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Overview
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Release Date:
8 March 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
A homespun murder story. more
Plot:
Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of pregnant Marge Gunderson. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars.
Another 52 wins
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30 nominations
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(105 articles)
Film Weekly on Harry Brown and the Coen brothers
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 November 2009, 2:57 AM, PST)
Movie Review: A Serious Man
(From The Movie Fanatic. 2 November 2009, 1:29 AM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 November 2009, 2:57 AM, PST)
Movie Review: A Serious Man
(From The Movie Fanatic. 2 November 2009, 1:29 AM, PST)
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A movie you can't stop watching
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | William H. Macy | ... | Jerome 'Jerry' Lundegaard |
 | Steve Buscemi | ... | Carl Showalter |
 | Peter Stormare | ... | Gaear Grimsrud |
 | Kristin Rudrüd | ... | Jean Lundegaard |
| Harve Presnell | ... | Wade Gustafson |
 | Tony Denman | ... | Scotty Lundegaard |
 | Gary Houston | ... | Irate Customer |
| Sally Wingert | ... | Irate Customer's Wife |
| Kurt Schweickhardt | ... | Car Salesman |
| Larissa Kokernot | ... | Hooker #1 |
 | Melissa Peterman | ... | Hooker #2 |
| Steve Reevis | ... | Shep Proudfoot (as Steven Reevis) |
 | Warren Keith | ... | Reilly Diefenbach (voice) |
| Steve Edelman | ... | Morning Show Host |
| Sharon Anderson | ... | Morning Show Hostess |
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, language and sexuality.
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Runtime:
98 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) |
New Zealand:R18 |
USA:R (certificate #34206) |
Denmark:15 |
Canada:16+ (Quebec) |
Philippines:R-18 |
Brazil:18 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Belgium:KT |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
Germany:16 (bw) |
Hong Kong:III |
Iceland:16 |
Ireland:18 |
Italy:VM14 |
Japan:R-15 |
Netherlands:16 |
Norway:15 |
Peru:18 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Singapore:M18 (re-rating) |
Singapore:R(A) (original rating) |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18
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Trivia:
During the scene where Steve Buscemi shoots Harve Presnell, Buscemi says the word "fuck" a total of 10 times.
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Goofs:
Continuity: During the interview, the pencil on the clipboard in the office is pointing down. When Jerry flees, it's pointing up.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Jerry Lundegaard: I'm, uh, Jerry Lundegaard.
Carl Showalter: You're Jerry Lundegaard?
Jerry Lundegaard: Ya. Shep Proudfoot said...
Carl Showalter: Shep said you'd be here at 7:30. What gives, man?
Jerry Lundegaard: Shep said 8:30.
Carl Showalter: We've been sitting here an hour. He's
[motioning to Gaer]
Carl Showalter: peed three times already.
Jerry Lundegaard: I'm sure sorry. Shep told me 8:30. It was a mix-up, I guess.
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Jerry Lundegaard: I'm, uh, Jerry Lundegaard.
Carl Showalter: You're Jerry Lundegaard?
Jerry Lundegaard: Ya. Shep Proudfoot said...
Carl Showalter: Shep said you'd be here at 7:30. What gives, man?
Jerry Lundegaard: Shep said 8:30.
Carl Showalter: We've been sitting here an hour. He's
[motioning to Gaer]
Carl Showalter: peed three times already.
Jerry Lundegaard: I'm sure sorry. Shep told me 8:30. It was a mix-up, I guess.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XIX (#20.4)" (2008)
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An instant classic. I must admit what attracted me at first was the wood chipper incident I had heard about but by the time the movie gets there, I was in a totally in a different universe. While the movie does not have anything to keep you glued to the screen (a wicked script, lots of action) you can't prevent yourself from wanting to see what happens next. This is due to the wonderfully portrayed characters. Steve Buscemi's performance as Carl Showalter is fabulous. I love when he is confronted by Shep Proudfoot and tells him to "hey man, smoke a f***in peace-pipe", or any of his conversations with Jerry Lundegard are priceless - "I'm not going to debate you Jerry, I'm not going to DEBATE". My recent favorite is when he storms out of the hideout and says "and if you see Shep Proudfoot, tell him I'm gonna nail his f***kin ass". The Jerry Lundegard character is such a beautiful loser, I don't know where to begin. I especially love his reappearing temper tantrums(slamming the phone book in his office, scraping the ice off the windshield, jumping up and down after his father in law leaves the house with the million dollars) and practicing the phone call to his father in law where he tells him his wife has been kidnapped - too funny. Marge Gunderson is the glue that holds it all together with a performance by Frances Mcdormand well deserved of an Oscar. I thought they might have overdid it a tiny bit with the scene with Marge and the two hookers (too many "Ya's" in it) but otherwise a wonderful, refreshing character in the middle of a bunch of losers. Her character is so honest and persistent, it makes me wonder why I cant find a woman like that - and then I realize, I'm watching a movie and a brilliant one at that.