Fargo

Release Date:

Mar 15, 1996

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

1:37

Genre:

Crime Drama,Dark Comedy,Thriller

Director:

Joel Coen

Cast:

Frances McDormand	Marge Gunderson
Steve Buscemi	Carl Showalter
William H. Macy	Jerry Lundegaard
Peter Stormare	Gaear Grimsrud
Harve Presnell	Wade Gustafson
John Carroll Lynch	Norm Gunderson
Kristin Rudrud	Jean Lundegaard
Steven Reevis	Shep Proudfoot
Steve Park	Mike Yanagita
Jose Feliciano	Himself

Producers:

Tim Bevan , Ethan Coen , Eric Fellner

Writers:

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Language:

English

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``Fargo'' is a reality-based crime drama set in Minnesota in 1987. 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.

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