A Simple Twist of Fate

A Simple Twist of Fate is a 1994 comedy-drama film directed by Gillies MacKinnon from a script by Steve Martin based on the novel Silas Marner by George Eliot. The film stars Martin alongside Gabriel Byrne, Catherine O'Hara, and Stephen Baldwin.
==Synopsis==
A lonely divorced furniture maker's life is upended when a toddler wanders into his home during a winter storm. With no other option, he adopts the girl and forms a loving bond with her, but is threatened by the arrival of her biological father, a senator.
==Cast==
*Steve Martin as Michael McCann
*Gabriel Byrne as John Newland
*Laura Linney as Nancy Newland
*Catherine O'Hara as April Simon
*Alana Austin as Mathilda McCann (age 10)
**Alyssa Austin as Mathilda McCann (age 5)
**Alaina & Callie Mobley as Mathilda McCann (age 3)
**Victoria & Eizabeth Evans as Mathilda McCann (age 1-1 1/2)
*Stephen Baldwin as Tanny Newland
*Carolyn McCormick as Elaine McCann
*Michael Des Barres as Bryce
==Trivia==
*Stephen Baldwin and Garbiel Byrne would go on to co-star in The Usual Suspects.
*This is one of three films that Steve Martin made that are based on classic literature, the other two being Roxanne, based on Cyrano De Bergerac, and L.A. Story, based on A Midsummer Night's Dream.
==Videos==
A Simple Twist of Fate Movie Trailer 1994 (Steve Martin)
==External links==
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Category:1994 films
Category:Touchstone Pictures films
Category:Live-action films
Category:PG-13 rated films
Category:Films based on books