, Nichols left the project during the script's early draft stages.<sup id="cite_ref-Combustible_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Combustible-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Stiller became involved, he and Smith spent nine months rewriting the screenplay.<sup id="cite_ref-Combustible_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Combustible-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the adaptation, certain visual changes were made from the 335-page novel. Smith explained that one change involved the discovery of the crashed plane. His script had Lou Chambers "throwing [a] snowball to uncover the plane ... In the book, they're just walking and they find it."<sup id="cite_ref-Combustible_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Combustible-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rudin wanted to change the focus of the story to Hank and Jacob, and ordered Smith to shorten the screenplay to 120 pages. Smith explained, "I had to work to make Hank a more rational character, less evil."<sup id="cite_ref-Combustible_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Combustible-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The shortening of the script also resulted in the character of Sarah having a smaller role, and Jacob's involvement being much larger than in the book. After Billy Bob Thornton was cast as Jacob, Smith omitted the character's overweight appearance from the novel.<sup id="cite_ref-Combustible_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Combustible-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith described the film adaptation as being less violent than the book, explaining that it was Raimi's decision "to be more restrained [and] bring out the characters."<sup id="cite_ref-SimpleComplex_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SimpleComplex-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filming">Filming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Principal_photography">Principal photography</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Principal photography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Filming was scheduled to begin in <a href="/wiki/Delano,_Minnesota" title="Delano, Minnesota">Delano, Minnesota</a>, but the production was forced to temporarily relocate to northern <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> for enough snow to shoot.<sup id="cite_ref-ProdNotes2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ProdNotes2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Principal photography began on January 5, 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-SnowBlind_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SnowBlind-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film marked <a href="/wiki/Production_designer" title="Production designer">production designer</a> <a href="/wiki/Patrizia_von_Brandenstein" title="Patrizia von Brandenstein">Patrizia von Brandenstein</a>'s second collaboration with Raimi, after <i><a href="/wiki/The_Quick_and_the_Dead_(1995_film)" title="The Quick and the Dead (1995 film)">The Quick and the Dead</a></i> (1995). She found the weather difficult during filming, as she had to await good conditions to complete the necessary exterior work. Describing the overall look of the film, she stated, "We created a muted black-and-white color scheme to suggest a morality tale, the choices given between right and wrong."<sup id="cite_ref-ProdNotes2_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ProdNotes2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The production began shooting in <a href="/wiki/Ashland,_Wisconsin" title="Ashland, Wisconsin">Ashland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saxon,_Wisconsin" title="Saxon, Wisconsin">Saxon, Wisconsin</a>, where most of the film's exterior shots were filmed.<sup id="cite_ref-SnowBlind_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SnowBlind-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An actual plane, with one side cut open, was one of two planes used to depict the crashed aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-SnowBlind_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SnowBlind-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The production returned to Minnesota, where it was plagued by a lack of snow.<sup id="cite_ref-TheASC_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheASC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To solve this problem, the filmmakers assembled a special effects team to create a combination of real snow and fake synthetic snow that was made from shaved ice.<sup id="cite_ref-TheASC_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheASC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 2">: 2 </span></sup> The home of Lou Chambers and his wife Nancy was filmed in an abandoned house in Delano,<sup id="cite_ref-SnowBlind_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SnowBlind-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which cinematographer Alar Kivilo described as "a very difficult [filming] location with very low ceilings and no heating".<sup id="cite_ref-TheASC_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheASC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brandenstein and the art department were tasked with designing the set inside the home.<sup id="cite_ref-TheASC_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheASC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CameraGuild_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CameraGuild-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The interior of the crashed plane was filmed on a soundstage. A second plane, designed to have frosted windows, was attached to a <a href="/wiki/Gimbal" title="Gimbal">gimbal</a>, about five feet off the ground. To match the interior with footage shot in Wisconsin, the art department built a set with real trees and a painted backdrop.<sup id="cite_ref-CameraGuild_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CameraGuild-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To depict Hank being attacked by a flock of crows inside the plane, puppets were used to attack Paxton as he appeared on screen, while two live crows were used to attack an <a href="/wiki/Animatronics" title="Animatronics">animatronic</a> replica of the actor.<sup id="cite_ref-CameraGuild_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CameraGuild-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A separate soundstage was used to create two sets depicting the interiors of Hank's home.<sup id="cite_ref-CameraGuild_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CameraGuild-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Principal photography concluded on March 13, 1998, after 55 days of filming.