Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson in “Fargo,” 1996 Gramercy Pictures/Getty Images Car salesman Jerry Lundegaard (William H.

Fargohas been hailed as one of the Coen Brothers' best movies, but their crime masterpiece begins with a lie. The film is set in the wintry and polite community of Minnesota and follows the bloody ...

Fargo (1996) opens with a disclaimer card that claims “this is a true story.” Except that it isn’t. We have a tendency to assume anything that appears on the screen before the film’s first frame to be ...