4K UHD, Blu-ray Release: A Simple Plan

4K UHD, Blu-ray Release Date: Nov. 19, 2024
Price: 4K UHD $31.86, Blu-ray $27.99
Studio: Arrow/MVD

Working from an Academy Award-nominated screenplay by Scott B. Smith (adapting his own bestselling novel), director Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead) swapped his trademark hyperkinetic horror for stark, bone-chilling tension in the expertly-crafted, critically-acclaimed thriller A Simple Plan.

Hank Mitchell (Bill Paxton, Hatfields & McCoys) and his wife Sarah (Bridget Fonda, Point of No Return) have big dreams and a baby on the way, but are stuck in the small Minnesota town where Hank grew up alongside his sweet but naive brother Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton, Faster). One day while walking in the woods, Hank, Jacob, and Jacob’s friend Lou (Brent Briscoe) discover a small plane buried in the snow, with a dead pilot inside… and a duffel bag containing over $4 million in cash. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance to grasp the American dream in one fell swoop, if they can just keep it a secret – but Hank soon learns that keeping that secret will come at a terrible cost.

A bleak, heart-stopping morality play with allusions to Macbeth and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Raimi’s favorite film), A Simple Plan returns in a brand new director-approved 4K remaster accompanied by new and exclusive bonus features.

Here’s a breakdown of what’s on the discs:

• New 4K remaster from the original negative by Arrow Films, approved by director Sam Raimi

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation

• Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio and optional lossless stereo audio

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

• Brand new audio commentary by critics Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme

• Brand new audio commentary by production designer Patrizia von Brandenstein with filmmaker Justin Beahm

• Of Ice and Men, a newly filmed interview with cinematographer Alar Kivilo

• Standing Her Ground, a newly filmed interview with actor Becky Ann Baker

• Dead of Winter, a newly filmed interview with actor Chelcie Ross

• On-set interviews with Paxton, Thornton, Fonda, Raimi, and producer Jim Jacks

• Behind-the-scenes footage

• Theatrical trailer

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Griffin

• Illustrated collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by Bilge Ebiri and an excerpt from the book The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi by John Kenneth Muir