Fargo (1996): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• The Coens initially considered William H. Macy for a smaller role, but they were so impressed by his reading that they asked him to read for the role of Jerry.
• Cinematographer Roger Deakins used an Arriflex 35 BL-4 camera.
• Filmed in the United States in early 1995, Fargo premiered at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or.
• The Carlton Celebrity Room was an actual venue in Bloomington, Minnesota, and José Feliciano did once appear there, but it had been closed for almost ten years when filming began.
• Released theatrically in the United States on March 8, 1996, Fargo launched in 36 theaters, and grossed $1,024,137 in its first week.
• The ransom drop was filmed in two adjacent parking garages on South 8th Street in downtown Minneapolis.
• An FX television series based on the film, Fargo, premiered in 2014.
• Fargo premiered at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the competition's highest honor, the Palme d'Or.
• Joel Coen won the top directorial award, the Prix de la mise en scène.
• In 2006, the Writers Guild of America ranked the film's screenplay the 32nd greatest ever.
• In 2006, the sixth annual Fargo Film Festival marked Fargo's tenth anniversary by projecting the movie on the north side of Fargo's then tallest building, the Radisson Hotel.

Source: Wikipedia

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