<sup id="cite_ref-TCM_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCM-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SnowBlind_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SnowBlind-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cinematography">Cinematography</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Cinematography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:35%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>This is a change of pace for me because the film is not about shots, but the performance within the frame. I wanted the camera work to be invisible and just allow the actors to tell this very thrilling story. </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—Sam Raimi (director)<sup id="cite_ref-ProdNotes_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ProdNotes-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p><a href="/wiki/Cinematographer" title="Cinematographer">Director of photography</a> <a href="/wiki/Alar_Kivilo" title="Alar Kivilo">Alar Kivilo</a> stated that, upon reading the script, his first approach to making the film "was to make the look simple, allowing the characters to tell the story."<sup id="cite_ref-CameraGuild_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CameraGuild-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was influenced by the visuals of <i><a href="/wiki/In_Cold_Blood_(film)" title="In Cold Blood (film)">In Cold Blood</a></i> (1967), the work of photographer <a href="/wiki/Robert_Frank" title="Robert Frank">Robert Frank</a><sup id="cite_ref-CameraGuild_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CameraGuild-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and photographs taken during <a href="/wiki/Location_scouting" title="Location scouting">location scouting</a> in Delano, Minnesota.<sup id="cite_ref-TheASC_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheASC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kivilo originally wanted to shoot the film in widescreen using the <a href="/wiki/Anamorphic_format" title="Anamorphic format">anamorphic format</a>, but decided against it due to the lack of lenses available and the film's restricted budget.<sup id="cite_ref-TheASC_23-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheASC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He shot the film using <a href="/wiki/Panavision_cameras" title="Panavision cameras">Panavision Platinum</a> cameras with the company's Primo series of <a href="/wiki/Prime_lens" title="Prime lens">prime lenses</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TheASC_23-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheASC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He used <a href="/wiki/Eastman_Kodak" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastman Kodak">Eastman Kodak</a> 5246 250ASA Vision <a href="/wiki/Film_stock" title="Film stock">film stock</a> for all of the daylight scenes and <a href="/wiki/Tungsten" title="Tungsten">tungsten</a>-balanced 5279 Vision 500T film stock for the night scenes.<sup id="cite_ref-TheASC_23-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheASC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the intense weather conditions, Kivilo believed that the <a href="/wiki/Overcast" title="Overcast">overcast</a> skies created a "gray, somber, stark look."<sup id="cite_ref-CameraGuild_24-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CameraGuild-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also chose not to use any lighting for daytime exterior scenes.<sup id="cite_ref-TheASC_23-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheASC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For exterior scenes shot during sunnier filming days, <a href="/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery" title="Computer-generated imagery">computer-generated imagery</a> (CGI) was used to re-create the overcast skies<sup id="cite_ref-TheASC_23-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheASC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and counter any inconsistencies caused by the falling snow.<sup id="cite_ref-CameraGuild_24-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CameraGuild-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In depicting the shootout in Lou's home, Kivilo's intent was to "keep things quite sketchy in the lighting and not be clear about exactly what was happening." The camera department lit a <a href="/wiki/Paper_lantern#In_photography" title="Paper lantern">China ball</a> from the ceiling to depict a dimly lit kitchen light that would reveal Nancy holding a shotgun.<sup id="cite_ref-TheASC_23-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheASC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Flash_(photography)" title="Flash (photography)">Flash photography</a> guns were used to depict the <a href="/wiki/Muzzle_flash" title="Muzzle flash">muzzle flashes</a> during the shootouts.<sup id="cite_ref-TheASC_23-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheASC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Film_score" title="Film score">score</a> was produced and composed by <a href="/wiki/Danny_Elfman" title="Danny Elfman">Danny Elfman</a>, who was drawn to the film after learning of Raimi's involvement; the film marks his third collaboration with the director. The instruments included <a href="/wiki/Alto_flute" title="Alto flute">alto</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bass_flute" title="Bass flute">bass flutes</a>, re-tuned pianos and banjos, <a href="/wiki/Zither" title="Zither">zithers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hand_drum" title="Hand drum">hand drums</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Elfman_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elfman-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The soundtrack album, titled <i>A Simple Plan: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack</i>, was released on January 26, 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-AllMusic_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a>'s William Ruhlmann wrote, "There are occasional moments that suggest the composer's more characteristic approach, but his writing is in the service of a smaller, if still intense cinematic subjects, and it is appropriately restrained."<sup id="cite_ref-AllMusic_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist 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td{background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0 10px 0 0}</style><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Main Title"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:44</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"The Moon"</td><td class="tracklist-length">0:57</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"A Change of Heart"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:07</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"The Farm"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:31</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Betrayal Part 1"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:16</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"The Badge"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:08</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Stop It"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:40</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Tracks in the Snow"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:37</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"Death"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:54</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"Burning $"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:50</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"End Credits"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:10</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"Preachin' the Blues (The Imperial Crowns)"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:42</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"So Sleepless You (Jolene)"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:21</td></tr><tr><th id="track14" scope="row">14.