Fargo (1996):: One of the absolute best from Joel and Ethan Coen, it won two Academy Awards: for the brothers' original screenplay and for best-actress Frances McDormand as the plucky, persistent and extremely pregnant small-town sheriff Marge Gunderson. But the greed part comes from an inept scheme by car salesman Jerry Lundegaard, played by the tremendous William H. Macy, who arranges to have his wife kidnapped to collect the ransom. This does ... more 

Fargo (1996):: One of the absolute best from Joel and Ethan Coen, it won two Academy Awards: for the brothers' original screenplay and for best-actress Frances McDormand as the plucky, persistent and extremely pregnant small-town sheriff Marge Gunderson. But the greed part comes from an inept scheme by car salesman Jerry Lundegaard, played by the tremendous William H. Macy, who arranges to have his wife kidnapped to collect the ransom. This does not go as planned. Darkly funny and starkly photographed by the great cinematographer Roger Deakins, "Fargo" is a film you can watch repeatedly and see something new each time. You betcha. less