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A Simple Twist of Fate

A Simple Twist of Fate

★ 6.2/10•1994•1h 46m•PG-13•Family•Comedy•Drama

A twist of fate brought them something wonderful... Each other!

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.

Gillies MacKinnon · Director

Steve Martin · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 46m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 2, 1994
Revenue$3,430,583

Actors

Steve Martin

Steve Martin

Michael McCann

Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne

John Newland

Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Nancy Lambert Newland

Catherine O'Hara

Catherine O'Hara

April Simon

Alana Austin

Alana Austin

Mathilda McCann - Age 10

Stephen Baldwin

Stephen Baldwin

Tanny Newland

Byron Jennings

Byron Jennings

Keating

Michael Des Barres

Michael Des Barres

Bryce

Tim Ware

Tim Ware

Rob

David Dwyer

David Dwyer

Joe the Bartender

Ed Grady

Judge Marcus

Amelia Campbell

Amelia Campbell

Marsha Swanson

Carolyn McCormick

Carolyn McCormick

Elaine McCann

Terry Loughlin

Terry Loughlin

Cal

Leon Lamar

Leon Lamar

Stablehand

Anne Heche

Anne Heche

Tanny's Playmate (uncredited)

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