Outside theDaily Planetoffice, Clark jaywalked to reach Lois across the street, and was directly hit in the legs - but unhurt - by a Checker taxi, which suffered major front-end damage.Balthazar introduces him to his host - a wealthy, bearded Arabian horse trainer Sheik Ilderim (Hugh Griffith), who is training his four splendid white horses for the upcoming chariot races.He urged that Lord Thranduil put aside "petty grievances" and bickerings against the Dwarves and then delivered stern warnings.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)With a production budget of $3.5 million, and box-office gross receipts of almost $6 million.BackgroundFargo(1996) is a self-proclaimed "homespun murder story" set in the white-washed, winter wilderness of the frozen and bleak Upper Midwest.