</th><td>"Deliver Me (Tina and the B Sides)"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:50</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>43:47</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>A Simple Plan</i> premiered at the <a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1998 Toronto International Film Festival">23rd Toronto International Film Festival</a> on September 11, 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 11, 1998, the film opened in <a href="/wiki/Limited_release" class="mw-redirect" title="Limited release">limited release</a> at 31 theaters, and grossed $390,563 in its first week, with an average of $12,598 per theater.<sup id="cite_ref-BOM_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOM-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More theaters were added during the limited run, and on January 22, 1999, the film officially entered wide release by screening in 660 theaters across North America.<sup id="cite_ref-WeekendBO_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WeekendBO-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film ended its North American theatrical run on May 14, 1999, having grossed $16,316,273, below its estimated <a href="/wiki/Production_budget" title="Production budget">production budget</a> of $17 million.<sup id="cite_ref-TheNumbers_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheNumbers-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BOM_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOM-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was released on <a href="/wiki/VHS" title="VHS">VHS</a> and <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> on June 22, 1999, by <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Home_Media_Distribution" class="mw-redirect" title="Paramount Home Media Distribution">Paramount Home Entertainment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BillyBobThorntonHWOFFeb2012crop.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/BillyBobThorntonHWOFFeb2012crop.JPG/200px-BillyBobThorntonHWOFFeb2012crop.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/BillyBobThorntonHWOFFeb2012crop.JPG/300px-BillyBobThorntonHWOFFeb2012crop.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/BillyBobThorntonHWOFFeb2012crop.JPG/400px-BillyBobThorntonHWOFFeb2012crop.JPG 2x" data-file-width="505" data-file-height="709" /></a><figcaption>Billy Bob Thornton was critically lauded for his performance as Jacob Mitchell, which earned him an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a> nomination for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Reviewing the film during the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="Toronto International Film Festival">Toronto International Film Festival</a>, Glen Lovell of <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> compared it to <i><a href="/wiki/Fargo_(1996_film)" title="Fargo (1996 film)">Fargo</a></i> (1996), writing, "The key differences are in emphasis and tone: <i>Fargo</i> is deadpan <a href="/wiki/Film_noir" title="Film noir">noir</a>; <i>A Simple Plan</i>...is a more robust Midwestern Gothic that owes as much to <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe" title="Edgar Allan Poe">Poe</a> as <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Chandler" title="Raymond Chandler">Chandler</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an "early review" of the film prior to its limited release, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Siskel" title="Gene Siskel">Gene Siskel</a> gave the film a "Two Thumbs Up" rating on their syndicated television program <i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Movies_(1986_TV_program)" title="At the Movies (1986 TV program)">Siskel and Ebert at the Movies</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a later episode, Ebert ranked <i>A Simple Plan</i> at number four on his list of the "Best Films of 1998".<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Siskel, writing for the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i>, said that the film was "an exceedingly well-directed genre picture by [Raimi] ... [who] does an excellent job of presaging the lethal violence that follows. From his very first images we know that bodies are going to start to pile up."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ebert also named Bill Paxton as his suggested pick for the Best Actor nomination at the 1999 Academy Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/John_Simon_(critic)" title="John Simon (critic)">John Simon</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/National_Review" title="National Review">National Review</a></i> wrote, "the dialogue and characterization are rich in detail, and the constant surprises do not, for the most part strain credibility".<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Online film critic <a href="/wiki/James_Berardinelli" title="James Berardinelli">James Berardinelli</a> praised the acting, and commended Thornton's performance as "the most striking that <i>A Simple Plan</i> has to offer."<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Paxton's death in February 2017, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Zoller_Seitz" title="Matt Zoller Seitz">Matt Zoller Seitz</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/RogerEbert.com" title="RogerEbert.com">RogerEbert.com</a></i> cited the actor's performance as Hank to be the best in his career, stating that "The film might constitute Paxton's most sorrowful performance as well as his most frightening ... an outwardly ordinary man who has no idea what kind of evil he's capable of."<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Owen_Gleiberman" title="Owen Gleiberman">Owen Gleiberman</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> described the film as being "lean, elegant, and emotionally complex—a marvel of backwoods classicism."<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Janet_Maslin" title="Janet Maslin">Janet Maslin</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> called it a "quietly devastating thriller directed by [Raimi] ... who makes a flawless segue into mainstream storytelling."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edward Guthmann of the <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i> wrote, "for Raimi, whose mastery of visual effects has driven all of his previous films, <i>A Simple Plan</i> marks a tremendously successful break from the past. He's drawn lovely, complex performances from Paxton and Thornton and proven that he can work effectively—and movingly—in a minor emotional key."