A Simple Twist of Fate
1994 · 106 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 6,343 VOTES · DIR. Gillies MacKinnon
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 805 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:34 Born is a baby, gentle as may be
00:06:33 Feel the top.
00:09:16 Daddy's plan, not mine. I'd give it all to him right now.
00:14:30 I do tell him, but it doesn't help.
00:22:48 I'm a rowdy-dowdy, that's me...
00:31:06 Anyone want a mint?
00:35:26 I believe this child belongs with me.
00:40:18 although I've heard that Paris restaurants are now serving it.
00:43:56 Go, Tilly!
00:50:14 - Are you her father? - She adopted me, yeah.
00:54:44 So their love could never be
00:58:27 We'll let them manipulate Fred, swap his vote later down the line on the tax credit.
01:01:59 - I'll get the camera. - Fastest gal this town's ever seen!
01:05:13 Don't!
01:08:48 - Huh? - He's yours.
01:11:33 I think she's being scouted. See this guy?
01:15:47 I mean, it's you and her, isn't it?
01:18:28 To a table leg. Could the ribbon have become entangled round her neck?
01:22:08 Do you think that...
01:24:37 I made a mistake, I admit that!
01:27:03 Mr McCann, I'm going to say some words.
01:29:25 - Do you like being called Mathilda Newland? - It's not me.
01:32:44 But first, I'll explain my thinking and you'll see what a difficult decision it was.
01:37:42 Right over there, folks.
Cast & Characters
Steve Martin
Michael McCann
Gabriel Byrne
John Newland
Laura Linney
Nancy Lambert Newland
Catherine O'Hara
April Simon
Alana Austin
Mathilda McCann - Age 10
Alyssa Austin
Mathilda McCann - Age 5
Alaina Mobley
Mathilda McCann - Age 3
Callie Mobley
Mathilda McCann - Age 3
Victoria Evans
Mathilda McCann - Age 1
Elizabeth Evans
Mathilda McCann - Age 1
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed805
Dialogue density7.6 lines / min
First line00:00:34
Final line01:37:42
Production Record
DirectorGillies MacKinnon
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes6,343