Simpatico with Nick Nolte: DVD Cover

    Simpatico Director: Matthew Warchus Cast: Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone, Catherine Keener

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    • DVD Release Date: 08/22/2000
    • Original Release: 1999
    • Rating: Rated R

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    Scenes

    Features

    Widescreen and full-screen version of the film; Original theatrical trailer; Cast and crew filmographies; 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    0. Scene Selections
    1. Main Titles. [2:58]
    2. Collect Call. [2:47]
    3. A Busy Day Ahead. [4:57]
    4. "Seen a Ghost?" [4:28]
    5. "Come Clean, Carter!" [4:27]
    6. Cecilia. [6:36]
    7. Racing Business. [1:56]
    8. The 50/50. [3:56]
    9. Goose Chase. [3:50]
    10. Amateurs. [1:20]
    11. Panic. [2:41]
    12. Ames Ace. [4:57]
    13. The Smell of Alfalfa. [3:06]
    14. Vengeance or Innocence. [7:49]
    15. Carter's Proposition. [5:14]
    16. Checking In. [5:05]
    17. Cecilia Meets Ames. [2:51]
    18. "I Know Who You Are!" [2:27]
    19. Rosie and Vinnie. [7:27]
    20. Long Shot. [6:14]
    21. Lucky. [1:05]
    22. The Game's Up. [3:20]
    23. Ames' Invitation. [2:03]
    24. Vinnie Returns. [2:45]
    25. Last Ride/Evolution. [6:40]
    26. First Saturday in May/End Credits. [5:01]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Old rivalries lead to new betrayals in this Sam Shepard drama with comic undertones. Vinnie (Nick Nolte) and Carter (Jeff Bridges) have known each other for years, but their relationship has grown less than cordial. Many years ago, the two men, along with Vinnie's girlfriend Rosie (Sharon Stone), were making good money in a con game at a racetrack until Simms (Albert Finney), the local racing official, got wind of their ruse. Vinnie and Carter hatched a blackmail scheme that ended Simms' career and ruined his life. Years later, Vinnie is an alcoholic low-life who still makes a living from blackmail; Carter is now a successful horse breeder, married to Rosie, and Vinnie has incriminating information about him that he uses to get Carter to pay his living expenses. Carter gets a call from Vinnie one night as he's finalizing the sale of his prize-winning stallion Simpatico; Vinnie is in jail on a morals charge regarding a woman he's been seeing named Cecilia (Catherine Keener). Vinnie makes Carter an offer: if he comes to California to help him out of this mess, he'll hand off the documents that he's been using against him for years. Carter agrees, but when he arrives, it turns out that Vinnie's not in jail, Cecilia has filed no charges against him, and this is just part of a larger scam with Carter as its target. Director Matthew Warchus made his screen debut with this film; he also adapted the screenplay (in collaboration with David Nicholls) from the play by Sam Shepard. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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    December 13, 2000: I like Jeff Bridges and Nick Nolte and was very disappointed in this movie. This is the kind of movie that proves that stars can not salvage something that just isn't interesting. The plot has some promise but its nothing unique and uses flashbacks that are a little confusing. Its also hard to muster any kind of interest in these characters and in the end the story just falls flat.