Fargo on FX channel

In 2006 the story of Fargo actually happened. I get the feeling (but I don't really know) that what they are doing in this latest version of Fargo is closer to the actual truth in the way they depict it than the movie which might have been Hollywooded up more. (not sure about this).

However, as crazy as this might sound Fargo actually happened in and near Fargo, North Dakota in 2006.

Billy Bob Thornton plays one of the criminals in this and the part he plays is likely the quirkiest one in this story. But it is the kind of part he loves to play.

So, this is a completely new re-enactment of it and not exactly the same as the movie was.

Also, I'm not sure how many parts there will be to this series but I'm thinking likely somewhere between 4 to 8 like many series like this one usually are.

So far, you feel pretty sorry for the main guy who sells it looks like insurance in this movie.

However, then I found this under "Fargo-The Film" in Wikipedia:

Factual basis

Fargo opens with the following text:

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 occurred.

Although the film plot is completely fictional, the Coen brothers claim that many of the events that take place in the movie were actually based on true events from other cases that they threw together to make one story. Joel Coen noted:

"We weren't interested in that kind of fidelity. The basic events are the same as in the real case, but the characterizations are fully imagined ... If an audience believes that something's based on a real event, it gives you permission to do things they might otherwise not accept."^[4]

The Coens claim the actual murders took place, but not in Minnesota.^[5] The main reason for the film's setting is the Coens were born and raised in St. Louis Park, a suburb of Minneapolis.^[6]
On Fargo's special edition DVD's trivia track, it is revealed that the main case that inspired the movie is the infamous 1986 murder of Helle Crafts from Connecticut at the hands of her husband, Richard, who disposed of her body through a wood chipper.^[7]
The end credits bear the standard "all persons fictitious" disclaimer for a work of fiction.<sup>[8]

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• 3.1 Factual basis from wikipedia.