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13 March 1987 (USA)
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Tagline:
A comedy beyond belief. more
Plot:
When a childless couple of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintupelets, their lives get more complicated than they anticipated. full summary | full synopsis
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1 nomination
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pure lunacy
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Nicolas Cage | ... | H.I. McDunnough | |
| Holly Hunter | ... | Edwina 'Ed' McDunnough | |
| Trey Wilson | ... | Nathan Arizona | |
| John Goodman | ... | Gale Snoats | |
| William Forsythe | ... | Evelle Snoats | |
| Sam McMurray | ... | Glen | |
| Frances McDormand | ... | Dot | |
| Randall 'Tex' Cobb | ... | Leonard Smalls | |
| T.J. Kuhn | ... | Nathan Arizona Jr. (as T.J. Kuhn Jr.) | |
| Lynne Kitei | ... | Florence Arizona (as Lynne Dumin Kitei) | |
| Peter Benedek | ... | Prison Counselor | |
| Charles 'Lew' Smith | ... | Nice Old Grocery Man | |
| Warren Keith | ... | Younger FBI Agent | |
| Henry Kendrick | ... | Older FBI Agent | |
| Sidney Dawson | ... | Moses, Ear-Bending Cellmate |
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94 min
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Iceland:12 |
Australia:M |
USA:PG-13 (Violence) |
Brazil:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Finland:K-14 |
France:U |
Sweden:15 |
UK:12 (video rating: 2001) |
UK:15 (original rating) |
USA:PG-13 |
West Germany:12 |
Singapore:PG
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The shot in which the camera moves in on the mother discovering that Nathan Jr. is gone is a direct homage to The Evil Dead (1981), a film on which Joel Coen was an editor.
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Continuity: When Nathan Arizona confronts the couple returning Nathan Jr, he puts his revolver in the crib to pick up the baby. Later on, he puts Nathan Jr. back in the crib but does not get his revolver back out of the crib.
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References The Evil Dead (1981)
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Soundtrack:
Down In The Willow Garden
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What is the point of the tattoo shown on Leonard Smalls' arm?How long into the film does the title screen finally appear?
Who says "Now HI, the sun don't rise and shine on the corner grocery" and in what context?
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Pure lunacy is what Raising Arizona is. It's got everything you could ask for in a film; kidnapping, jailbreaks, Hell's Angels, explosions and guns, guns guns. Nic Cage is great in the role of a very befuddled conveniance store robber who falls in love with Holly Hunter's Ed. Throw in John Goodman and William Forsythe as a couple of car stealing, bank robbing brothers and you got yourself scenes that will make you giggle when you think back about them. The entire state of Arizona seems trigger happy in the Coen's eyes. Clerks, cops, and crooks pull out firearms and let loose like the finale of the 1812 Overture. Plus, where else can you hear really good yodeling?