A Simple Twist of Fate

Overview

When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. Tanny's a wild boy, whom John cannot control, and one night he breaks into McCann's house, and steals the gold and disappears, which nearly confirms McCann's distrust of mankind. But then, a mysterious young woman dies in the snow outside McCann's house, and her small daughter makes her way to McCann's house and into McCann's life and heart.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 2, 1994

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Touchstone Pictures

Cast

Steve Martin,Gabriel Byrne,Laura Linney,Catherine O'Hara,Alana Austin,Stephen Baldwin,Byron Jennings,Michael Des Barres,Tim Ware,David Dwyerand 8 more

Director

Gillies MacKinnon

Writer

George Eliot,Steve Martin

Producer

Ric Kidney,Steve Martin

Cinematography

Andrew Dunn

Music

Cliff Eidelman

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

$3,430,583

IMDb

tt0111194