Fargo [videorecording - DVD]

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: USA : Polygram films, 1996Description: 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd, col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Production credits:
  • Directed by Joel Coen ; Written by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
Awards:
  • Nominated for 7 Oscars
Cast: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand and Steve BuscemiAbstract: Jerry works in his father-in-law's car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn't seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the bloodshed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from Brainerd, MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction
List(s) this item appears in: Wellpark - Multimedia - Film Fiction
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Directed by Joel Coen ; Written by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen

William H. Macy, Frances McDormand and Steve Buscemi

Jerry works in his father-in-law's car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn't seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the bloodshed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from Brainerd, MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction

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Nominated for 7 Oscars

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