Fargo (1996) - Officer Lou's Police Work Scene (8/12) | Movieclips

Fargo - Officer Lou's Police Work Scene: Marge (Frances McDormand) takes Officer Lou (Bruce Bohne) to task over sloppy police work.
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FILM DESCRIPTION:
Filmmaking siblings Joel Coen and Ethan Coen both embraced and poked satirical fun at their Minnesotan roots with this comedy-drama-thriller that earned seven Oscar nominations, winning for Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay. Frances McDormand stars as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant police chief whose affable, folksy demeanor masks a whip-smart mind. When a pair of motorists are found slain not far from the corpse of a state trooper, Marge begins piecing together a case involving a pair of dopey would-be kidnappers, Carl (Steve Buscemi) and Gaear (Bergman stock player Peter Stormare). They've been hired by Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy), a car salesman under the thumb of his wealthy, overbearing boss and father-in-law, Wade (Harve Presnell). Jerry's raised some money illegally through a petty scam he's run on General Motors and he's about to get caught. When Wade sours a business deal that could save his son-in-law's hide, the desperate Jerry hires Carl and Gaear to kidnap his wife and hold her for ransom. Things go predictably wrong and a series of murders occur, with Marge, waddling along behind her enormous belly and ever-hungering for an all-you-can-eat buffet, hot on the trail of the killers. Although the credits for Fargo state that the film is loosely based on real events, the story is entirely fictional, the claim being just an ironic jibe on the part of the Coens.
CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1996)
Cast: Bruce Bohne, Frances McDormand
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers: Tim Bevan, John Cameron, Ethan Coen, Eric Fellner, Joel Coen
Screenwriters: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
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[@consultant_of_swing2146]

Corrects his bad assumption, making him realize he's wasted time and resources. Doesn't say "don't worry about it", but tells him a joke to lessen the sting a little. Good boss.

[@Hananotaka]

“I’m not sure I agree 100% with your police work, there,” is the most Minnesotan line of dialogue ever committed to film.

[@elementcuatro584]

Every screenwriting student needs to analyze this film. The writing here is so subtle, but it tells you everything you need to know about Marge as a character. She's got fine-tuned detective skills, but she's not a show off. She's also not a push-over and willing to tell people when they're wrong. But the joke she tells shows that she's sweet, and doesn't want to hurt her partner's feelings for getting it wrong.

[@kakhak]

Absolutely insane performance. Her performance is out of this world. What a shining star of calm acting..

[@kakashihatake6176]

What did she did here?

[@archiemcustodio4801]

I couldn’t agree more with your description of her performance here word for word

[@michellelousy]

when she throws away her coffee.... it always gets me.

[@tuldude3442]

Or maybe because she was pregnant.

[@theophano]

@Alfonso Acho It probably got ice cold in the few minutes she had it - that's upper Midwest cold for you.

[@rtgunzboi]

That lil smile of hers at the end gets me every time 🤣

[@seththomas9105]

God that scene, with the snow and blowing snow and cold. Takes me back to the 70's and 80's growing up in northern Iowa.

[@seththomas9105]

@R R Actually, it was.

[@miaouew]

Ive lived in Texas all my life...I think I've seen snow 4 times:(

[@theophano]

Then when Margie wonders if the store where she can get nightcrawlers is open and Lou asks "You don't think he's mixed up in this, do you?". What a script!

[@bloodanddajugs]

I feel like the existential chemistry between Marge Gunderson and Anton Chigurgh is such an incompatible polarity Anton would end up also cuffed in the backseat as confused as Gaear.

[@archiemcustodio4801]

As Siskel and Ebert said, ‘one improbable scene after another’ This is my all time favorite movie second to Citizen Kane. Personal taste of course! Don’t shoot!

[@arthurmax4122]

When someone asks if Fargo is a good film, me: 1:36

[@user-nj3lg7wi5r]

Marge: Say, Lou, didya hear the one about the guy who couldn’t afford personalized plates, so he went and changed his name to J3L2404? Lou: Yah, that’s a good one. Me: XD!!!

[@CommanderNova1]

I don't get it.

[@Pat4ever.]

CommanderNova1 are you serious?

[@Pilusmagnus]

I'm French so I don't get it. Can you explain?

[@Pilusmagnus]

Oh, actually never mind, I misread the first time.

[@JabberCT]

@@CommanderNova1 - I didn't get it either because I thought it was one of them words made out of numbers and you're suppose to figure out what letter the numbers represent. It isn't that. The joke is that the guy just looked at his license plate, and then officially changed his name to match it because he couldn't get a personalized plate.

[@RichM0410]

One of my favorite movies!!! Classic

[@newjeffersonian6456]

Come on Lou, get with it. Marge is doing all the police work here.

[@nightfallmotionpics]

Oh yA?

[@briz1965]

not many people realise number plates/license plates are different sequences for trucks and cars in some areas; I don't know the state but in BC pick ups and passenger plates are alpha/numerically different so cops can spot when people switch plates

[@brianr6651]

Goddamnit, Lou! Smarten up. Listen to Margie

[@eldesgraciado6690]

There was a guy named "Juan Caca" and he would always tell his friends, "I'm going to change my, name, I'm going to change my name". So one day he actually goes downtown to do it and he comes back to his neighborhood all happy about it telling all his friends: "I did it! I finally changed my name." "Oh yeah? So what's your name now?" "Jose Caca."

[@eldesgraciado6690]

@IPA SOLÉ Sos argento?

