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A Simple Plan
Why this pick
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MOVIE1994 1h 32m GBR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Chartered accountant David Stephens, physician Juliet Miller and journalist Alex Law share a flat in Edinburgh. Needing a new flatmate, they interview several applicants in a calculatedly cruel manner, amusing themselves at the applicants' expense before finally offering the room to the mysterious Hugo. Shortly after Hugo moves in, the trio finds him dead from an apparent overdose in his room, with a large suitcase full of money. They agree to conceal the death, keep the money for themselves and bury the body in the woods after removing the hands and feet to prevent identification. They draw lots, and David is given the gruesome task of dismembering the corpse, while Juliet disposes of the hands and feet in her hospital's incinerator.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ewan McGregor
Alex Law
Kerry Fox
Juliet Miller
Christopher Eccleston
David Stephens
Ken Stott
Detective Inspector McCall
Keith Allen
Hugo
Peter Mullan
Andy
Colin McCredie
Cameron
Gary Lewis
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