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A Simple Twist of Fate
A Simple Twist of Fate
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  2. A Simple Twist of Fate

A Simple Twist of Fate

1994
1h 46m
Family
Comedy
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1994

Runtime

1h 46m

Where to Watch

Available options inUS

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Storyline

"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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 46m
Sep 2, 1994
Digital Release
Feb 23, 2021
Languages
English
Director
Gillies MacKinnon
Gillies MacKinnon
Production
Touchstone Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

18 Cast Members

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)

Alyssa Austin

Mathilda McCann - Age 5

Afemo Omilami

Afemo Omilami

Bailiff

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