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Originally Posted by AlligatorBloodFTW
excellent movie. fun fact though. despite what the the opening says the story is in no way based on real events or people. that was just thrown in there for dramatic effect.
I remember Richard Roeper saying that on some tv show.
According to Wikipedia:
On the special edition DVD's trivia track for Fargo, it is revealed that the main case for the movie's inspiration was based on the infamous 1986 murder of Helle Crafts from Connecticut at the hands of her husband, Richard, who killed her and disposed of her body through a wood chipper.[6]
Still makes it fiction though, imo.