FADE IN:
EXT. RIDGEMONT CENTER MALL - NIGHT
From the outside parking lot it looks like an
enormous beached whale. It is the prime hangout for
all the teenagers in the area. Kids mill around the
parking lot or stand by the mall entrance.INT. RIDGEMONT CENTER MALL
There are three levels of stores underneath a
massive fluorescent roof. Different music comes
from each store. It looks seventies-modern, but
already used and run-down. Groups of kids cruise
the mall, eyeing each other and acting cool.INT. SWENSON'S ICE-CREAM PARLOR - NIGHT
[Movie Script]Fargo
FARGO
a screenplay by
Ethan Coen
and
Joel CoenThe following text fades in over black:
This is a true story. The events depicted in this film took place
in Minnesota in 1987. At the request of the survivors, the names
have been changed. Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been
told exactly as it occured.FLARE TO WHITE
FADE IN FROM WHITE
Slowly the white becomes a barely perceptible image: white
particles wave over a white background. A snowfall.A car bursts through the curtain of snow.
The car is equipped with a hitch and is towing another car,
a brand-new light brown Cutlass Ciera with the pink sales
sticker showing in its rear window.As the car roars past, leaving snow swirling in their dirft,
the title of the film fades in.FARGO