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Fargo Is Better Than Argo...Why Didn't Fargo Win Oscar For Best Picture?

posted 11 years ago by Scozzese
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Argo wins the Oscar for best picture of the year for 2012.

Fargo doesn't win the Oscar for best picture of the year for 1996.

How did this happen? Fargo is a better film than Argo.

DiCaprio doesn't act; he BECOMES!

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[–] Patmratm 11 years ago

Because the Academy voters LOVED The English Patient. It won 9 Oscars that year.

[–] eddiebaby73 11 years ago

The English Patient was torture.

Good cinematography and costume design though.

[–] tbx5959 10 years ago

Think how many Oscars Rgo would win.

[–] bond_98 8 years ago

Well i didn't love Argo. But yeah, i would watch that over again before i watch Fargo again. Watching that movie make you wish you were the one in the wood chipper.

[–] KyaBakwaasHai 8 years ago

There are 2 other movies with word Fargo in their title, namely :-

Fargo Express 1933 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022880/
The Fargo Kid 1940 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033587/

and none of them won an Oscar. So i guess it has something to do with the word Fargo being cursed.

[–] SamoanJoes 8 years ago

What about Key Largo?

[–] yesanything 8 years ago

The english patient sucked

>the coins in the jar are for charity,