Raising Arizona
Joel Coen / US, 1987 / 94 min.
According to many, the best comedy ever made about a couple (Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter) who can’t have children and kidnap a baby only to be hunted down by escaped prisoners, a furniture store magnate and 'The Lone Biker of the Apocalypse'.
After their grim debut Blood Simple, the Coen Brothers surprised everyone with this anarchic, goofy, neo-noir comedy. The Nicolas Cage/Coen Brothers combination proved a match made in heaven that also helped Cage strike gold: his ‘Hi’ McDunnough would be the first of many roles in which he played an ex-con. Cage, complete with spiky hair and a Road Runner/Woody Woodpecker tattoo wants to start a family with the straight-laced ex-prison guard ‘Ed’ McDunnough (Holly Hunter) but they remain childless. Out of pure desperation, they steal one of furniture magnate Nathan Arizona’s five overprivileged children – one less won’t matter now, will it?
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Director
Joel Coen
Production year
1987
Country
US
Original title
Raising Arizona
Length
94 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
FRA or NLD
Format
35mm
Part of
The Coen Brothers Complete
This summer will be dedicated to the films of Joel and Ethan Coen, Hollywood’s most famous oddballs. Eye will screen most of their feature films as well as their short films and their solo output.
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