[@alanbrooks2237]

You don’t think Dave is mixed up in it? No, Norm just needs some night crawlers

[@evl457]

Love this scene!

[@robertmiles9942]

That IS a good one

[@garyberuck5636]

Ah geeze Marge ! Forget it, let's go get some breakfeast🤔☕

[@petergrundy8081]

Very good acting classic

[@royaltar6961]

"For Pete's Sake", Marge is done with Lou.

[@Uridien]

Yeah? Yeah. Oh yeah.

[@skymhook]

Something about this scene I found strange is why do Marge and Lou not recognise the state trooper? Wouldnt they know all the cops working in their jurisdiction?

[@nathanniesche6380]

The state police and local police are different departments

[@MootCoffee]

ye, it's *very* likely they would know each other

[@patrickc3419]

State police zones (the usual name for the assigned area they patrol) are usually vast areas, depending where they are assigned. Marge & Lou are working out of a local small police department, so it’s feasible they wouldn’t know the killed trooper.

[@jameskielland5018]

State Troopers in Minnesota, and most states, stick to federal and state highways for the most part, which by their nature are very long and travel through several jurisdictions. They don't tend to have a lot of interaction with the local cops. It's not like the level of interaction you see between city and county police.

[@maxcorral6399]

0:04 if you look closely you can see the guy's eye lids moving a little bit.

[@genericwhitemale1114]

Good eye Max

[@mark-ish]

@@genericwhitemale1114 oh yeeA

[@jerrie1533]

0:06 if you look closely you can see the dead guy’s eyelids move

[@electricpaper269]

Still can't believe they didn't take his notebook

[@Pat4ever.]

Yeeaa?

[@joshuawaring4180]

Pat Rick yaaa

[@kakhak]

Pat Rick Absolutely

[@rusamene]

Jeeez

[@vegetasolo1221]

This is awesome

[@Yobachi2007]

Yahh.

[@dalblack8712]

Fargo season 5 has a car license plate that starts with DLR. lol.

[@homiehomerson2705]

I like Lou's performance better in Dawn of the Dead.

[@azmike3572]

Perhaps I've seen too many LA- and NYC-based scenes where the cops go over the top when finding another officer killed in the line of duty, but for some reason (the area of the country?) she seems to show no more emotion in this scene than if it was just a dead horse. Even in other scenes, she just doesn't get deservedly excited. Can someone possibly explain this?

[@jonnybirchyboy1560]

Probably because they’re laid back folk, but also want to remain professional and clear-headed.

[@rhapsody710]

Also the dead officer is a MN state trooper and Marge is the local Brainerd PD. It's likely she didn't know the dead trooper personally and had not ever worked directly with him. That kinda makes a difference. State and local police are not quite that closely knit. If it had been Lou (whom she obviously works much more closely with) killed in the line of duty, she might act and feel differently.

[@jmack8767]

They don't, typically, in real life. Cops, I mean. They're typically kinda placid. More so than non-cops.

[@cinerama62]

DLR = Dealer Plates. Wake up Lou.

[@dj3114]

Yep, but would have still had numbers behind it.

[@miaouew]

Ohh jeez

[@NanatsukiBenio]

Real GTAV Snowcops :) pretty sad for the trooper to be honest......

[@comprehensiveboycomprehens8786]

Here's the deal. This movie was made in 96 right and Blood Simple in 84? And I get them on KZbin now in 2019. What happens is you watch new movies when you are in your teens to early 20s then something happens. Its like the world isn't meant for you anymore or movies are too stupid to bother with. Then decades later you accidentally for upon this? Ya, funny.

[@AngryToasterOven]

wut?

[@TonyDanza4Lyfe]

You're way overthinking this lol

[@zanemagers7465]

Is he in the TV show?

[@jimmybags6598]

Why wouldnt the 2 criminals take the officers citation book with incriminating evidence or even the officers body itself?

[@mpbmpb100]

Because they're *dumb* criminals. It's like why would they kidnap Jean in broad daylight by walking up to her house or how Carl gives his location away later by going on to strangers in bars about how he's going crazy up at the lake. Apart from Marge, everyone in this film really aren't smart at all

[@finc4164]

Can someone explain the joke at the end?

[@boiledelephant]

People usually get a custom plate that contains their name; he changed his name to contain his plate.

[@1houroflove186]

"j3L2404"? I don't get it. Someone explain. I feel like an Officer Lou.

[@1houroflove186]

@Jack FitzGerald , thanks. I was wondering how many people caught on instantly. I just feel so stupid.

[@lorabidner6044]

There's no real "punchline" its just her kind of making an inside joke to herself making a jab at her partner's doppyness

[@grandoldpartisan8170]

He changed his name to his license plate number.

[@u.s.militia7682]

License plate J3L2404. I don’t get the joke. Can anyone please fill me in???

[@grandoldpartisan8170]

He changed his name to match his license plate number.

[@jeffreyrichardson]

sherlock holmes deduce jody michael douglas loose ellers cooks your goose

[@jeffreyrichardson]

nineteen ninety six scotts movie time just for kicks friendlys ice cream licks

[@nickhepler533]

Womansplaining

[@ida305]

😂😂

[@Gravydog316]

uhhh the overacting with the phony accent is too much

[@briantwiss9078]

@RebelDeuce Outside of the Coen brothers (the film's writers and directors, both born in Minnesota) and the actress here, Frances McDormand (born near Chicago). I've lived in the Brainerd area most of my life. Trust me- this is pretty spot on.