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Raising Arizona, 1987

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter

Directed by: Joel Coen

Written by: Ethan Coen

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 94 min

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Rating:7.5

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The mood of Raising Arizona is witty, exciting, and humorous. The plot centers around babies, going straight, and fugitives. It features irreverent humor. Raising Arizona is a comedy, independent, and crime movie. Stylistically, it is surreal. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. Raising Arizona is set in Arizona. It happens in the 1980s. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed and a cult favorite.

Summary of Raising Arizona

A childless couple unable to adopt decide that a couple who just had quintuplets won't mind if they steal one of the babies. Thus begins the Coen brothers' madcap romp Raising Arizona. Holly Hunter stars as Ed, a cop who is devastated when she learns that she cannot get pregnant. Nicolas Cage is her husband, H.I., an ex-con who wants nothing more than to make his wife the happiest woman in the world. So if she wants a baby, she's going to have a baby, one way or another.

Heading up the supporting cast of bizarre characters are John Goodman and William Forsythe as crazy cousins who have just busted out of prison, Sam McMurray and Frances McDormand as Ed and H.I.'s swinging friends, and Randall "Tex" Cobb as a motorcycle madman hired to rescue the baby. Raising Arizona is the Coen brothers' most consistently funny film. Carter Burwell's score, replete with infectious yodeling, is relentless, Barry Sonnenfeld's cinematography is beautifully wacky, and the manic dialogue is the brothers' most quotable. The film is a treat for the ears and the eyes, a one-of-a-kind sensation from a marvelous pair of filmmakers.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	6 March 1987
Runtime:	94 min

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Nicolas Cage

as H.I. McDunnough

Holly Hunter

as Edwina 'Ed' McDunnough

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TV Guide

Cage creates a homey and thoroughly likable character who earns the respect of the audience, but Hunter is the real surprise. Appearing in her first starring role, the stage veteran displays so much energy that she forces the audience to pay... Full Review

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

The whole caper loses its rhythm and its direction around the two-thirds mark. By the finish, the punch has left the lines, and the once-purposeful energy goes mindlessly manic - gone are both the point and the parody. Full Review

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by: Rick Groen

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One of my all-time favorites. I suppose that the Coen Brothers are now famous enough that you will know instantly whether or not you will like this. But here's a tip: There's about 10 or 15 minutes of movie before the opening credits roll in this... Read and rate it

11.June.2009
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by: jostrem
jostrem rated this movie10/10Must See

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