Fargo
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Core Identity: Fargo (1996) is an American dark comedy crime thriller by Joel and Ethan Coen, set in snowbound Minnesota around a debt-ridden car salesman's botched kidnapping plot and pregnant police chief Marge Gunderson's investigation Foundational Thesis: Returning to small-budget independent filmmaking after The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), the Coens juxtaposed stark winter violence with warm Midwestern dialect and moral decency March–May 1996 (Release & Cannes): Opened in limited U.S. release on March 8, 1996, expanded in April, and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1996, where Joel Coen won Best Director March 24, 1997 (69th Academy Awards): Received 7 Oscar nominations (including Best Picture) and won 2: Best Actress (Frances McDormand) and Best Original Screenplay (Joel and Ethan Coen)
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Ontology Subclass
Dark Comedy Crime Thriller / Neo-Noir Film
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Ontology Nodetype
film
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Release Credits
Released March 8, 1996 (United States); written, directed, and produced by Joel and Ethan Coen; cinematography by Roger Deakins; score by Carter Burwell; starring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
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Canonical Name
Fargo
Ontology Node Type
film
Release & Credits
Released March 8, 1996 (United States); written, directed, and produced by Joel and Ethan Coen; cinematography by Roger Deakins; score by Carter Burwell; starring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
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schema:Movie, NeoNoir, DarkComedy, CrimeThriller, NationalFilmRegistry
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Britannica (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fargo-film-by-Joel-and-Ethan-Coen), Oscars.org 69th Academy Awards (https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1997)
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