Fargo (1996)
| Release Date | 08 March 1996 |
| Budget | $7,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $26,000,000 |
| Tagline | A homespun murder story. |
| Genre | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Bathgate, North Dakota, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Dolby SR |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Crime Comedy, Black Comedy, Americana |
| Mood | Comedy on the Edge |
| Themes | Crime Gone Awry, Kidnapping |
| Tones | Wintry, Deadpan, Quirky, Witty, Affectionate |
| Tags | Con/scam, Ex Convict, Finances, Greed, Investigation, Investigator, Kidnap, Kill, Midwestern, Murder, Murder For Hire, Police, Ransom, Wife |
Fargo is a 1996 American dark comedy-crime film produced, directed and written by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Frances McDormand as a pregnant police chief who investigates a series of homicides, William H. Macy as a car salesman who hires two criminals to kidnap his wife, Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare as the criminals, and Harve Presnell as the salesman's father-in-law.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Kristin Rudrüd
Jean Lundegaard
Sally Wingert
Irate Customer's Wife
Kurt Schweickhardt
Car Salesman
Larissa Kokernot
Hooker #1
Steve Edelman
Morning Show Host
Sharon Anderson
Morning Show Hostess
James Gaulke
State Trooper
J. Todd Anderson
Victim in the Field
Michelle Suzanne LeDoux
Victim in Car
Bruce Bohne
Officer Lou
Petra Boden
Cashier
Wayne A. Evenson
Customer
Cliff Rakerd
Officer Olson
Jessica Shepherd
Hotel Clerk
Peter Schmitz
Airport Lot Attendant
Steven I. Schafer
Mechanic
Michelle Hutchison
Escort
David S. Lomax
Man in Hallway
Bix Skahill
Night Parking Attendant
Bain Boehlke
Mr. Mohra - Bartender in Driveway
Rose Stockton
Valerie
Robert Ozasky
Bismarck Cop #1
John Bandemer
Bismarck Cop #2
Don Wescott
Bark Beetle Narrator
Clifford Nelson
Heavyset Man In Bar
Director
Writer
Producer
John Cameron
line producer
Eric Fellner
executive producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Roger Deakins
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Editor
Casting Director
John S. Lyons
Production Designer
Rick Heinrichs
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Art Director
Thomas P. Wilkins
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Set Decorator
Lauri Gaffin
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Costume Designer
Mary Zophres
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Makeup Department
John Blake
key makeup artist
Daniel Curet
key hair stylist
Bart Mixon
special makeup effects artist
Production Manager
Margaret Hayes
post-production supervisor
Gilly Ruben
unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michelangelo Csaba Bolla
first assistant director
James Alan Hensz
second assistant director
Donald Murphy
second second assistant director
Brian O'Kelley
second assistant director
Art Department
J. Todd Anderson
storyboard artist
Robb T. Anderson
carpenter
Maria L. Baker
art department assistant
Gregory Banks
carpenter
Curtis Baruth
construction coordinator
Brian Bebler
carpenter
Dwight Benjamin-Creel
property master
Denise Boquist
painter
Thomas Christianson
painter
Joe Connolly
assistant property master
Jeffrey Daniels
set dresser
Beth Edelstein
painter, sculptor
Kirk Erickson
carpenter
Joseph F. Ferraro
set dresser
Andrew Foster
carpenter
Paul Hankey
carpenter
Anne Hyvarinen
lead scenic
Kay Kropp
painter
Sydney Ann Lunn
property assistant
Jeff Murphy
sculptor
Patrick L. Owen
carpenter
Gene Palusky
carpenter
John David Paul
assistant art director
Stephen J. Readmond
on-set dresser
Bradford Richardson
graphic artist
Tim Schwob
construction foreman
Joseph Skala
carpenter
Steve Speers
set dresser
Jill Stevenson
set dressing buyer
Amy Thornberry
assistant lead scenic
Susan J. Tveit
art department coordinator
Gerald S. Upham
carpenter
Bob Wiesner
set dresser
Ben Woolverton
lead man
David K. Pederson
painter
Sound Department
Michael Barry
sound re-recording mixer
Allan Byer
sound mixer
Benjamin Cheah
sound effects recordist
Marko A. Costanzo
foley artist
Ezra Dweck
foley mixer
Dan Evans Farkas
assistant sound editor
Eugene Gearty
sound effects editor
Lewis Goldstein
sound effects editor
Bradford L. Hohle
stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Kenton Jakub
adr editor
Ken J. Johnson
sound effects recordist
Frank Kern
foley editor
Peter F. Kurland
boom operator
Skip Lievsay
sound re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor
Kimberly R. McCord-Wilson
apprentice sound editor
Todd Milner
assistant sound editor
Glenfield Payne
sound effects editor
Bruce Pross
foley editor
Fred Rosenberg
dialogue editor
Steven Visscher
foley editor
Magdaline Volaitis
dialogue editor
Knox White
utility sound technician
Keenan Wyatt
boom operator
Special Effects
Bruce R. Anderson
special effects technician
Wilfred Caban
pyrotechnician
Joe Carroll
special effects technician
Michael Kranz
special effects technician
Paul Murphy
special effects coordinator
Dieter Sturm
special effects snowmaker
Yvonne Sturm
snowmaker
Visual Effects
John Alagna
opticals
Stunts
Danny Downey
stunts
Jery Hewitt
stunt coordinator, stunts
Jennifer Lamb
stunts
Eddie L. Watkins
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Jim Bridges
still photographer
Robin Brown
