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!

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Film Cast:

• Marge Gunderson: Frances McDormand
• Jerry Lundegaard: William H. Macy
• Carl Showalter: Steve Buscemi
• Gaear Grimsrud: Peter Stormare
• Norm Gunderson: John Carroll Lynch
• Wade Gustafson: Harve Presnell
• Jean Lundegaard: Kristin Rudrüd
• Lou: Bruce Bohne
• Mike Yanagita: Steve Park
• Shep Proudfoot: Steve Reevis
• Irate Customer: Gary Houston
• Irate Customer’s Wife: Sally Wingert
• Hooker #1: Larissa Kokernot
• Hooker #2: Melissa Peterman
• Scotty Lundegaard: Tony Denman
• Stan Grossman: Larry Brandenburg
• Car Salesman: Kurt Schweickhardt
• Escort: Michelle Hutchison
• Mr. Mohra: Bain Boehlke
• Reilly Diefenbach (voice): Warren Keith
• Victim In Car: Michelle LeDoux
• Soap Opera Actor on TV: Bruce Campbell

Film Crew:

• Director of Photography: Roger Deakins
• Production Design: Rick Heinrichs
• Producer: Joel Coen
• Producer: Ethan Coen
• Original Music Composer: Carter Burwell
• Casting: John S. Lyons
• Line Producer: John Cameron
• Executive Producer: Tim Bevan
• Executive Producer: Eric Fellner
• Costume Design: Mary Zophres
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Skip Lievsay
• Art Direction: Thomas P. Wilkins
• Set Decoration: Lauri Gaffin

Movie Reviews:

• Kamurai: Great watch, could watch again, and can recommend.

  It is very sad that this happened to people, but the way the story is told is so good that I felt like that sadness melted away fairly quickly.

  This movie holds up after 25 years, and it is dated, but with cellphones the story would change dramatically, and that would be a good alternative history subject for a different movie.

  A great cast, excellent deliveries, an amazing story, and the cinematography is a favorite on this one. The setting of a snowy Minnesota really allows for some great isolation scenes and highlights the “coldness” of the motivations in the story.

  I think they even summarize the events at one point as “all over a little money”, and it’s spot on.

  I can’t say that any one thing is spectacular, but everything is done so well, I honestly think this is a great example of how to shoot a movie.