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Raising Arizona

Raising Arizona

1987Movie⏱️ 1h 34mPG-13πŸ† #1756 Top Rated
ComedyCrime
⭐ 7.3
IMDB Rating
159,245 votes

When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.

Director
N/A
Writers
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Stars
Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson
Release Date
April 10, 1987
Language
English
Country
United States
🎯 4
Nominations
πŸ’¬ 393
Reviews
πŸ“‹ 118K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
as H.I. McDunnough
Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter
as Ed
Trey Wilson
Trey Wilson
as Nathan Arizona, Sr.
John Goodman
John Goodman
as Gale
William Forsythe
William Forsythe
as Evelle
Sam McMurray
Sam McMurray
as Glen
Frances McDormand
Frances McDormand
as Dot
Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Randall 'Tex' Cobb
as Leonard Smalls
T.J. Kuhn
T.J. Kuhn
as Nathan Junior
Lynne Kitei
Lynne Kitei
as Florence Arizona

πŸ’° Box Office

$29,180,280
Worldwide Gross
$22,847,564
Domestic Gross
$36,240
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Dolby Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Production
Circle Films

🏷️ Keywords

arizonaparenthoodrobberymissing childjail

🎯 Categories

CaperSlapstickComedyCrime

⭐ Featured Review

If H.I.'s dream of the hellion Biker is not a phantasm, his dream of being blessed with descendants might come true some day.
by crisp_morning_2004 β€’ 2006-08-03
8/10

"Parentless recidivist H.I. regards prison as his home. No matter it is a partiality or a revenge in his own words, he robs convenience stores; he goes to jail; he talks nice to a parole board; the cycle repeats itself. And finally falls in love with a policewoman, ED. Life goes easy on them at first. They bask on the folding chairs, dreaming to have a youth to share their thoughts and feelings.Then the story abruptly turns sad. ED.is barren. what should they do? Tempe is a rock place that bears women deprived of the happiness at conceiving babies.Their wombs are barren and hard like the rock..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

According to Ethan Coen, Nicolas Cage was crazy about his Woody Woodpecker haircut and that it reacted to H.I.'s stress level. The bigger the danger he's in, the bigger the wave in his hair gets.

πŸ“– Synopsis

When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.