A Simple Plan is a 1998 drama film directed by Sam Raimi, based on the novel of the same name by Scott B. Smith, who also wrote the screenplay of the film. It was shot in Delano, Minnesota and Ashland and Saxon, Wisconsin. Billy Bob Thornton was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Scott Smith was nominated for the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. Several prominent critics praised the film for its complexity and taut suspense . Hank Mitchell lives with his pregnant wife, Sarah in rural Minnesota. Hank is one of the town's few residents to graduate from... college He works in a feed mill, although the business is struggling. Sarah works as a librarian. Hank's brother, Jacob , is a dim-witted but good-hearted fellow. The story begins with Hank, Jacob, and Jacob's friend, Lou , chasing a fox into the woods. They lose the fox, but find a crashed airplane. The pilot is long dead and the only cargo is a bag full of unmarked bills totaling $4.4 million.
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| Release date: | December 11, 1998 |
| Directed by: | Sam Raimi |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 121 Minutes |
| Producer: | James Jacks, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn, Adam Schroeder |
| Editor: | Arthur Coburn, Eric L. Beason |
| Music by: | Danny Elfman |
| Cinematography: | Alar Kivilo |
| Screenplay by: | Scott Smith |
| Estimated budget: | $30,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | A Simple Plan |
| Genre: | Thriller |