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This is the original screenplay for the scene I have chosen from Fargo, Season 1 Episode 1.

This is my edited version of the script that I'm hoping to use. It may need some refining, but this is as accurate as I could get it. I've had to narrow it down to half its length, but I feel like I haven't cut out details that I really need in there. I've aimed to keep in details of things that tell the story, and the audience won't be confused about what is happening in the action. I did have to look at reducing the descriptive paragraphs in size so that I could get the script down to the right length, as there was a lot of action and speaking in one scene it did take up a lot of pages. I am slightly concerned about the minute-to-page ratio; since there is so much description in the page, it might be slightly shorter in shoot and I might look into lengthening the script an extra page just to make up for that room, but I'm not 100% sure on that yet. I'm pretty happy with the length of the script as it is, and everything that I wanted to include or cut out is included and cut out. Just 1 part of the scene I did have a long debate on whether to cut out was the moment Lester kills Pearl, but including this would require another actor and probably an extra 4 pages of script at least.
I'm happy with how it is at the minute but I might revise it after I've had some feedback from Simon.
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