Fargo (1996)

Released Date
March 8, 1996
Distributor
Gramercy Pictures (I)
Genre
Drama
Rating
R
Budget
$7,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$24,611,975 + $36,000,000 = $60,611,975
74
William H. Macy

as Jerry Lundegaard

66
Steve Buscemi

as Carl Showalter

66
Frances McDormand

as Marge Gunderson

70
Peter Stormare

as Gaear Grimsrud

60
John Carroll Lynch

as Norm Gunderson

1933-2009
Harve Presnell

as Wade Gustafson

About Fargo (1996)

Minnesota car salesman 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.

About

Coen Brothers film in which police sergeant Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand) investigates roadside homicides that occurs after a desperate car salesman hires criminals to kidnap his wife. 

Trivia

The movie won the 1996 Cannes Film Festival's Best Director Award and was nominated for the Palme d'Or. It earned seven Academy Award nominations, winning two for Best Actress (McDormand) and Best Original Screenplay. The TV series Fargo is loosely based on the film.