Watch NowFargo (1996)
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A lot can happen in the middle of nowhere.
Overview
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
- Joel CoenDirector, Screenplay
- Ethan CoenScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$7,000,000
Revenue
$60,611,975
Keywords
- salesclerk
- unsociability
- police
- cheating
- ransom
- winter
- kidnapping
- minnesota
- dark comedy
- north dakota
- money
- murder
- police officer
- car dealership
- woodchipper
- macabre
- false history
- neo-noir
- complex
- minneapolis
Top Billed Cast
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
Kristin Rudrüd
Jean Lundegaard
Bruce Bohne
Lou
Steve Reevis
Shep Proudfoot
Steve Park
Mike Yanagita
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