Director
Joel Coen
Composer
Carter Burwell
Cast
William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi
Edition 2000
98'
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1996
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Crime, Thriller
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Dialogue:
English
Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen return to their home state of Minnesota for this wry look at murder and Midwestern mores.The intricate plot centers on Jerry Lundegaard, a bumbling car salesman whose desperate need for capital inspires him to hire a pair of criminals to kidnap his wife Jean; he reasons that her wealthy father Wade will pay the kidnappers’ ransom demands, which Jerry himself will then collect. The crime plot quickly goes haywire, however, when a Minnesota policeman and a pair of innocent travellers end up brutally slain, bringing the pregnant and deceptively simple Police Chief Marge Gunerson into the fray.
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Credits
Directors
Joel Coen
Composers
Carter Burwell
Cast
William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi
Scenario
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Director of Photography
Roger Deakins
Editors
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers
Ethan Coen
More info
Dialogue
English
Countries of production
United Kingdom
Year
1996