“Fargo” Wasn’t Really Based on a True Story
“This is a true story” was seen at the beginning of the 1996 film, “Fargo,” but at the end, audiences read the disclosure that said: “All persons fictitious.” The film’s directors, the Coen brothers assumed that audiences were more likely to believe in the film it they thought everything was real. But the only two events that really did happen were that General Motors financial employees attempted fraud and that a husband tried using a wood chipper to get rid of his wife.