Fargo [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray//Blu-ray]

Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Joel Coen

Overview

Set in the snowy landscape of Fargo, Minnesota, this strange tale is as much a character study as an intricate crime drama. A bumbling car salesman hires two idiots to kidnap his wife. The kidnaping goes horribly wrong, and a deceptively simple, pregnant policewoman must apprehend the criminals.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/07/2023
UPC:	0826663223750
Original Release:	1996
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory
Language:	English
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	1,087

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Frances McDormand	Marge Gunderson
Steve Buscemi	Carl Showalter
William H. Macy	Jerry Lundegaard,Actor
Peter Stormare	Gaear Grimsrud
Harve Presnell	Wade Gustafson
Kristin Rudrud	Jean Lundegaard
John Carroll Lynch	Norm Gunderson
Steve Park	Mike Yanagita,Mike Yanagita
Tony Denman	Scotty Lundegaard
Warren Keith	Reilly Diefenbach
Larry Brandenburg	Stan Grossman
Bruce Bohne	Lou
Cliff Rakerd	Officer Olson
Jose Feliciano	Himself
Bain Boehlke	Mr. Mohra
Rose Stockton	Valerie
Gary Houston	Irate Customer
Sally Wingert	Irate Customer's Wife
Kurt Schweickhardt	Car Salesman
Larissa Kokernot	Hooker No. 1
Melissa Peterman	Hooker No. 2
Steve Edelman	Morning Show Host
Sharon Anderson	Morning Show Hostess,Victim in the Field
James Gaulke	State Trooper
Michelle Suzanne Le Doux	Victim in Car
Petra Boden	Cashier
Wayne Evenson	Customer
Jessica Shepherd	Hotel Clerk
Peter Schmitz	Airport Lot Attendant
Steve Shaefer	Mechanic
Michelle Hutchinson	Escort
David Lomax	Man in Hallway
Don William Skahill	Night Parking Attendant
Robert Ozasky	Bismarck Cop No. 1
John Bandemer	Bismarck Cop No. 2
Don Wescott	Bark Beetle Narrator
Steve Reevis	Shep Proudfoot
Kristin Rudrüd	Actor
Michelle LeDoux	Victim in Car
Bruce Campbell	Soap Opera Star on TV
Carter Burwell	Composer

Technical Credits

Joel Coen

Joel Coen	Director,Screenwriter,Screenwriter,Producer,Director,Producer
Tim Bevan	Executive Producer
Eric Fellner	Executive Producer
Jery Hewitt	Stunts
John Lyons	Casting
Paul Murphy	Special Effects
John Alagna	Special Effects
Michael Barry	Sound Effects
John Cameron	Producer
Allan Byer	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

The Coen brothers (Blood Simple, Barton Fink) scored their biggest critical success with this darkly funny thriller set in a small, winter-bound Minnesota town. The story revolves around a kidnapping that goes awry and the efforts of a quiet, efficient -- and very pregnant -- Fargo police chief (Frances McDormand) to solve a series of increasingly gruesome murders. McDormand won an Oscar for her marvelously understated portrayal of a kind-hearted, coffee-swilling sleuth, but the whole cast -- including William H. Macy and Steve Buscemi -- is superb, delivering the kind of offbeat, stylized performances that are a Coen brothers trademark. Music by regular Coen collaborator Carter Burwell sets a moody tone, beautifully evoking the long nights and frozen expanses of a Minnesota winter. Holding it all together is the directors' complete confidence in their own sensibility; despite the film's mainstream recognition -- it got an Oscar nomination for best picture -- Fargo shows no hint of Hollywood compromise. The film is distinguished by the brothers' unique and very black sense of humor, right down to the foot poking out of the wood chipper.