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a negative review, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Schickel" title="Richard Schickel">Richard Schickel</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> stated, "There's neither intricacy nor surprise in the narrative, and these dopes are tedious, witless company."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schlomo Schwartzberg of <i><a href="/wiki/Boxoffice_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boxoffice (magazine)">Boxoffice</a></i> felt that the film "clutters up the story with unnecessary acts of violence and murder, and mainly stays on the surface, offering little more than cheap jolts of melodrama."<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> In an interview with Empire Magazine, Sam Raimi gives his opinion about the lukewarm box-office reception and the Fargo comparisons:</p><blockquote><p>“I don't think it was overshadowed by [Fargo]. It just didn't get a big release. Maybe people didn't like it as much as they could have.“<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Review aggregator <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a> reveals 91% of 74 reviews of the film were positive, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The website's consensus calls the film "A riveting crime thriller full of emotional tension."<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another review aggregator, <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, assigned the film a weighted average score of 82 out of 100, based on 28 reviews from mainstream critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accolades">Accolades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Award </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Recipient(s) </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/71st_Academy_Awards" title="71st Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bob_Thornton" title="Billy Bob Thornton">Billy Bob Thornton</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay">Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Smith_(author)" title="Scott Smith (author)">Scott B. Smith</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Awards Circuit Community Awards </td> <td>Best Adapted Screenplay </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Blockbuster_Entertainment_Awards" title="Blockbuster Entertainment Awards">Blockbuster Entertainment Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Actress – Suspense </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bridget_Fonda" title="Bridget Fonda">Bridget Fonda</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Supporting Actress – Suspense </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Becky_Ann_Baker" title="Becky Ann Baker">Becky Ann Baker</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Society_of_Film_Critics_Awards_1998" title="Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1998">Boston Society of Film Critics Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Society_of_Film_Critics_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a> </td> <td>Billy Bob Thornton </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Society_of_Film_Critics_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress">Best Supporting Actress</a> </td> <td>Bridget Fonda </td> <td style="background:#CDE; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-draw">3rd Place </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Society_of_Film_Critics_Award_for_Best_Cinematography" title="Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography">Best Cinematography</a> </td> <td>Alar Kivilo </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Awards_1998" title="Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1998">Chicago Film Critics Association Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a> </td> <td>Billy Bob Thornton </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Screenplay" title="Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay">Best Screenplay</a> </td> <td>Scott B. Smith </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score">Best Original Score</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Danny_Elfman" title="Danny Elfman">Danny Elfman</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chlotrudis_Society_for_Independent_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film">Chlotrudis Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Supporting Actor </td> <td>Billy Bob Thornton </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Festival_du_Film_Policier_de_Cognac" title="Festival du Film Policier de Cognac">Cognac Crime Film Festival</a> </td> <td>Special Jury Prize </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Raimi" title="Sam Raimi">Sam Raimi</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/4th_Critics%27_Choice_Awards" title="4th Critics' Choice Awards">Critics' Choice Movie Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture">Best Picture</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a> </td> <td>Billy Bob Thornton <span style="font-size:85%;">(also for <i><a href="/wiki/Primary_Colors_(film)" title="Primary Colors (film)">Primary Colors</a></i>)</span> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay" title="Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay">Best Screenplay – Adaptation</a> </td> <td>Scott B. Smith </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_Film_Critics_Association_Awards_1998" title="Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 1998">Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Film" title="Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film">Best Picture</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a> </td> <td>Billy Bob Thornton </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Awards" title="Edgar Awards">Edgar Allan Poe Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_Screenplay_winners" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners">Best Motion Picture Screenplay</a> </td> <td>Scott B. Smith </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/56th_Golden_Globe_Awards" title="56th Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture">Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture</a> </td> <td>Billy Bob Thornton </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Best Score </td> <td>Danny Elfman </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Los_Angeles_Film_Critics_Association_Awards" title="1998 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards">Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a> </td> <td>Billy Bob Thornton </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review_Awards_1998" title="National Board of Review Awards 1998">National Board of Review Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review:_Top_Ten_Films" title="National Board of Review: Top Ten Films">Top Ten Films</a> </td> <td style="background:#CDE; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-draw">9th Place </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Screenplay </td> <td>Scott B. Smith </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_National_Society_of_Film_Critics_Awards" title="1998 National Society of Film Critics Awards">National Society of Film Critics Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Society_of_Film_Critics_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Billy Bob Thornton </td> <td style="background:#CDE; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-draw">3rd Place </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Online Film & Television Association Awards<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Best Supporting Actor </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium </td> <td>Scott B. Smith </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Drama Score </td> <td>Danny Elfman </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Online_Film_Critics_Society_Awards_1998" title="Online Film Critics Society Awards 1998">Online Film Critics Society Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Online_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a> </td> <td>Billy Bob Thornton </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Online_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay" title="Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay">Best Adapted Screenplay</a> </td> <td>Scott B. Smith </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Film_Critics_Society_Awards_1998" title="San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 1998">San Diego Film Critics Society Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a> </td> <td>Billy Bob Thornton </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay" title="San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay">Best Adapted Screenplay</a> </td> <td>Scott B. Smith </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/3rd_Golden_Satellite_Awards" title="3rd Golden Satellite Awards">Satellite Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture" class="mw-redirect" title="Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture">Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Drama</a> </td> <td>Billy Bob Thornton </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/25th_Saturn_Awards" title="25th Saturn Awards">Saturn Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Saturn_Award_for_Best_Action_or_Adventure_Film" title="Saturn Award for Best Action or Adventure Film">Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saturn_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Billy Bob Thornton </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/5th_Screen_Actors_Guild_Awards" title="5th Screen Actors Guild Awards">Screen Actors Guild Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award_for_Outstanding_Performance_by_a_Male_Actor_in_a_Supporting_Role" title="Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role">Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Best Supporting Actor </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Runner-up </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/USC_Scripter_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="USC Scripter Award">USC Scripter Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Scott B. Smith <span style="font-size:85%;">(author/screenwriter)</span> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Voices in the Shadow Dubbing Festival </td> <td>Special Jury Prize </td> <td>Gianni Williams <span style="font-size:85%;">(for the dubbing of Billy Bob Thornton)</span> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/51st_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="51st Writers Guild of America Awards">Writers Guild of America Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay" title="Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay">Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published</a> </td> <td>Scott B. Smith </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tied with <a href="/wiki/William_H._Macy" title="William H. Macy">William H. Macy</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/A_Civil_Action_(film)" title="A Civil Action (film)">A Civil Action</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Pleasantville_(film)" title="Pleasantville (film)">Pleasantville</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Psycho_(1998_film)" title="Psycho (1998 film)">Psycho</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tied with <i><a href="/wiki/Thursday_(film)" title="Thursday (film)">Thursday</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tied with <a href="/wiki/Bill_Murray" title="Bill Murray">Bill Murray</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Rushmore_(film)" title="Rushmore (film)">Rushmore</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Wild_Things_(film)" title="Wild Things (film)">Wild Things</a></i>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Simple_Plan_(film)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-asp-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-asp_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-asp_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCox1997" class="citation web cs1">Cox, Dan (20 December 1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://variety.com/1997/film/news/fonda-has-a-simple-plan-111797668/">"Fonda has 'A Simple Plan'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Murder!" title="It's Murder!">It's Murder!</a></i> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Evil_Dead" title="The Evil Dead">The Evil Dead</a></i> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Crimewave" title="Crimewave">Crimewave</a></i> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Evil_Dead_II" title="Evil Dead II">Evil Dead II</a></i> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Darkman" title="Darkman">Darkman</a></i> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Army_of_Darkness" title="Army of Darkness">Army of Darkness</a></i> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Quick_and_the_Dead_(1995_film)" title="The Quick and the Dead (1995 film)">The Quick and the Dead</a></i> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A Simple Plan</a></i> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/For_Love_of_the_Game_(film)" title="For Love of the Game (film)">For Love of the Game</a></i> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gift_(2000_film)" title="The Gift (2000 film)">The Gift</a></i> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Spider-Man_(2002_film)" title="Spider-Man (2002 film)">Spider-Man</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Spider-Man_2" title="Spider-Man 2">Spider-Man 2</a></i> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Spider-Man_3" title="Spider-Man 3">Spider-Man 3</a></i> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Drag_Me_to_Hell" title="Drag Me to Hell">Drag Me to Hell</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Oz_the_Great_and_Powerful" title="Oz the Great and Powerful">Oz the Great and Powerful</a></i> (2013)</span></li> <li><span 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