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Frances McDormand and William H. Macy in...

Fargo

( Catalog Number 8006386931 )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

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Fargo
1996 - 98 min. - Color
Genre: Thriller
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
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.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Filmmaking siblings Joel Coen and Ethan Coen both embraced and poked satirical fun at their rural Minnesota roots with this comedy-drama-thriller that earned seven Oscar nominations, winning for Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay. Frances McDormand stars as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant police chief whose affable, folksy demeanor masks a whip-smart mind. When a pair of motorists are found slain not far from the corpse of a state trooper, Marge begins piecing together a case involving a pair of dopey would-be kidnappers, Carl (Steve Buscemi) and Gaear (Bergman stock player Peter Stormare). They've been hired by Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy), a car salesman under the thumb of his wealthy, overbearing boss and father-in-law Wade (Harve Presnell). Jerry's raised some money illegally through a petty scam he's run on General Motors and he's about to get caught. When Wade sours a business deal that could save his son-in-law's hide, the desperate Jerry hires Carl and Gaear to kidnap his wife and hold her for ransom. Things go predictably wrong and a series of murders occur, with Marge, waddling along behind her enormous belly and ever-hungering for an all-you-can-eat buffet, hot on the trail of the killers. Although the credits for Fargo (1996) state that the film is loosely based on real events, the story is entirely fictional, the claim being just an ironic jibe on the part of the Coens. --- Karl Williams

Fargo never seems to make up its mind if it wants to be an absurdist comedy or a stylized crime drama, and that's a big part of its charm: somehow it manages to be both at the same time. While the movie never shies away from the grim facts or consequences of the kidnapping and multiple murders at the core of the narrative, Fargo does manage to skate playfully into a dryly comic look at life in the frozen wastes of Minnesota, where cuisine is ruled by the buffet and folks really say "You betcha!" Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, former Minnesotans themselves, understand the physical and emotional landscape of the little town of Brainerd, and they seem to laugh both with it and at it; while they can't help but find humor in the nasal, Nordic drawl and implacably low-key nature of these people, Joel and Ethan seem genuinely to like them --- especially Police Chief Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand, in a deservedly Oscar-winning performance), whose perversely sunny disposition only partially obscures the fact that she's a clever, observant, and very effective cop. The Coens have even more fun (though of an edgier variety) with Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi, who steals every scene he's in), a weasely crook whose every word and gesture screams, "I'm Not From Around Here." Despite the film's assured comic sensibility, the Coens bring a nail-biting tension to the murder scenes, and William H. Macy's Jerry Lundergaard is a pathetically compelling mass of misguided motivation and bad choices. While most of their films are remarkable for a gymnastic visual style, the Coen Brothers give Fargo a stark, clean look that's the perfect match for the chilly near-monochrome of the snowy Midwestern landscape; Fargo looks less like a Coen Brothers film than anything else they've done, while defining their signature themes as clearly as anything else they've done. --- Mark Deming

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Cast for Fargo

Frances McDormand - Marge Gunderson
William H. Macy - Jerry Lundegaard
Steve Buscemi - Carl Showalter
Peter Stormare - Gaear Grimsrud
Harve Presnell - Wade Gustafson
John Carroll Lynch - Norm Gunderson
Stephen Park - Mike Yanagita
Kristin Rudrud - Jean Lundegaard
Cliff Rakerd - Officer Olson
Steve Reevis - Shep Proudfoot
Bruce Campbell - Soap Opera Star on TV
Gary Houston - Irate Customer
Jose Feliciano - Himself
Sharon Anderson - Morning Show Hostess
Warren Keith - Reilly Diefenbach
Larry Brandenburg - Stan Grossman

Crew for Fargo

Joel Coen - Director / Producer / Screenwriter
John Cameron - Producer
Ethan Coen - Producer / Screenwriter
Roger Deakins - Cinematographer
Carter Burwell - Composer (Music Score)
Roderick Jaynes - Editor
Rick Heinrichs - Production Designer
Thomas D. Wilkins - Art Director
Tim Bevan - Executive Producer
Eric Fellner - Executive Producer
Lauri Gaffin - Set Designer
Mary Zophres - Costume Designer
John Blake - Makeup
Paul Murphy - Special Effects
Michelangelo Csaba Bolla - First Assistant Director
Allan Byer - Sound/Sound Designer
John Lyons - Casting

Awards for Fargo

Best Actress (win) Frances McDormand 1996 Academy
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins 1996 Academy
Best Director Joel Coen 1996 Academy
Best Original Screenplay (win) Ethan Coen 1996 Academy
Best Original Screenplay (win) Joel Coen 1996 Academy
Best Picture (nom) Ethan Coen 1996 Academy
Best Supporting Actor William H. Macy 1996 Academy
Best Actress (win) Frances McDormand 1996 Broadcast Film Critics Association
Best Picture (win) 1996 Broadcast Film Critics Association
Best Director (nom) Joel Coen 1996 Directors Guild of America
Best Screenplay (win) Ethan Coen 1996 L.A. Film Critics Association
Best Screenplay (win) Joel Coen 1996 L.A. Film Critics Association
100 Greatest American Movies (win) 1998 American Film Institute

Feature Details

Title: Fargo
Feature Release Date: 1996
Genre: Thriller
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 98 Minutes
Chapters: 17
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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LD Release Date: 1 Oct 1996
Catalog Number: 8006386931
UPC: 780063869317
Manufacturer: DADC USA
Publisher: Polygram Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 8006386931-N
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Frances McDormand and William H. Macy in...

