Simpatico (1999)
106 min
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?
- Release date
- July 13, 2000
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom, United States, France
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Box office
- $929,606
Trailer
Cast
- Nick Nolte as Vincent Webb
- Jeff Bridges as Lyle Carter
- Sharon Stone as Rosie
- Catherine Keener as Cecilia
- Albert Finney as Simms
- Shawn Hatosy as Young Vinnie
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Young Rosie
- Liam Waite as Young Carter
- Whit Crawford as Jean
- Bob Harter as Louis
Crew
- Matthew Warchus · Director
- Sam Shepard · Writer
- Matthew Warchus · Writer
- David Nicholls · Writer
- Jean-François Fonlupt · Producer
- Dan Lupovitz · Producer
- Timm Oberwelland · Producer
- Stewart Copeland · Composer
- John Toll · Cinematographer
- Pasquale Buba · Editor
- Daniel Swee · Casting director
- Amy B. Ancona · Production designer