Raising Arizona
| Raising Arizona | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by |
Joel Coen Ethan Coen (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Ethan Coen Joel Coen (uncredited) |
| Written by | Joel Coen Ethan Coen |
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| Music by | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Edited by | Michael R. Miller |
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Circle Films
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Release date
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Running time
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94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6 million |
| Box office | $29,180,280 |
| Original Motion Picture Soundtracks: Raising Arizona and Blood Simple | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Carter Burwell | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Film score | |||
| Length | 39:26 | |||
| Label | Varèse Sarabande | |||
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Raising Arizona is a 1987 American crime comedy film directed, written, and produced by the Coen brothers, and starring Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, William Forsythe, John Goodman, Frances McDormand, and Randall "Tex" Cobb. Not a blockbuster at the time of its release, it has since achieved cult status. In a manner typical of Coen Brothers fare, the movie is replete with symbolism, visual gags, unconventional characters, flamboyant camera work, biblical references, pathos, and idiosyncratic dialogue. The film ranked 31st on the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Laughs list, and 45th on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies" list.
Convenience store robber Herbert I. "Hi" McDunnough (Nicolas Cage) and police officer Edwina "Ed" (Holly Hunter) meet after she takes the mugshots of the recidivist. With continued visits, Hi learns that Ed's fiancé has left her. Hi proposes to her after his latest release from prison, and the two get married. They move into a desert mobile home, and Hi gets a job in a machine shop. They want to have children but Ed is infertile, and they cannot adopt because of Hi's criminal record, despite the fact that Ed is a police officer. Devastated, Ed resigns her job. The couple learns of the "Arizona Quints," sons of locally famous furniture magnate Nathan Arizona (Trey Wilson); Hi and Ed kidnap one of the five babies, whom they believe to be Nathan Junior.
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