Fargo

( Catalog Number 8006386931 )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc

Fargo
1996 - 98 min. - Color
Genre: Thriller
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
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.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Filmmaking siblings Joel Coen and Ethan Coen both embraced and poked satirical fun at their rural Minnesota roots with this comedy-drama-thriller that earned seven Oscar nominations, winning for Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay. Frances McDormand stars as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant police chief whose affable, folksy demeanor masks a whip-smart mind. When a pair of motorists are found slain not far from the corpse of a state trooper, Marge begins piecing together a case involving a pair of dopey would-be kidnappers, Carl (Steve Buscemi) and Gaear (Bergman stock player Peter Stormare). They've been hired by Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy), a car salesman under the thumb of his wealthy, overbearing boss and father-in-law Wade (Harve Presnell). Jerry's raised some money illegally through a petty scam he's run on General Motors and he's about to get caught. When Wade sours a business deal that could save his son-in-law's hide, the desperate Jerry hires Carl and Gaear to kidnap his wife and hold her for ransom. Things go predictably wrong and a series of murders occur, with Marge, waddling along behind her enormous belly and ever-hungering for an all-you-can-eat buffet, hot on the trail of the killers. Although the credits for Fargo (1996) state that the film is loosely based on real events, the story is entirely fictional, the claim being just an ironic jibe on the part of the Coens. --- Karl Williams

Fargo never seems to make up its mind if it wants to be an absurdist comedy or a stylized crime drama, and that's a big part of its charm: somehow it manages to be both at the same time. While the movie never shies away from the grim facts or consequences of the kidnapping and multiple murders at the core of the narrative, Fargo does manage to skate playfully into a dryly comic look at life in the frozen wastes of Minnesota, where cuisine is ruled by the buffet and folks really say "You betcha!" Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, former Minnesotans themselves, understand the physical and emotional landscape of the little town of Brainerd, and they seem to laugh both with it and at it; while they can't help but find humor in the nasal, Nordic drawl and implacably low-key nature of these people, Joel and Ethan seem genuinely to like them --- especially Police Chief Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand, in a deservedly Oscar-winning performance), whose perversely sunny disposition only partially obscures the fact that she's a clever, observant, and very effective cop. The Coens have even more fun (though of an edgier variety) with Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi, who steals every scene he's in), a weasely crook whose every word and gesture screams, "I'm Not From Around Here." Despite the film's assured comic sensibility, the Coens bring a nail-biting tension to the murder scenes, and William H. Macy's Jerry Lundergaard is a pathetically compelling mass of misguided motivation and bad choices. While most of their films are remarkable for a gymnastic visual style, the Coen Brothers give Fargo a stark, clean look that's the perfect match for the chilly near-monochrome of the snowy Midwestern landscape; Fargo looks less like a Coen Brothers film than anything else they've done, while defining their signature themes as clearly as anything else they've done. --- Mark Deming

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Cast for Fargo

Frances McDormand - Marge Gunderson
William H. Macy - Jerry Lundegaard
Steve Buscemi - Carl Showalter
Peter Stormare - Gaear Grimsrud
Harve Presnell - Wade Gustafson
John Carroll Lynch - Norm Gunderson
Stephen Park - Mike Yanagita
Kristin Rudrud - Jean Lundegaard
Cliff Rakerd - Officer Olson
Steve Reevis - Shep Proudfoot
Bruce Campbell - Soap Opera Star on TV
Gary Houston - Irate Customer
Jose Feliciano - Himself
Sharon Anderson - Morning Show Hostess
Warren Keith - Reilly Diefenbach
Larry Brandenburg - Stan Grossman

Crew for Fargo

Joel Coen - Director / Producer / Screenwriter
John Cameron - Producer
Ethan Coen - Producer / Screenwriter
Roger Deakins - Cinematographer
Carter Burwell - Composer (Music Score)
Roderick Jaynes - Editor
Rick Heinrichs - Production Designer
Thomas D. Wilkins - Art Director
Tim Bevan - Executive Producer
Eric Fellner - Executive Producer
Lauri Gaffin - Set Designer
Mary Zophres - Costume Designer
John Blake - Makeup
Paul Murphy - Special Effects
Michelangelo Csaba Bolla - First Assistant Director
Allan Byer - Sound/Sound Designer
John Lyons - Casting

Awards for Fargo

Best Actress (win) Frances McDormand 1996 Academy
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins 1996 Academy
Best Director Joel Coen 1996 Academy
Best Original Screenplay (win) Ethan Coen 1996 Academy
Best Original Screenplay (win) Joel Coen 1996 Academy
Best Picture (nom) Ethan Coen 1996 Academy
Best Supporting Actor William H. Macy 1996 Academy
Best Actress (win) Frances McDormand 1996 Broadcast Film Critics Association
Best Picture (win) 1996 Broadcast Film Critics Association
Best Director (nom) Joel Coen 1996 Directors Guild of America
Best Screenplay (win) Ethan Coen 1996 L.A. Film Critics Association
Best Screenplay (win) Joel Coen 1996 L.A. Film Critics Association
100 Greatest American Movies (win) 1998 American Film Institute

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