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- BFI identifier434393
- Date1995 (Copyright)
1996-05-31 (Release) - Production countryUSA, United Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisBased on true events of 1987. A Minneapolis car salesman decides to resolve his financial problems by hiring two ex-convicts to kidnap his wife. He calculates that his wealthy father-in-law will pay the ransom with which he will clear his debts. However, once underway, the kidnapping turns into murder, as other people become involved. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThe strange symbol (Prince's) listed in the cast (unreproducible here) refers to storyboard artist J. Todd Anderson.
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- CreditsDirector: Joel Coen
©: PolyGram Film Productions B.V.
Production Company: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
view all - CastFrances McDormand (Marge Gunderson)
William H. Macy (Jerry Lundegaard)
Steve Buscemi (Carl Showalter)
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Title
Fargo (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/9824-4212-BADD-A847-068B-1Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Polyester - Combined - Master
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: Screenplay - SCR-1616
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-434393
Small Pressbook held.
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Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-83c
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-tdi
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-5s6
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-5s5
view all - ArticlesEmpire n166 April 2003 - DVD ReviewAmerican Cinematographer v78 n6 June 1997 - InterviewPremiere v10 n2 October 1996 - NoteLegend n21 Summer 1996 - Soundtrack ReviewFilms in Review v47 n5/6 May/Jun 1996 - Credits, Reviewview all
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