Fargo
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Joel Coen
Frances Mcdormand
William H. Macy
Steve Buscemi
Peter Stormare
Peter Schmitz
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Jerry Lundegaard is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has gotten himself into debt and is so desperate for money that he hires two thugs to kidnap his own wife. Jerry will collect the ransom from her wealthy father, paying the thugs a small portion and keeping the rest to satisfy his debts. The scheme collapses when the thugs shoot a state trooper and two innocent bystanders in rural Minnesota, drawing local Police Chief Marge Gunderson into her first homicide investigation. At first unaware that the homicides are connected to a Minneapolis kidnapping, Chief Gunderson draws closer to Jerry Lundegaard as his situation further unravels.
Director
Joel Coen
Cast
Frances Mcdormand
William H. Macy
Steve Buscemi
Peter Stormare
Peter Schmitz
Wayne A Evenson
John Carroll Lynch
David Lomax
Bruce Bohne
Warren Keith
Michelle Hutchinson
Rose Stockton
Bain Boehlke
Sharon Anderson
Cliff Rakerd
Robert Ozasky
Steve Reevis
Melissa Peterman
Jessica Shepherd
Tony Denman
Larissa Kokernot
Jose Feliciano
Sally Wingert
Harve Presnell
Michelle Suzanne Ledoux
Jose Feliciano
Kurt Schweickhardt
Kristin Rudrud
John Ttndemer
Petra Boden
James Gaulke
Steve Edelman
Steve Park
Gary Houston
Larry Brandenburg
Don William Skahill
Don Wescott
Steve Shaefer
Ben Woolverton
Crew
John Alagna
John Albrecht
David Amberik
Bruce R Anderson
J. Todd Anderson
Robb Anderson
Michael Arnold
Maria Baker
Greg Banks
Clement Baque
Michael Barry
Curtis W Baruth
Brian Bebler
Dwight Benjamin-creel
Tim Bevan
John Blake
Michelangelo Csaba Bolla
Denise Boquist
Jim Bridges
Jane Brody
Cheryl M Broussard
Robin Brown
Carter Burnell
Virginia Burton
Carter Burwell
Allan Byer
Wilfred Caban
Mark Cady
John Cameron
Keith Carlson
Joe Carroll
Emile Charlap
Ben Cheah
Edmund Choi
Kathleen Chopin
Thomas Christianson
Peter Clemence
Ethan Coen
Ethan Coen
Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
Joel Coen
Joe Connolly
Tricia Cooke
Tony Corapi
Marko Costanzo
Daniel Curet
Ed Dally
Jeffrey Daniels
Sister Daniels
David Daugherty
Sandra D Dawes
Roger Deakins
Roger Deakins
Mark Demarais
Nick Dibeneditto
David Diliberto
Danny Downey
David Drentlaw
Milo Durben
Dan Dustin
Ezra Dweck
Beth Edelstein
Beth Edelstein
Wade P Ehlen
Deana Elwell
Kirk Erickson
David F Evans
Dan Evans Farcus
Michael Farrow
Eric Fellner
Joseph F Ferraro
Andrew Foster
Tom Franchett
Jane Frazer
Lauri Gaffin
Eugene Gearty
Daniel Geiger
Kurt W Gensmer
Karen Ruth Getchell
Adam Gilmore
Lewis Goldstein
Robert Graf
Peter Graves
Greazer
Dave Halls
Paul Hankey
Andy Harris
Julie Hartley
James Hautman
Robert Hautman
Maggie Hayes
Rick Heinrichs
Jim Hensz
Jery Hewitt
Jery Hewitt
Elizabeth Himmelstein
William Hobson
Bradford L Hohle
Anne Hyvarinen
Jose Ibarra
Kenton Jakub
Roderick Jaynes
Roderick Jaynes
Roderick Jaynes
Shari Schwartz Johanson
Ken J Johnson
Scott Edward Johnson
Rachell T Kapel
Todd Kasow
Dana Kelley
Michael J Kennedy
Frank Kern
Frank Ketchum
Gene Kisch
Jeremy Knaster
Donald J Koshiol
Michael Kranz
Kay Kropp
Michael Kuhn
T Kukovinski
Peter Kurland
Alma Kuttruff
Jennifer Lamb
Michelle Ledoux
Skip Lievsay
Skip Lievsay
Mitch Lillian
Sydney Lunn
John S. Lyons
Kimberly R Mccord
Todd Milner
Bill Moore
William Moore
Angela Morrison
Peter L Mullin
Donald W Murphy
Jeff Murphy
Paul Murphy
Brian O'kelley
Billy O'leary
Timothy O'toole
Patrick Owen
Gene Palusky
John David Paul
Glenfield Payne
Aline Perry
Ivy Poulliot
Bruce Pross
Stephen J Readmond
John Rehborg
Bradford Richardson
Malcolm Ritchie
Bill Robertson
Fred Rosenberg
Gilly Ruben
Dan Runyon
Bill Schwab
Russell S Schwartz
Timothy Schwob
Christine Sheaks
Mindy Sheldon
Jessica Shepherd
Bix Skahill
Joseph Skala
Stuart Skrien
Joseph Slagerman
Marty E Smith
Tommy Ray Smith
Jose Solorzano
Steve Speers
Jill Stevenson
Dieter Sturm
Yvonne Sturm
Michael Tackett
Amy Thornberry
Stewart Till
Susan J Tveit
Gerald S Upham
Eric Vignando
Steve Visscher
Charles Vogel
Magdaline Volaitis
Knox White
Bob Wiesner
Thomas P. Wilkins
Neil Williams
Mark Wolfe
Keenan Wyatt
Mary Zophres
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Actress
Best Actress
Best Original Screenplay
Best Writing
Best Writing
Award Nominations
Best Cinematography
Best Director
Best Editing
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of five 1996 awards from the Chicago Film Critics Association, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Frances McDormand) and Best Original Musical Score.
Winner of the 1996 award for Best Actress (Frances McDormand) from the National Board of Review. Joel Coen was also cited for Best Director.
Winner of the 1996 award for Best Film from the New York Film Critics Circle.
Winner of the 1996 awards for Best Film and Best Actress (Frances McDormand) from the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
Winner of two 1996 Golden Satellite Awards including Best Drama and Best Director from the International Press Academy.
Limited Release in United States March 8, 1996
Released in United States Spring March 8, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 15, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 22, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 29, 1996
Expanded Release in United States April 5, 1996
Re-released in United States December 6, 1996
Released in United States on Video October 1, 1996
Formerly distributed in USA on video by PolyGram Video.
Joel Coen received the Best Director Award at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
Began shooting January 22, 1995.
Completed shooting March 22, 1995.
Limited Release in United States March 8, 1996
Released in United States Spring March 8, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 15, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 22, 1996
Expanded Release in United States March 29, 1996
Expanded Release in United States April 5, 1996
Re-released in United States December 6, 1996 (New York City)
Released in United States on Video October 1, 1996
Joel and Ethan Coen won the 1996 award for Best Screenplay Written Directly For the Screen from the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
