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 roadside homicides that ensue 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 his wealthy father-in-law (Harve Presnell).The film was an international co-production between the United States and United Kingdom.
- Starring : Frances McDormand / William H. Macy
- Genre : Crime / Drama / Thriller
- Country : United States / United Kingdom
- Language : English
- Director : Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
- Production : PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Working Title Films
- Distributor : Gramercy Pictures (I) / Alliance / Ascot Elite Entertainment Group / Concorde-Castle Rock/Turner / PolyGram Film Distribution / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Distribution / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Sogepaq Distribución / Svensk Filmindustri (SF) / Vitória Filmes / Finnkino / PolyGram Video / Chapel Distribution / Elliniki Kinimatografiki Enosi (ELKE) / Lider Films / Gativideo / Concorde Home Entertainment / Home Video Hellas (HVH) / Channel Four / MGM Home Entertainment / Nelonen / Warner Home Video / Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment / FS Film / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / De Volkskrant / Film1 / Ciné-Sorbonne / Columbia TriStar Home Video / Concorde Video / REP Distribution / Rai 4 / Rizzoli Corriere della Sera Home Video (RCS) / Top Tape
Fargo movie
Fargo release date
- March 8, 1996 : USA (limited)
- April 5, 1996 : Canada
- April 5, 1996 : USA
- May 14, 1996 : France (Cannes Film Festival)
- May 31, 1996 : UK
- May 31, 1996 : Ireland
- June 6, 1996 : Australia
- June 20, 1996 : Spain
- June 21, 1996 : Switzerland (Italian speaking region)
- September 4, 1996 : France
- September 6, 1996 : Switzerland (French speaking region)
- November 9, 1996 : Japan
- November 14, 1996 : Germany
- November 15, 1996 : Switzerland (German speaking region)
- November 15, 1996 : Sweden
- July 4, 2001 : France (re-release)
- March 1, 2006 : USA (Fargo Film Festival)
- July 7, 2007 : USA (Moonlit Matines Film Festival)
- July 20, 2016 : France (re-release) (restored version)
- December 5, 2018 : France (re-release) (restored version)
Fargo cast
- William H. Macy as Jerry Lundegaard
- Steve Buscemi as Carl Showalter
- Peter Stormare as Gaear Grimsrud
- Kristin Rudrüd as Jean Lundegaard
- Harve Presnell as Wade Gustafson
- Tony Denman as Scotty Lundegaard
- Gary Houston as Irate Customer
- Sally Wingert as Irate Customer’s Wife
- Kurt Schweickhardt as Car Salesman
- Larissa Kokernot as Hooker #1
- Melissa Peterman as Hooker #2
- Steve Reevis as Shep Proudfoot (as Steven Reevis)
- Warren Keith as Reilly Diefenbach (voice)
- Steve Edelman as Morning Show Host
- Sharon Anderson as Morning Show Hostess
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. A critical and commercial success, Fargo received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. McDormand received the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Coens won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
The film was selected in 2006 for preservation in the National Film Registry of the United States by the Library of Congress as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”-one of only six films so designated in its first year of eligibility. In 1998, the American Film Institute named it one of the 100 greatest American films in history. A Coen-produced FX television series of the same name, inspired by Fargo and taking place in the same fictional universe, premiered in 2014 and received critical acclaim.
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