director of photography: second unit, camera operator
Peter Clemence
best boy grip
Tony Corapi
electrician
Ed Dally
film loader
Milo Durben
dolly grip
Tom Franchett
electrician
Adam Gilmore
second assistant camera
Andy Harris
first assistant camera
William H. Hobson
company grip
Jeremy Knaster
best boy electric
Mitchell Andrew Lillian
key grip
William Moore
rigging gaffer
Bill O'Leary
chief lighting technician
Timothy O'Toole
video playback operator
Joseph Slagerman
company grip
Michael Tackett
still photographer
Niel Williams
company grip
Casting Department
Jane Brody
location casting
Kathleen Chopin
casting assistant
Sandra Dawes
extras casting
Christine Sheaks
casting associate
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Virginia Burton
costumer
Sister A. Daniels
costume supervisor
Editorial Department
Nick Dibeneditto
negative cutter
David Diliberto
first assistant editor
Daniel J. Geiger
location assistant editor
Alma Kuttruff
apprentice editor
Music Department
Emile Charlap
music contractor
Edmund Choi
assistant to composer
Michael Farrow
score mixer
Todd Kasow
music editor
Paul Peabody
musician: violin
Shari Schwartz
associate music editor
John Moses
musician: clarinet
Transportation Department
Dave Amberik
driver
Michael Arnold
picture car coordinator
Keith Carlson
driver
Dave Drentlaw
driver
Wade P. Ehlen
driver
David F. Evans
driver
Scott Michael Johnson
driver
Michael Kennedy
transportation coordinator
Frank Ketchum
transportation captain
Eugene Kirsch
driver
Peter L. Mullin
picture car assistant
Ivy Poulliot
driver
John Rehborg
driver
Marti Smith
driver
Tommy Ray Smith
driver
Other Crew
John Albrecht
payroll accountant
Randall Balsmeyer
title designer
Clement Baque
caterer
Cheryl Broussard
assistant production coordinator
Mark Demarais
set production assistant
Daniel J. Dustin
set medic
Joe Everett
unit publicist
Mimi Everett
title designer
Jane Frazer
head of production: Working Title
Kurt W. Gensmer
set medic
Karen Ruth Getchell
production coordinator
Robert Graf
location manager
Senor Greazer
meat dinner MC
Dave Halls
set production assistant
Elizabeth Himelstein
dialect coach
Carlos José Ibarra
mechanic
Dana Kelley
assistant accountant
Donald J. Koshiol
location assistant
T. Kukovinski
script supervisor
Michelle Suzanne LeDoux
craft service
Rachel Lynn
assistant location manager
Angela Morrison
head of business affairs: Working Title
Albert G. Ruben
insurance
Dan Runyon
craft service
Bill Schwab
location projectionist
Mindy Sheldon
production accountant
Jessica Shepherd
set production assistant
Bix Skahill
office production assistant
Stuart Skrien
location assistant
Jose Solorzano
caterer
Eric Vignando
caterer
Charlie Vogel
post-production accountant
Jeffrey Abramson
pre-production intern
Christopher P. Jacobs
location projectionist: Grand Forks
Kelly Nathe
photo double: Jean Lundegaard
William Preston Robertson
field interviewer/archivist for Minnesota accents, meat dinner MC
Thanks
Mark Cady
special thanks
David Daugherty
special thanks
Deana Elwell
special thanks
Rick Finkelstein
special thanks
Peter D. Graves
special thanks
Julie Hartley
special thanks
James Hautman
special thanks
Robert Hautman
special thanks
Michael Kuhn
special thanks
Aline Perry
special thanks
Malcolm Ritchie
special thanks
Russell Schwartz
special thanks
Stewart Till
special thanks
Mark Wolfe
special thanks
Production Company
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Working Title Films
Gramercy Pictures
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Distributor
Gramercy Pictures
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Ascot Elite Entertainment Group
Channel Four
Chapel Distribution
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Concorde Home Entertainment
Concorde-Castle RockTurner
Elliniki Kinimatografiki Enosi (ELKE)
FS Film Oy
Finnkino Oy
Gativideo
Home Video Hellas (HVH)
Líder Films
MGM Home Entertainment
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
Nelonen
Odeon
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Distribution
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
PolyGram Video
Polygram Filmed Entertainment
REP Distribution
Rizzoli Corriere della Sera Home Video (RCS)
Sogepaq Distribución
Svensk Filmindustri (SF)
Top Tape
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Vitória Filmes
Special Effects
Computer Film Company, The (CFC)
Sturm's Special Effects International
Miscellaneous
Albinsons
special thanks
Balsmeyer and Everett
titles
C-5
post-production sound
Costumes and Creatures
special thanks
Effects House, The
opticals
Entertainment Motion Picture Catering
catering
Helly-Hansen
special thanks
Insurance Services Inc.
insurance
International Film Guarantors
completion bond services
Juniper Post
ADR recording
Minnesota Department of Transportation
special thanks
Minnesota Film Board
special thanks
Municipal Parking Inc.
special thanks
N&D Film and Video
negative cutting
North Dakota Film Commission
special thanks
Otto Nemenz International
camera rental
Paskal Lighting
lighting equipment
Polaris Industries
special thanks
Rescue Resources
set medical services
Rollins Hudig Hall
insurance
Sapex Scripts
post-production script services
Sound One Corporation
post-production sound
Sureway Air Express
special thanks
Wow & Flutter
ADR recording
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