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"Fargo" is a reality-based crime drama set in Minnesota in 1987. Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has gotten himself into debt and is so desperate for money that he hires two thugs (Steve Buscemi), (Peter Stormare) to kidnap his own wife. Jerry will collect the ransom from her wealthy father (Harve Presnell), paying the thugs a small portion and keeping the rest to satisfy his debts. The scheme collapses when the thugs shoot a state trooper.

1996 · 1h 38m

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"Fargo" is a reality-based crime drama set in Minnesota in 1987. Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has gotten himself into debt and is so desperate for money that he hires two thugs (Steve Buscemi), (Peter Stormare) to kidnap his own wife. Jerry will collect the ransom from her wealthy father (Harve Presnell), paying the thugs a small portion and keeping the rest to satisfy his debts. The scheme collapses when the thugs shoot a state trooper.

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Average 8.8
Reviews 109
Fresh 102
Rotten 7

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Studio
MGM
Released
1996
Run Time
1 hr 38 min
Rated
R
Regions of Origin
United States, United Kingdom
© 1996 ORION PICTURES CORPORATION

Languages

Original Audio
English, French
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Russian (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Traditional , Croatian , Czech , Dutch , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek , Hebrew , Hungarian , Italian (Italy) , Korean , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Thai , Turkish

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Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.