Fargo

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black comedy film crime film film neo-noir film

Fargo is a 1996 darkly comedic crime film by the Coen brothers, acclaimed for its distinctive blend of Midwestern noir, quirky characters, and sharp, offbeat dialogue.

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Fargo canonical 28

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Predicate Object
instanceOf black comedy film ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
film ⓘ
neo-noir film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival) ⓘ
surface form: Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award
castMember Frances McDormand ⓘ
Harve Presnell ⓘ
John Carroll Lynch ⓘ
Peter Stormare ⓘ
Steve Buscemi ⓘ
William H. Macy ⓘ
character Carl Showalter ⓘ
Gaear Grimsrud ⓘ
Jerry Lundegaard ⓘ
Marge Gunderson ⓘ
Wade Gustafson ⓘ
cinematographer Roger Deakins ⓘ
composer Carter Burwell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Ethan Coen ⓘ
Joel Coen ⓘ
distributor Gramercy Pictures ⓘ
editor Roderick Jaynes ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
crime ⓘ
drama ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ
hasTheme crime gone wrong ⓘ
greed ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
includedIn AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies ⓘ
surface form: AFI 100 Years...100 Movies list
inspired Fargo (TV series) ⓘ
leadActor Frances McDormand ⓘ
William H. Macy ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
notableFor Midwestern setting ⓘ
dark humor ⓘ
regional accents ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf National Film Registry ⓘ
producer Ethan Coen ⓘ
productionCompany PolyGram Filmed Entertainment ⓘ
Working Title Films ⓘ
releaseDate 1996-03-08 ⓘ
releaseYear 1996 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 98 ⓘ
setInPeriod 1987 ⓘ
settingLocation Brainerd ⓘ
surface form: Brainerd, Minnesota

Fargo, North Dakota ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ
writer Ethan Coen ⓘ
Joel Coen ⓘ

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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay → hasNotableWinner → Fargo ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series → notableWinner → Fargo ⓘ
Roger Deakins → notableWork → Fargo ⓘ
Working Title Films → notableWork → Fargo ⓘ
Peter Stormare → notableWork → Fargo ⓘ
FX → originalProgramming → Fargo ⓘ
FX Productions → notableWork → Fargo ⓘ
Frances McDormand → notableWork → Fargo ⓘ
Steve Buscemi → notableWork → Fargo ⓘ
Steve Buscemi → workIn → Fargo ⓘ
Ethan Coen → notableWork → Fargo ⓘ
FX Networks → notableSeries → Fargo ⓘ
Joel Coen → notableWork → Fargo ⓘ
Tim Bevan → notableWork → Fargo ⓘ
Gramercy Pictures → distributedFilm → Fargo ⓘ
Elizabeth Marvel → notableWork → Fargo ⓘ
John Carroll Lynch → notableWork → Fargo ⓘ
John Carroll Lynch → workIn → Fargo ⓘ
Roderick Jaynes → creditedAsEditorOn → Fargo ⓘ
Roderick Jaynes → notableWork → Fargo ⓘ
Kumiko → associatedWork → Fargo ⓘ
Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm → notableWork → Fargo ⓘ
subject surface form: Peter Stormare
Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature → notableWinner → Fargo ⓘ
William H. Macy → notableWork → Fargo ⓘ
Marge Gunderson → fictionalUniverse → Fargo ⓘ
Coen brothers → notableWork → Fargo ⓘ
Carl Showalter → appearsIn → Fargo ⓘ
Emmit Stussy → appearsIn → Fargo ⓘ