Fargo (1996)
Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
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Jerry Lundegaard -
Carl Showalter -
Gaear Grimsrud -
Jean Lundegaard -
Wade Gustafson -
Scotty Lundegaard -
Irate Customer -
Irate Customer's Wife -
Car Salesman
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Hooker #1
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Hooker #2 -
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Morning Show Host
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Morning Show Hostess
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Directors:
Joel Coen , Ethan CoenWriters:
Ethan Coen, Joel CoenAll Cast & Crew
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The scene where Marge bends over to vomit, and her partner Lou says, "You ok there Margie?", And she says "Yeah, just morning sickness," is supposed to spoof the scene in most thrillers where the rookie female cop sees the crime scene for the first time and vomits (Silence of the Lambs, the Practice, etc). In this movie she vomits but it's just morning sickness; then she straightens herself up quickly and then says, "well that passed quickly". With this scene the Coen brothers are shattering two stereotypes 1) that women are too weak to handle crime scenes like this and 2) that pregnant women can't function effectively in their jobs. It's also pretty amazing there isn't a scene where Margie says "uh-oh, my water just broke!" Unexpectedly in the middle of some key piece of action. That happens in nearly every movie or TV show with a pregnant character in it: the pregnant woman's water always breaks unexpectedly early, during some moment of crisis, leaving the other characters to scramble to get her to the hospital. In this movie she functions totally normally as a pregnant woman, they spare us the annoying "uh-oh my water just broke" scene, and then she has the baby offscreen later, at the right time when she's supposed to, without any problems. All of this is very unique in the world of movies and television.
Quotes
Jerry Lundegaard:
I'm, uh, Jerry Lundegaard.
Carl Showalter:
You're Jerry Lundegaard?
Jerry Lundegaard:
Ya. Shep Proudfoot said...
Carl Showalter:
Shep said you'd be here at 7:30. What gives, man?
Jerry Lundegaard:
Shep said 8:30.
Carl Showalter:
We've been sitting here an hour. He's
Carl Showalter:
peed three times already.
Jerry Lundegaard:
I'm sure sorry. Shep told me 8:30. It was a ...
Goofs
The irate customer says he was paying "Ninteen Five for that car!". The MSRP for a loaded brand new 1987 Cutlass Cierra was $12,357 which the customer would have seen on the window sticker and far below his original quote.
Crazy Credits
The original editing credit for this film was "Roderick Jaynes," a fictitious creation of the Coen Brothers, who edit all their own films with only occasional assistance. Jaynes actually received an Academy Award nomination for his work on this film, but did not win.
Alternate Versions
In the version showed in Dutch theaters the scene where the cop gets shot in the head differs. The scene is not close-up and in it a part from the trooper's skull flies off.
Soundtracks
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak TreeWritten by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown
Larball Publishing Co., Inc./
Irwin Levine Grand Music
Recording courtesy Alshire International
Storyline
Plot Summary
Synopsis (WARNING: Spoilers)
Genres
Crime | Drama | ThrillerDetails
Release Date:
5 April 1996Language
English
Country of Origin
USA, UKFilming Locations
Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, Chanhassen, Minnesota, USABox Office
Budget:
$7,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$730,265 10 March 1996
Gross USA:
$24,611,975
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$60,611,975
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