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| Fargo (Special Edition) [1996] | ![Fargo (Special Edition) [1996]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41H4K6PSX1L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Actors: Frances Mcdormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Harve Presnell
Studio: MGM Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 1223
Format: Colour, Pal, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: Czech (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Running Time: 98 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050070008357
ASIN: B00008AWT1
Theatrical Release Date: March 8, 1996
Release Date: April 21, 2003
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Condition: This dvd is in good condition
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Leave it to the wildly inventive Coen brothers to concoct a fiendishly clever kidnap caper with Fargo that's simultaneously a comedy of errors, a Midwestern satire, a taut suspense thriller and a violent tale of criminal misfortune. It all begins when a hapless car salesman (played to perfection by William H. Macy) ineptly orchestrates the kidnapping of his own wife. The plan goes horribly awry in the hands of bumbling bad guys Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare (one of them being described by a local girl as "kinda funny lookin'" and "not circumcised"), and the pregnant sheriff of Brainerd, Minnesota, (played exquisitely by Frances McDormand in an Oscar-winning role) is suddenly faced with a case of multiple murders. Her investigation is laced with offbeat observations about life in the rural hinterland of Minnesota and North Dakota, and Fargo embraces its local yokels with affectionate humour. At times shocking and hilarious, this is utterly unique and distinctly American, bearing the unmistakable stamp of its inspired creators. --Jeff ShannonOn the DVD:Fargo, Special Edition presents the movie in anamorphic widescreen (16:9) with Dolby 5.1 available in a choice of English, French or Spanish. Extras include a rare 20-minute interview with the Coens and Frances McDormand, dating from the time of the movie's release, and the 27-minute retrospective documentary, "Minnesota Nice", which has more interviews with the principal cast and crew. There's a "Coen Brothers' Family Tree" listing actors who have collaborated with the duo, and an on-screen trivia track which, among other nuggets, provides a history of pancakes after Peter Stormare's character famously demands "Where is pancakes house?". Cinematographer Roger Deakins provides an intermittent commentary mostly concerned with technical issues. The text of an American Cinematographer article about Deakins and the Coens, trailers and a behind-the-scenes photo gallery complete the package. --Mark Walker
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 Wonderful film by Coen Brothers... July 5, 2008
Fargo is the name of a small town in Dakota US. The movie takes place in Fargo and is about a man who is a car dealer and desperately in need of money. He plans to raise the money by kidnapping his own wife via some thugs and squeezing money from his father-in-law. Things take a different turn from the plan creating mayhem and shedding a lot of blood. The small town life of an ordinary US citizen is well portrayed in the film. Mostly middle aged and living in reasonably comfortable lives the common people are leading easy-going lives. There are also those who lead wandering lives, no cash, no home, no real friends or nothing. Spectacular personalities deserving focus are the prostitutes who are least concerned with life, they have graduated from high school and their life is terminated. No money, no prospects, no more education. Also deserving focus is the illegal dealer and car mechanic on parole "Chef". He is the typical suspect as he is of Indian origin and once condemned so always under the sword of Damocles--the US law-- . Detective Marge who is more than a country detective showing signs of brilliance in detection capability and reasoning, exploits this situation by her cunning approach. The usage of English is quite interesting among locals. In all her interviews the detective uses and hears "Yah!" instead of a yes. The film gets the events from real life incidents happened on separate occasions. Once you choose the illegal way you have to consider all the possible consequences as there is no limit. Once you have trodden on the mire you can not step back. You can choose that way if you have a logical reasoning but be warned!
 Coens, Coons and Raccoons in South Dakota June 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Take a sordid crime story, but something really bleak, gross, more than anything you can think of as trashy, disgusting, sickening, etc and entrust the story to the Coen Brothers to make it a comic thriller and you might get some kind of funny, humorous and hilarious film with blood everywhere, victims everywhere, one million dollars playing hooky in some snow landscape, a pregnant sheriff that is loaded to the very brim and is still smiling and going though not running. And mind you they do not miss one detail. Neither the shot through the top of the skull and the blood geyser out of it. Nor the body in the wood chipper with one foot with its sock still on sticking out. Nor the meal of the sheriff: she is obviously expecting quintuplets, even maybe two sets of quintuplets. And the sheriff's husband is a painter: he paints stamps for the post office, I guess among other great projects. You will learn that DLR means Dealer. That's important. And what else? So much that you would get dizzy if I started quoting them all and you would have no surprise. And it is a true story. Crime for the dummies, I guess, crime made easy and pleasurable. A great moment of fun.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
An excellent, funny, disturbing movie August 8, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I put Fargo up there with the best. The Coens are young and productive, so it will be interesting to see what they come up with in their careers. They'll have a hard time topping Fargo. Some things I like about it...
--The way they mix violence with humor (not just gross-out easy laughs). Buscemi's reaction to Stormare shooting the cop is funny in a twisted way... but Stormare going after the young couple immediately after is scary and unsettling. This one scene sets the tone of the whole movie.
--Buscemi's reaction to Presnell's refusal to deal is funny...but Buscemi's reaction to being shot is also funny, and is also scary.
--Marge Gunderson feeling nauseated when she sees the mess at the crime scene...and it's just morning sickness. This brief moment really establishes her character.
--Marge Gunderson's relationship with her husband is really endearing, and is a thread that runs throughout the movie. It gives the movie a lot more humanity that most Coen films have.
--And Bill Macy; his character is so earnest and so out of his depth.
Fargo is a movie that stands up to repeated watching.
The DVD transfer is first-rate
An extremely original and entertaining movie. One of the Coen Brothers' cleverest. July 2, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This movie grabs you from the start. The inept bungling characters provide a fascinating dialog and a constant source of dark and clever humour. In the midst of this Frances McDormand's character methodically hones in on her suspects like a pregnant slow motion heat-seeking missile.
Steve Buscemi, Frances McDormand, and William H Macy play their roles to perfection and top off a cast that is rarely bettered. Steve Buscemi again provides the perfect conduit for Coen Brothers dialog "[as a police officer approaches the kidnappers' car]... just keep it still there lady or we're gonna have to...you know...shoot ya"
This movie has achieved cult status which is no mean feat for one that has also won Oscars...just an indication of the Coen Brothers appeal and propensity to cross boundaries with their work.
Fargo Goes Far Beyond Your Average Black Comedy March 19, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
To many good film fanatics the assurance of William H Macy and Frances McDormand is normally enough to ensure a night in with the dvd player but for those who aren't familiar with the actors or the fantastic directorial work of the Coen Brothers this is going to convert you.
Quirky?! Yes its Coen Brothers work here.. but also hilarious Macy and McDormand stun in their Scandinavian lilts as a small town couple who are not so traditional. Steve Buscemi also shines and even though the language isn't exactly subtle the film is riddled with hilarious dark humour from beginning to end and is well worth watching for anyone who likes a bit of offbeat genius!
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