Fargo (Drama) ( 1996) © 2000 by Raymond Weschler Major Characters Jerry Lundergaard………………………William H. Macy A pathetic and financially desperate Minnesota car salesman who decides to arrange for the kidnapping of his own wife so that he can collect the ransom money, which he is sure that his wife’s father would pay in order to get her released. Carl Showalter……………………………Steve Buscemi A disgusting and "funny looking" common criminal who agrees to kidnap Jerry’s wife in exchange for a car and $80,000 dollars. Gaear Grimsrud……………………………Peter Stormare Carl’s strange and very quiet partner in crime. Marge Gunderson……………………….Frances McDormand A sweet and pregnant police officer from Brainard, Minnesota, who gets involved in solving several murders related to the kidnapping. Jean Lundergaard…………………………Kristin Rudrud Jerry’s wife, who is kidnapped by Carl and Gaear. Wade Gustafson……………………………Harve Presnell Jean’s father and Jerry’s father-in-law, who is a successful business man and owner of the car dealership where Jerry is executive sales director. Scotty Lundegaard…………………………Tony Denman Jerry and Jean’s 12 year old son. Shep Proudfoot………………………………Steven Reevis A native American Indian who works as a mechanic at Jerry’s car dealership, and who had introduced Jerry to Carl and Gaear. Stan Grossman………………………………..Larry Brandenberg An accountant and businessman who works with Wade. Norm Gunderson…………………………….John Carrol Lynch Marge’s loving husband, who wants to be an artist or painter. Mike Yanagita…………………………………..Steve Park A lonely friend from high school that Marge sees after many years. Plot Summary Fargo is based on a true story, which happened in the Midwestern state of Minnesota, in 1987. It is the story of Jerry Lundegaard, a financially desperate executive sales director at a car dealership in Minneapolis (the state’s biggest city), who decides that he can make a lot of money by having his own wife kidnapped. Jerry does not actually want to hurt her, but he does agree to pay two common criminals $80,000 and a car, if they successfully kidnap her by getting her father to pay $1,000,000 dollars in ransom money. His wife’s father, Wade, is a wealthy businessman and in fact owns the very car dealership where Jerry works. Unfortunately for Jerry and everyone involved, the kidnapping takes place, but soon things start to go terribly wrong. While taking Jerry’s terrified wife back to their hiding place, Carl and Gaear are stopped by a policeman near the Northern Minnesota town of Brainard. Soon after, three innocent people are killed, and a major hunt begins for the killers. Marge Gunderson leads the investigation, and she soon finds herself in Minneapolis责任编辑:yechenglu
上一篇：
下一篇：
