A Simple Plan (1998)

Sam Raimi

Screenplay by Scott B. Smith; adapted from the novel by Scott B. Smith

Bill Paxton (Hank)
Billy Bob Thornton (Jacob)
Bridget Fonda (Sarah)
Gary Cole (Baxter)
Brent Briscoe (Lou)
Becky Ann Baker (Nancy)
Chelcie Ross (Carl)
Tom Carey (Dwight Stephanson)


Jacob and Hank	Sarah	Hank and Jacob in the woods

Jacob and Hank again	Director Sam Raimi

JACOB
You don't trust us? Is that what you mean?
HANK
It's a lot of money. I guess I don't.

SARAH (to HANK)
Nobody would ever believe you'd be capable of doing the things that you've done.

Trivia

Before Sam Raimi became the director, other names to direct included Mike Nichols, John Boorman, Ben Stiller (so wrong) and John Dahl (good other choice). "Even I originally passed on it," Raimi told Entertainment Weekly in 1998.
Filming was originally slated to take in Minnesota, but moved to where the snow was--Wisconsin.
The father of Bill Paxton (Hank Mitchell), John Paxton, has a small part in the film as "Mr. Schmitt."