A Simple Plan Page #5

Synopsis: Three diverse characters, for the most part intellectually challenged, find a deserted plane with a bag full of millions of dollars inside. They devise a simple plan to keep the money if no-one claims it. Ofcourse, nothing turns out simple...
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Sam Raimi
Production: Paramount
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 22 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
1998
121 min
1,637 Views


hurt by us keeping it.

I mean, that's

what makes it a crime,

Doesn't it?

Somebody getting hurt?

What makes it

a crime

Is that it's

against the law.

It doesn't matter if

somebody gets hurt

Or if they don't.

If you get caught,

you go to jail.

Nobody's

gonna get caught.

The money's the only evidence

That we've done anything wrong.

We sit on it,

we see what happens.

If somebody comes

searching for it,

Then we just burn it

and that will be that.

There's no risk.

We'll always be

in control.

What about

Jacob and Lou?

As long as we're

handling the money

They have to let us

call the shots.

It seems... crazy

Just to give it up.

I mean, before we know if

anybody's searching for it.

TV:
10, 9, 8, 7, 6,

This is it.

It ain't champagne,

But Happy New Year.

You have to go back and

return some of the money.

What?

A lot. Like 500,000.

You see, that way

when they find the plane

They'll assume nobody's

been there yet.

It'll put us beyond

suspicion.

No one would walk away

from that much money-

Wait a second.

We're gonna keep

the rest?

You'll have to go

in the morning

So when it storms later

it'll cover your tracks.

You can't tell Jacob

though.

What, do you think he'd

go back and take it?

It's-it's just

being careful.

That's what we have

to be from now on.

We have to be careful.

We have to be thinking ahead

all the time.

OK. OK.

OK.

Jacob.

Jacob, come on,

open up.

Oh.

Hey, I screwed up,

I moved the pilot.

Come on, we gotta go put

him back like he was.

Come on,

I need a lookout.

If somebody comes by,

You pretend you're

changing the tire.

You know,

that's not gonna work.

What do you mean

it's not gonna work?

Nobody's gonna believe

that. It's not flat.

You're kinda crafty.

I observe things.

Observe and learn,

my friend.

Observe and learn.

That's cool.

Jacob, what happened,

she die on you?

No, we had a flat.

We had a flat tire.

I fixed it. See? The

new one's on there now.

I took the other one,

the bad one,

And put it in the trunk.

It's back there now,

flat as a pancake.

But it's cool now.

Everything's all right.

You see that God damned fox

come by here about 5 minutes ago

Heading right on down

to the woods?

No, I didn't see a fox.

I didn't see any fox.

Well, if you'd been

standing where I'm sitting

He'd have bit you

on the ass.

Jacob:
Why don't

you stay here?

Hey, Hank.

Don't do anything

stupid.

Don't do it.

No. Don't do it.

Jacob!

Oh.

Oh.

Oh, God...

Jesus, Jacob,

What the f***?!

I- I-I-I hit-

I hit the farmer.

He was tracking

a fox. I-I- Dwight.

He was gonna go right

by the plane.

I had to do something.

I was just trying to

help us out.

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