Raising Arizona

Raising Arizona (1987) — Nicolas Cage & Holly Hunter — DVD

In this wildly inventive crime comedy from Joel and Ethan Coen, small-time robber H.I. “Hi” McDunnough (Nicolas Cage) falls in love with police officer Edwina “Ed” (Holly Hunter). After they marry and learn they cannot have children, the desperate couple makes a spectacularly misguided decision: they take one of the newborn quintuplets belonging to wealthy businessman Nathan Arizona. Their new family life quickly becomes a frantic chain of mishaps involving escaped convicts, suspicious friends, a relentless bounty hunter and some of the most outrageous chases in modern movie comedy.

Principal Cast & Crew

• Nicolas Cage — H.I. McDunnough
• Holly Hunter — Edwina “Ed” McDunnough
• Trey Wilson — Nathan Arizona Sr.
• John Goodman — Gale Snoats
• William Forsythe — Evelle Snoats
• Sam McMurray — Glen
• Frances McDormand — Dot
• Randall “Tex” Cobb — Leonard Smalls
• Written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Hollywood Connections & Trivia

• Raising Arizona was the Coen brothers' second feature film, following Blood Simple (1984).
• Nicolas Cage's character H.I. is a repeat offender who first meets his future wife while being photographed at the police station.
• Holly Hunter later won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Piano (1993).
• John Goodman later reunited with the Coen brothers for films including Barton Fink and The Big Lebowski.
• Frances McDormand, who appears as Dot, later starred in the Coens' Fargo (1996) and won an Academy Award for her performance.

DVD Details

• Film: Raising Arizona (1987)
• Format: DVD
• Condition: Used / Pre-owned

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