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Fargo: Special Edition
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- Released
- 21/04/2003
- DVD Region
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2 (UK, Western Europe, Japan)
Also plays on multi-region DVD players
What region is right for me? - Film and TV Genre
- Drama, General
Description
Poor Jerry Lundegaard. He's deep in debt. His wealthy father-in-law has no respect for him. He cheats customers at the car dealership where he works. And now he's hired a bumbling duo to kidnap his wife--a plan that goes horribly awry, leading to homicide. Enter Marge Gunderson, one of the most fabulous movie cops in film history. The very-pregnant Marge--played marvelously by Frances McDormand in an Oscar-winning and career-defining performance--just goes about her everyday business, eating (in nearly every scene), talking to the people in the community, and examining bloody corpses as if no day is different from the next. A multiple murder in the small town of Brainerd, Minnesota--home of Paul Bunyan, as the sign claims--seems to have little effect on her. Yet she has an innate cop sense--she is very, very good at her job and determined to solve the case in her offhanded manner. FARGO is yet another offbeat, highly entertaining film from the Coen brothers (BARTON FINK, BLOOD SIMPLE). The film is nearly colorless; instead, director of photography Roger Deakins washes the screen in the blinding white of the snow, occasionally breaking for the drab grays and browns of police uniforms and winter jackets. Carter Burwell's score further enhances the slow, steady pace of this oddly funny and compelling film. The Coens have once again populated their film with a slew of bizarre characters, with outstanding performances delivered by all, particularly the edgy William H. Macy, the quietly luminous McDormand, the nearly psychotic Steve Buscemi, and the oh-so-cold Peter Stormare.
Plot Synopsis
A Minneapolis car salesman, desperately in debt, hires two thugs to kidnap his wife in the hope that his wealthy father-in-law will pay the ransom. Unfortunately things don't go according to plan.
Product Details
- Actors
- Frances McDormand
- Steve Buscemi
- Peter Stormare
- Harve Presnell
- William H. Macy
- Jose Feliciano
- Steve Park
- John Carroll Lynch
- Kristin Rudrud
- Director
- Joel Coen
- Audio Format
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
- Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 English French Spanish
- Award
- BAFTA - Best Direction 1997
- BAFTA - Best Direction 1997;Joel Coen
- OSCAR - Best Actress In A Leading Role 1997
- OSCAR - Best Actress In A Leading Role 1997;Frances McDormand
- OSCAR - Best Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen 1997
- OSCAR - Best Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen 1997;Ethan Coen
- OSCAR - Best Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen 1997;Joel Coen
- Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- English
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Run Time (minutes)
- 94
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.85 Wide Screen
- Film Format
- Anamorphic
- Disc Features
- American Cinematographer Article
- Audio Commentary With Roger Deakins
- Coen Brothers Family Tree
- Interview With The Coen Brothers
- Minnesota Nice Documentary
- Photo Gallery
- Trailers And TV Spot
- Trivia Track
- Film Rating (Australia)
- R18+
- Year of release
- 1996
- Film Rating (UK)
- 18
- Subtitle Language
- Croatian
- Czech
- Dutch
- English
- French
- Greek
- Hungarian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Language
- English
- Colour System
- PAL
- Cast & Crew
- Ethan Coen (Author)
- Carter Burwell (Composer)
- Mary Zophres (Costume Designer)
- Roger Deakins (Director of Photography)
- Ethan Coen (Producer)
- Ethan Coen (Screenwriter)
- Joel Coen (Screenwriter)
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