Simpatico (1999)
Overview
As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him up for blackmail. Jump ahead twenty years, Carter and Rosie are married, successful racers in Kentucky about to sell their prize stallion, Simpatico. Vinnie is a drunk in Pomona. Vinnie decides to make a play for Rosie, lures Carter to California, steals his wallet and heads for Kentucky with the original blackmail material. Carter begs Vinnie's friend, a grocery clerk named Cecilia, to follow Vinnie and get the stuff back that he has in a box. Will she succeed?
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Additional Info
| Budget | $10,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $929,606.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.569 |
Directed By
Matthew Warchus
Crew
Sam Shepard
Matthew Warchus
Matthew Warchus
David Nicholls
Chuck Binder
Jean-François Fonlupt
Amy Ancona
Joel Lubin
Timm Oberwelland
Greg Shapiro
Seth Flaum
Andrew Laws
Ellen Brill
Karen Patch
Matthew Warchus
Stewart Copeland
Sue Baden-Powell
Dan Lupovitz
Pasquale Buba
Daniel Swee
Leon Melas
Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw
Andy Gill
Ernie F. Orsatti
John Toll
TOP CAST
Nick Nolte
Vincent Webb
Jeff Bridges
Lyle Carter
Sharon Stone
Rosie
Catherine Keener
Cecilia
Albert Finney
Simms
Shawn Hatosy
Young Vinnie
Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Young Rosie
Liam Waite
Young Carter
Ken Strunk
Charlie
Angus T. Jones
5 Year Old Kid
Whit Crawford
Jean
Bob Harter
Louis
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