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The Simian Line

2000
1h 46m
Drama/Romance
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Cast

Lynn Redgrave (Katharine)Jamey Sheridan (Paul)Harry Connick Jr. (Rick)Cindy Crawford (Sandra)Tyne Daly (Arnita)William Hurt (Edward)Monica Keena (Marta)Samantha Mathis (Mae)Eric Stoltz (Sam Donovan)Dylan Bruno (Billy)Jeremy Zelig (Jimmy)Tony Devon (Realtor)

Director

Linda Yellen

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Synopsis

In addition to declaring that Katharine's (Lynn Redgrave) head and heart line are hopelessly fused into one "simian line", eccentric palm reader/fortune-teller Arnita (Tyne Daly) makes a dire prediction: By the end of the year, one of the couples present at a Halloween party will have broken up. But will it be Katharine and her much-younger boyfriend Rick (Harry Connick Jr.); her upstairs tenants Marta and Billy or new yuppie neighbors Sandra (Cindy Crawford) and Paul? Fueled by Arnita's prediction, each of the couples begins to drift apart in a sea of doubt and distrust. Can the "divine" intervention of two well-meaning ghosts (William Hurt and Samantha Mathis) keep these earthly conflicts from erupting into multiple self-fulfilling prophecies?

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