Taglines: A twist of fate brought them something wonderful… Each other!
A Simple Twist of Fate movie storyline. Michael McCann is a man who feels totally betrayed by the world, after his wife revealed to him that their child was not his. A few years after his break-up we find him living alone in a small town. But, everything in his miserable life changes when he adopts a little girl whose mother died outside his house. After several years, the real father returns to claim the girl from Michael, thinking that she will be an advantage for his political career.
A Simple Twist of Fate is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Gillies MacKinnon. The screenplay by Steve Martin is loosely based on the 1861 novel Silas Marner by George Eliot. Steve Martin stars, along with Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O’Hara, Alana Austin, Alyssa Austin, Alaina Mobley, Stephen Baldwin and Victoria Evans.
About the Story
When high school music teacher Michael McCann discovers his wife is pregnant by another man, he divorces her and retreats into a life of solitude as a maker of finely crafted furniture in rural Virginia. Five years later, his only companion is a valuable collection of gold coins. But his heart is hurt again when Tanny Newland, the unsavory younger brother of politician John Newland, crashes his brother’s car in the woods surrounding Michael’s house, seriously injuring the woman he is with. Afraid of being arrested for drunk driving, Tanny steals Michael’s coins while he’s sleeping, takes off into the night and is never seen again.
Weeks later during a winter storm, Michael is startled to discover a toddler has wandered into his home while he was outside gathering wood. A short distance away he discovers the body of her mother, a heroin addict whose car had run out of gas nearby. Unbeknownst to him, the child is the illegitimate daughter of John Newland, who participates in the investigation but keeps his relationship to the child a secret in order to protect his career.
A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
Directed by: Gillies MacKinnon
Starring: Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O’Hara, Alana Austin, Alyssa Austin, Alaina Mobley, Stephen Baldwin, Victoria Evans
Screenplay by: Steve Martin
Production Design by: Andy Harris
Cinematography by: Andrew Dunn
Film Editing by: Humphrey Dixon
Costume Design by: Hope Hanafin
Set Decoration by: Maria Nay
Art Direction by: Tim Galvin
Music by: Cliff Eidelman
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for a drug-related situation.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: September 2, 1994
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