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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!
Language
Budget$7,000,000
Revenue $60,611,975
English
Budget$7,000,000
Revenue $60,611,975
Keywords
salesclerk
unsociability
police
cheating
ransom
winter
kidnapping
minnesota
dark comedy
north dakota
money
murder
police officer
car dealership
woodchipper
macabre
false history
neo-noir
complex
minneapolis
Casts

Frances McDormand
Marge Gunderson

William H. Macy
Jerry Lundegaard

Steve Buscemi
Carl Showalter

Peter Stormare
Gaear Grimsrud

Harve Presnell
Wade Gustafson

John Carroll Lynch
Norm Gunderson

Kristin Rudrüd
Jean Lundegaard

Bruce Bohne
Lou

Steve Reevis
Shep Proudfoot

Steve Park
Mike Yanagita

Gary Houston
Irate Customer

Sally Wingert
Irate Customer's Wife

Larissa Kokernot
Hooker #1

Melissa Peterman
Hooker #2

Tony Denman
Scotty Lundegaard

Larry Brandenburg
Stan Grossman

Michelle Hutchison
Escort
Bain Boehlke
Mr. Mohra

Warren Keith
Reilly Diefenbach (voice)
Michelle LeDoux
Victim In Car
Steve Edelman
Morning Show Host
Sharon Anderson
Morning Show Hostess
Kurt Schweickhardt
Car Salesman

James Gaulke
State Trooper
J. Todd Anderson
Victim in the Field
Michelle Suzanne LeDoux
Victim in Car
Petra Boden
Cashier
Wayne A. Evenson
Customer
Cliff Rakerd
Officer Olson

Jessica Shepherd
Hotel Clerk
Peter Schmitz
Airport Lot Attendant
Steven I. Schafer
Mechanic

David S. Lomax
Man in Hallway

José Feliciano
José Feliciano
Bix Skahill
Night Parking Attendant
Rose Stockton
Valerie (voice)
Robert Ozasky
Bismarck Cop #1
John Bandemer
Bismarck Cop #2
Don Wescott
Bark Beetle Narrator (voice)

Bruce Campbell
Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)
Crews

Joel Coen
Director

Ethan Coen
Producer

Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer

Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
John S. Lyons
Casting

Joel Coen
Screenplay

Ethan Coen
Screenplay
Michelangelo Csaba Bolla
First Assistant Director

James Alan Hensz
Second Assistant Director
Donald Murphy
Second Second Assistant Director
Brian O'Kelley
Second Assistant Director
Jim Bridges
Still Photographer
Robin Brown
Camera Operator
Peter Clemence
Best Boy Grip
Milo Durben
Dolly Grip
Adam Gilmore
Second Assistant Camera
Andy Harris
First Assistant Camera
Mitch Lillian
Key Grip
Bill O'Leary
Chief Lighting Technician
Michael Tackett
Still Photographer
T. Kukovinski
Script Supervisor
Steve Speers
Set Dresser
Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist
Ezra Dweck
Foley Mixer
Eugene Gearty
Sound Effects Editor
Lewis Goldstein
Sound Effects Editor
Frank Kern
Foley Editor
Glenfield Payne
Sound Effects Editor
Bruce Pross
Foley Editor
Steven Visscher
Foley Editor

Jery Hewitt
Stunt Coordinator
Christine Sheaks
Casting Associate
Sandra Dawes
Extras Casting

Tricia Cooke
Associate Editor
Gilly Ruben
Unit Production Manager
Robert Graf
Location Manager
Karen Ruth Getchell
Production Coordinator
John David Paul
Assistant Art Director
J. Todd Anderson
Storyboard Artist
Ed Dally
Camera Loader
Allan Byer
Sound Mixer
Peter F. Kurland
Boom Operator
Keenan Wyatt
Boom Operator
John Blake
Key Makeup Artist
Daniel Curet
Key Hair Stylist
Michael Barry
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Joel Coen
Editor

Rick Heinrichs
Production Design

Mary Zophres
Costume Design
Lauri Gaffin
Set Decoration
Thomas P. Wilkins
Art Direction

Ethan Coen
Editor

Skip Lievsay
Supervising Sound Editor

Skip Lievsay
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Eric Fellner
Executive Producer

Tim Bevan
Executive Producer

John Cameron
Line Producer
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