Fargo
Summary: Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Runtime: 1 h 38 min
MPAA: R
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 7,000,000
Domestic: $ 24,611,975
International: $ 36,000,000
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1980s20th centuryaccountantairportalienated sexualityalienationamericanaangerarrestartistassaultauto mechanicautomobileaxebag over headbalancing family and careerbanalitybankerbarbare breastsbare buttbare chested malebartenderbased on supposedly true storybeatingbeltbelt whippingbeltingbismarck north dakotabitingblack comedybloodblood splatterblurred boundariesbody in a chipperbody in a trunkbotched crimebreaking a glass windowbreaking and enteringbriberybroken televisionbruisebrutalitybuddybuffetcabincarcar chasecar crashcar dealercar salesmancar won't startcharacter says i love youchild swearingcigarette smokingcop dramacorpsecrime gone awrycrowbarcrushcult classiccult directorcult filmdark comedydeathdeath threatdeceptiondeeply disturbed persondepravitydevoted coupledinerdirector also editordismembermentdoubledouble crossdriving a cardual protagonistdualitydumb criminaldysfunctional familyearthwormengine troubleepistemologyescortex convictexpectant fatherexpectant motherf wordfailure to communicatefalling down stairsfalse promise of the american dreamfamous scorefarcefargo north dakotafast food restaurantfather daughter relationshipfather in lawfather in law son in law relationshipfather son relationshipfemale nudityfemale police officerfemale police officer deceasedfemale protagonistfemale rear nudityfeministfidelityfoot chasefordford carford motor vehiclefraudfrozen lakegash in the facegoregrand guignolgreedgungunshot woundheld at gunpointheroinehidden gunhiding in a bathroomhooded victimhotelhusband wife relationshiphyperrealismice hockeyindependent filminner turmoilkicked in the facekidnappingknittingknocked unconsciouslielifting a female into the airlifting an adult into the airlifting someone into the airlocation in titlelonelinessman cooks for a womanman hits a womanman wears underwearmarital fidelitymarlboro manmarriagemarried to a police officermechanicmetafictionmiddle americaminneapolis minnesotaminnesotamirrormisperceptionmoneymorning sicknessmotelmother son relationshipmulching someonemurdermurder by gunshotmurder for hiremurder of a police officermurder of an innocent personmurdered with an axenational film registrynative americannative american manneo noirnightnorth dakotanorwegian americannudityoff screen murderoldsmobileoldsmobile motor vehicleone word titleoverturning carpainterpair of killerspancakepancake houseparking garagepastichepaul bunyan statuepay phonepistolplace name in titleplayactingplayboy magazineplaying poolpolicepolice arrestpolice carpolice chiefpolice corruptionpolice investigationpolice officerpolice officer shot in the headpolice proceduralpolice procedural crimepolice stationpolice uniformpregnancypregnant female police officerpregnant police officerpregnant wifepremarital sexproduced by directorprofanityprostitutepsychological disintegrationpsychopathpunched in the faceracial slurrageransomransom moneyreality versus fantasyreference to mcdonald'sremorserestaurantrevolverripping a telephone from the wallrole playingrunning into a treerural settingsacrificescene of the crimesecludedsevered legsex sceneshooting a girlshooting a police officershot in the backshot in the chestshot in the faceshot in the headshot in the legshot repeatedlyshot to deathshower curtainsingersingingsiren the alarmski masksmall townsmall town americanasnowsociopathstatuestolen carstolen license platestopped by policestrangulationstrong languagesuitcasesuitcase full of moneyswearingswedish americantall taletelevisiontied uptimeframe 1980stimeframe 20th centurytitle spoken by charactertragic eventtrickstertruthtv dinneru.s. carunintended consequencesunited states of americaviolencewatching tvweaponwhippingwinterwitnesswoman wears a uniformwoodchipperwritten by directorwritten by produceryear 1987
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