Fargo (1996)

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R | 1 hr 35 mins | Comedy, Drama, Mystery | Released: 3/8/1996 |Box Office Total: $24.5M

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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.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
3/8/1996

Director	Credit
Joel Coen	Director
Cast	Credit
Frances McDormand	Marge Gunderson
William H. Macy	Jerry Lundegaard
Steve Buscemi	Carl Rolvaag
Peter Stormare	Gaear Grimsrud
Kristen Rudrud	Jean Lundegaard
Harve Presnell	Wade Gustafson
Tony Denman	Scotty Lundegaard
Gary Houston	Irate Customer
Sally Wingert	Irate Customer's Wife
Kurt Schweickhardt	Car Salesman
Larissa Kokernot	Hooker No 1
Melissa Peterman	Hooker No 2
Steven Reevis	Shep Proudfoot
Warren Keith	Reilly Diefenbach
Steve Edelman	Morning Show Host
Sharon Anderson	Morning Show Hostess
Larry Brandenburg	Stan Grossman
James Gaulke	State Trooper
Michelle Suzanne LeDoux	Victim in Car
John Carroll Lynch	Norm Gunderson
Bruce Bohne	Lou
Petra Boden	Cashier
Steve Park	Mike Yanagita
Wayne Evenson	Customer
Cliff Rakerd	Officer Olson
Jessica Shepherd	Hotel Clerk
Peter Schmitz	Airport Lot Attendant
Steve Shaefer	Mechanic
Michelle Hutchinson	Escort
David Lomax	Man in Hallway
Jose Feliciano	Himself
Don William Skahill	Night Parking Attendant
Bain Boehlke	Mr Mohra
Rose Stockton	Valerie
Robert Ozasky	Bismarck Cop No 1
John Ttndemer	Bismarck Cop No 2
Don Wescott	Bark Beetle Narrator
Production Credits	Credit
Tim Bevan	Executive Producer
Ethan Coen	Producer
Eric Fellner	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
WT2	Production Company
Polygram Films International	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Gramercy Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
All Right Film	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Meteor Film/Polygram Filmed Entertainement	Theatrical Distributor
MGM/UA Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Writer	Credit
Ethan Coen	Screenplay
Joel Coen	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Charles Vogel	Post-Production Accountant
Mindy Sheldon	Production Accountant
Dana Kelley	Assistant Accountant
John Albrecht	Accountant - payroll accountant
Art Department	Credit
Jeff Murphy	Art Department - sculptor
John David Paul	Assistant Art Director
Stephen J Readmond	Set Dresser - on-set dresser
Susan J Tveit	Art Department Coordinator
Ben Woolverton	Lead Person - leadman
Rick Heinrichs	Production Designer
Lauri Gaffin	Set Decorator
Maria Baker	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Thomas Wilkins	Art Director
J Todd Anderson	Storyboard Artist
Beth Edelstein	Art Department - sculptor
Jeffrey Daniels	Set Dresser
Joseph F Ferraro	Set Dresser
Steve Speers	Set Dresser
Bob Wiesner	Set Dresser
Jill Stevenson	Set Dresser - set dressing buyer
Casting	Credit
John S. Lyons	Casting
Jane Brody	Location Casting
Christine Sheaks	Casting Associate
Sandra D Dawes	Extras Casting
Kathleen Chopin	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Craft Services	Credit
Clement Baque	Catering - caterer
Dan Runyon	Craft Service
Eric Vignando	Catering - caterer
Michelle LeDoux	Craft Service
Jose Solorzano	Catering - caterer
Film Camera	Credit
Timothy O'Toole	Video Playback
Andy Harris	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Bill Schwab	Projectionist - location projectionist
Jim Bridges	Photography - still photographer
Ed Dally	Camera - film loader
Robin Brown	Camera Operator
Roger Deakins	Director of Photography
Michael Tacket	Photography - still photographer
Adam Gilmore	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Polygram Films International	Worldwide Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Carter Burwell	Music
Emile Charlap	Music Contractor
Todd Kassow	Music Editor
Shari Schwartz	Music Editor - associate music editor
Carter Burnell	Music - music orchestrator and conductor
Michael Farrow	Music - music scoring mixer
Physical Effects	Credit
Wilfred Caban	Pyrotechnics - pyrotechnician
Jery Hewitt	Stunt Coordinator
Jery Hewitt	Stunt Player
Jennifer Lamb	Stunt Player
Danny Downey	Stunt Player
Production Management	Credit
Cheryl M Broussard	Assistant Production Coordinator
Michelangelo Csaba Bolla	Assistant Director
John Cameron	Line Producer
Karen Ruth Getchell	Production Coordinator
Gilly Ruben	Unit Production Manager
Stuart Skrien	Location Assistant
Robert Graf	Location Manager
Margaret Hayes	Post-Production Supervisor
Rachell T Kapel	Assistant Location Manager
T Kukovinski	Script Supervisor
Donald J Koshiol	Location Assistant
James Allan Hensz	Assistant Director
Daniel Geiger	Location Assistant - location assistant editor
Brian O'Kelley	Assistant Director
Donald W Murphy	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Joe Everett	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Knox Grantham White	Sound - utility sound technician
Bruce Pross	Foley Editor
Michael Barry	Rerecording Mixer - rerecordist mixer
Todd Milner	Assistant Sound Editor
Kenton Jakub	ADR Editor
Ken J Johnson	Sound Effects - sound effects recordist
Marko Costanzo	Foley Artist
Allan Byer	Sound Mixer
Ezra Dweck	Foley Mixer
Peter Kurland	Boom Operator
Skip Lievsay	Sound Editor - associate sound editor
Ben Cheah	Sound Effects - sound effects recordist
Skip Lievsay	Rerecording Mixer - rerecordist mixer
Dan Evans Farcus	Assistant Sound Editor
Eugene Gearty	Sound - sound special effects editor
Frank Kern	Foley Editor
Keenan Wyatt	Boom Operator
Steven Visscher	Foley Editor
Lewis Goldstein	Sound - sound special effects editor
Glenfield Payne	Sound - sound special effects editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Bradford Richardson	Graphic Artist
Paul Murphy	Special Effects Coordinator
Bruce R Anderson	Special Effects - special effects technician
Joe Carroll	Special Effects - special effects technician
Michael Kranz	Special Effects - special effects technician
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Virginia Burton	Costumes - costumer
Sister Daniels	Costume Supervisor
Daniel Curet	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
John Blake	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist
Mary Zophres	Costume Designer

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