Fargo 1996 MA15+
When
6.00 pm, Fri 28 Apr 2017 (98 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema A
About
In the dead of winter, police officer Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand) is investigating a chain of events that has left corpses across the bleak small-towns of Minnesota and North Dakota. Jerry Lundegaard (William H Macy) is a car salesman on the verge of bankruptcy. In desperate plan to settle his debt, he enlists two petty criminals (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife and screw over his father-in-law for the ransom. When plans go sour, the situation quickly escalates from the comic to tragic. The breakout film written and directed by Ethan and Joel Coen, Fargo was a sensation on its release and spawned an equally compelling television series. Frances McDormand won the Best Actress Oscar for her quirky and charming role and the darkly comic script won Best Original Screenplay.
MA15+ | Strong violence and coarse language
Production Credits
- Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (uncredited)
- Script: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
- Editors: Joel Coen (as 'Roderick Jaynes'), Ethan Coen (as 'Roderick Jaynes')
- Cast: Frances Mcdormand, William H Macy, Steve Buscemi
- Print Source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra
- Rights: Park Circus
- Year: 1996
- Runtime: 98 minutes
- Countries: United States, United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 35mm