Fargo (1996)
Fargo (1996)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Frances McDormand
Marge Gunderson
William H. Macy
Jerry Lundegaard
Steve Buscemi
Carl Showalter
Peter Stormare
Gaear Grimsrud
Harve Presnell
Wade Gustafson
John Carroll Lynch
Norm Gunderson
Kristin Rudrüd
Jean Lundegaard
Bruce Bohne
Lou
Steve Reevis
Shep Proudfoot
Steve Park
Mike Yanagita
Gary Houston
Irate Customer
Sally Wingert
Irate Customer's Wife
Larissa Kokernot
Hooker #1
Melissa Peterman
Hooker #2
Tony Denman
Scotty Lundegaard
Larry Brandenburg
Stan Grossman
Michelle Hutchison
Escort
Bain Boehlke
Mr. Mohra
Warren Keith
Reilly Diefenbach (voice)
Michelle LeDoux
Victim In Car
Steve Edelman
Morning Show Host
Sharon Anderson
Morning Show Hostess
Kurt Schweickhardt
Car Salesman
James Gaulke
State Trooper
J. Todd Anderson
Victim in the Field / Storyboard Artist
Michelle Suzanne LeDoux
Victim in Car
Petra Boden
Cashier
Wayne A. Evenson
Customer
Cliff Rakerd
Officer Olson
Jessica Shepherd
Hotel Clerk
Peter Schmitz
Airport Lot Attendant
Steven I. Schafer
Mechanic
David S. Lomax
Man in Hallway
José Feliciano
José Feliciano
Bix Skahill
Night Parking Attendant
Rose Stockton
Valerie (voice)
Robert Ozasky
Bismarck Cop #1
John Bandemer
Bismarck Cop #2
Don Wescott
Bark Beetle Narrator (voice)
Bruce Campbell
Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)
Joel Coen
Director / Screenplay / Editor
Ethan Coen
Screenplay / Producer / Editor / Director
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
John S. Lyons
Casting
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Rick Heinrichs
Production Design
Lauri Gaffin
Set Decoration
Thomas P. Wilkins
Art Direction
Mary Zophres
Costume Design
Skip Lievsay
Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Supervising Sound Editor
Tim Bevan
Executive Producer
John Cameron
Line Producer
Eric Fellner
Executive Producer
Michelangelo Csaba Bolla
First Assistant Director
James Alan Hensz
Second Assistant Director
Donald Murphy
Second Second Assistant Director
Brian O'Kelley
Second Assistant Director
Jim Bridges
Still Photographer
Robin Brown
Camera Operator
Peter Clemence
Best Boy Grip
Milo Durben
Dolly Grip
Adam Gilmore
Second Assistant Camera
Andy Harris
First Assistant Camera
Mitchell Andrew Lillian
Key Grip
Bill O'Leary
Chief Lighting Technician
Michael Tackett
Still Photographer
T. Kukovinski
Script Supervisor
Tricia Cooke
Associate Editor
Gilly Ruben
Unit Production Manager
Robert Graf
Location Manager
Karen Ruth Getchell
Production Coordinator
John David Paul
Assistant Art Director
Ed Dally
Camera Loader
Allan Byer
Sound Mixer
Peter F. Kurland
Boom Operator
Keenan Wyatt
Boom Operator
John Blake
Key Makeup Artist
Daniel Curet
Key Hair Stylist
Michael Barry
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Speers
Set Dresser
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 8, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Content RatingR
Budget$7,000,000
Box Office$60,611,975
Filming LocationsMinnesota, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
Fargo is a 1996 black comedy crime film written, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Frances McDormand stars as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant Minnesota police chief investigating a triple homicide that takes place after a desperate car salesman (William H. Macy) hires two criminals (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife in order to extort a hefty ransom from her wealthy father (Harve Presnell). The film was an American and British co-production.
Filmed in the United States during the end of 1995, Fargo premiered at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, where Joel Coen won the festival's Prix De La Mise En Scène (Best Director Award) and the film was nominated for the Palme D'Or. The film was both a critical and commercial success, earning particular acclaim for the Coens' direction and script and the performances of McDormand, Macy, and Buscemi. Fargo received seven Oscar nominations at the 69th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor for Macy, winning two: Best Actress for McDormand and Best Original Screenplay for the Coens.
In 1998, the American Film Institute named it one of the 100 greatest American films in history (the most recent film on the list up to that point) but it was subsequently de-listed in 2007. In 2006, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". A Coen-produced FX television series of the same name, inspired by the film
and taking place in the same fictional universe, premiered in 2014 and received widespread critical acclaim.