FARGO

 "FARGO" --- (1996) ---

MY THOUGHTS:
I love everything about this movie! The writing and the acting are incredibly well-done, and I've come to expect nothing less from Coen brothers. I never tire of watching it and I would highly recommend it to anyone (who has yet to watch it)!

SYNOPSIS:
" "Fargo" is a crime drama set in Minnesota in 1987. Jerry Lundegaard is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has gotten himself into debt and is so desperate for money that he hires two thugs, to kidnap his own wife. Jerry will collect the ransom from her wealthy father, paying the thugs a small portion and keeping the rest to satisfy his debts. The scheme collapses when the thugs shoot a state trooper."

STARRING:
Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare and Harve Presnell

SCREENPLAY:
Joel and Ethan Coen

DIRECTOR:
Joel and Ethan Coen

AWARDS & OTHER HONORS:
It was nominated for seven (7) Academy Awards and won two (2) of them, for:

"Best Actress" (Frances McDormand)
"Best Original Screenplay" (Joel and Ethan Coen)

It was nominated for thirty-nine (39) additional awards, from various entities, and won twenty-two (22) of them.

In 1998, it was ranked 84 in AFI's "100 Years ... 100 Movies."

In 2000, it was ranke #93 in AFI's "100 Years ... 100 Laughs."

In 2003, Marge Gunderson was ranke33 (Hero) in AFI's "100 Years ... 100 Heroes & Villains.

In 2006, it was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry at The Library of Congress.