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1996 Certificate 18 Certificate 18
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Poor Jerry Lundegaard. He's deep in debt. His wealthy father-in-law has no respect for him. He cheats customers at the car dealership where he works. And now he's hired a bumbling duo to kidnap his wife--a plan that goes horribly awry, leading to homicide.Enter Marge Gunderson, one of the most fabulous movie cops in film .. Read more

Starring Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Harve Presnell
Director Joel Coen
Genres Thriller

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Poor Jerry Lundegaard. He's deep in debt. His wealthy father-in-law has no respect for him. He cheats customers at the car dealership where he works. And now he's hired a bumbling duo to kidnap his wife--a plan that goes horribly awry, leading to homicide.
Enter Marge Gunderson, one of the most fabulous movie cops in film history. The very-pregnant Marge--played marvelously by Frances McDormand in an Oscar-winning and career-defining performance--just goes about her everyday business, eating (in nearly every scene), talking to the people in the community, and examining bloody corpses as if no day is different from the next. A multiple murder in the small town of Brainerd, Minnesota--home of Paul Bunyan, as the sign claims--seems to have little effect on her. Yet she has an innate cop sense--she is very, very good at her job and determined to solve the case in her offhanded manner.
FARGO is yet another offbeat, highly entertaining film from the Coen brothers (BARTON FINK, BLOOD SIMPLE). The film is nearly colorless; instead, director of photography Roger Deakins washes the screen in the blinding white of the snow, occasionally breaking for the drab grays and browns of police uniforms and winter jackets. Carter Burwell's score further enhances the slow, steady pace of this oddly funny and compelling film. The Coens have once again populated their film with a slew of bizarre characters, with outstanding performances delivered by all, particularly the edgy William H. Macy, the quietly luminous McDormand, the nearly psychotic Steve Buscemi, and the oh-so-cold Peter Stormare.

Starring Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Harve Presnell, William H. Macy
Director Joel Coen
Studio MGM HOME ENT. (EUROPE) LTD.
Run time DVD: 1 hr 34 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 34 mins
LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 34 mins
Certificate Certificate 18 DVD
Certificate 18 LOVEFiLM Instant
Collections 100 Feisty Females, American Film Institute's top 100
Genres Thriller
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
LOVEFiLM Instant: English
Released Production year: 1996

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