A Simple Twist of Fate is a 1994 American dramedy film directed by Gillies MacKinnon. The screenplay by Steve Martin is loosely based on the 1861 novel Silas Marner by George Eliot. When high school music teacher Michael McCann discovers his wife is pregnant by another man, the couple divorce and Michael retreats into a life of solitude as a maker of finely crafted furniture in rural Virginia. Five years later, he lives in a small town, his only companion a valuable collection of gold coins. But his heart is set to be hurt again when Danny Newland, the unsavory younger brother of politician... John Newland, crashes his brother's car outside the woods surrounding Michael's house. Desperate to recoup the loss of the car, Danny steals Michael's coins while he is sleeping and takes off into the night and is never seen again. Shortly after, in the middle of a winter storm, Michael is startled to discover a toddler has wandered into his home while he was outside gathering wood. A short distance from his house he discovers the body of her mother, a heroin addict whose car had run out of gas nearby.
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| Release date: | 1994 |
| Directed by: | Gillies MacKinnon |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 106 Minutes |
| Producer: | Ric Kidney, Steve Martin, Karen Snow |
| Editor: | Humphrey Dixon |
| Music by: | Cliff Eidelman |
| Cinematography: | Andrew Dunn |
| Screenplay by: | Steve Martin, George Eliot |
| Adapted from: | Silas Marner |