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Fargo (1996)
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Ratings: 8.3/10 from 221,094 users
Metascore:
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Reviews: 705 user | 133 critic | 24 from Metacritic.com Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of pregnant Marge Gunderson. |
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Larissa Kokernot | ... | |
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Shep Proudfoot
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Warren Keith | ... |
Reilly Diefenbach
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Steve Edelman | ... |
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Storyline
Jerry works in his father-in-law's car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn't seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the bloodshed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from Brainerd, MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction. Written by Anonymous
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
An ordinary place, an extraordinary thriller See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong violence, language and sexuality See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Фарго See more »Box Office
Budget:
$7,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$730,265 (USA) (10 March 1996) (36 Screens)Gross:
$60,611,975 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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Jerry Lundegaard: I'm, uh, Jerry Lundegaard.
Carl Showalter: You're Jerry Lundegaard?
Jerry Lundegaard: Ya. Shep Proudfoot said...
Carl Showalter: Shep said you'd be here at 7:30. What gives, man?
Jerry Lundegaard: Shep said 8:30.
Carl Showalter: We've been sitting here an hour. He's
[motioning to Gaer]
Carl Showalter: peed three times already.
Jerry Lundegaard: I'm sure sorry. Shep told me 8:30. It was a mix-up, I guess.
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as "victim in field", but it is not him, it is J. Todd Anderson, the
storyboard artist. See more »
(1983)
Written by José Feliciano
Performed by José Feliciano (uncredited)
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Deedle Dytle Music See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
The film is not actually "Based on a true story". The Coens later admitted that they added that disclaimer so the viewer would be more willing to suspend disbelief in the story. (An urban legend even says that people have gone to search Minnesota for the briefcase of money.) While the specific crimes in the movie didn't happen, the plot has elements of two well-known Minnesota crimes. In 1962, a St. Paul attorney named Eugene Thompson hired someone to kill his wife, Carol. Unbeknownst to Thompson, his man hired someone else to do the job. The second man fatally wounded Mrs. Thomspon in her house, but she managed to escape him. She went to a neighbor's house for help while her assailant fled the scene. The sloppiness and brutality of the crime attracted great attention. The murderers were quickly caught and gave up Thompson, who denied knowing anything about the crime for many years afterward. In 1972, Virginia Piper, the wife of a wealthy Orono banker, was kidnapped. A million-dollar ransom was paid, one of the largest in U.S. history. Mrs. Piper was found tied to a tree in a state park. Two men were convicted of the crime, but were acquitted after a re-trial. One of them later went on a shooting spree after his wife left him, killing her, their 5-year-old son, her son from a previous marriage, her new boyfriend, and one of his sons. Only $4,000 of the money was ever recovered. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: The poster in Scotty Lundegaard's room spells accordion "accordian." See more »Quotes
[first lines]Jerry Lundegaard: I'm, uh, Jerry Lundegaard.
Carl Showalter: You're Jerry Lundegaard?
Jerry Lundegaard: Ya. Shep Proudfoot said...
Carl Showalter: Shep said you'd be here at 7:30. What gives, man?
Jerry Lundegaard: Shep said 8:30.
Carl Showalter: We've been sitting here an hour. He's
[motioning to Gaer]
Carl Showalter: peed three times already.
Jerry Lundegaard: I'm sure sorry. Shep told me 8:30. It was a mix-up, I guess.
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Crazy Credits
A symbol similar to the Artist Formerly Known as Prince is in the creditsas "victim in field", but it is not him, it is J. Todd Anderson, the
storyboard artist. See more »
Soundtracks
"Let's Find Each Other Tonight"(1983)
Written by José Feliciano
Performed by José Feliciano (uncredited)
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Deedle Dytle Music See more »
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