Fargo
1996 · 98 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · 750,319 VOTES · DIR. Joel Coen
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!
Dialogue Timeline — 704 lines
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00:20:57 If I'm only getting bank interest, I want complete security. Heck, FDIC.
00:26:41 You're required to display temporary tags
00:32:59 I'll fix you some eggs.
00:35:30 there's a high-speed pursuit, ends here, and then this execution-type deal.
00:37:21 I figure they shot him before he could finish filling out the tag number.
00:39:16 - We gotta just bite the bullet on this thing. - Yeah.
00:42:50 Thanks, Myra.
00:44:37 - Was he funny-Iookin' apart from that? - Yah.
00:46:28 I'm turning in, Norm.
00:48:17 Were you thinking of financing here? You aware of this GMAC plan? Its super.
00:50:10 - Yah. - Good day, sir.
00:53:09 Yup, you sure do, Mrs Gunderson.
00:56:13 Nope.
00:58:37 No, I don't need a mechanic. I need a...
01:00:42 - Don't have to turn my neck. - Oh, sure, sure. I understand.
01:02:34 And then... I've been so Ionely.
01:04:44 Hey, smoke a fucking peace pipe! Wait! Don't you dare fucking hit me!
01:07:18 You happy now, asshole? Whats with you people?
01:11:57 Anyway, he's drinkin' at the bar, so I don't think a great deal of it.
01:16:53 I understand. I'll keep it real short, then.
01:18:55 Ah, what the Christ. Jesus!
01:21:43 I'm takin' that fuckin' car. That fucker's mine, you fuckin' asshole.
01:26:58 Don't you know that?
01:30:19 Two more months.
Cast & Characters
William H. Macy
Jerry Lundegaard
Frances McDormand
Marge Gunderson
Steve Buscemi
Carl Showalter
Peter Stormare
Gaear Grimsrud
Kristin Rudrüd
Jean Lundegaard
Harve Presnell
Wade Gustafson
Tony Denman
Scotty Lundegaard
Gary Houston
Irate Customer
Sally Wingert
Irate Customer's Wife
Kurt Schweickhardt
Car Salesman
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed704
Dialogue density7.2 lines / min
First line00:20:57
Final line01:30:19
Production Record
DirectorJoel Coen
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7,000,000
Revenue$60,611,975
IMDb votes750,319