| Raising Arizona | |
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| Directed by | Joel Coen[1] |
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| Produced by | Ethan Coen[1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Edited by | Michael R. Miller |
| Music by | Carter Burwell |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5.5 million[2] |
| Box office | $29.2 million[3] |
Raising Arizona is a 1987 American crime comedy film written, directed and produced by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Nicolas Cage as H.I. "Hi" McDunnough, an ex-convict, and Holly Hunter as Edwina "Ed" McDunnough, a former police officer and his wife. Other members of the cast include Trey Wilson, William Forsythe, John Goodman, Frances McDormand, Sam McMurray, and Randall "Tex" Cobb.
The Coen brothers set out to work on the film with the intention of making a film as different from their previous film, the dark thriller Blood Simple, as possible, with a lighter sense of humor and a faster pace.[4] Raising Arizona received mixed reviews at the time of its release. Some criticized it as too self-conscious, manneristic, and unclear as to whether it was fantasy or realism. Other critics praised the film for its originality.[5]
The film ranks 31st on the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Laughs list, and 45th on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies" list. Raising Arizona was released in the United States on March 13, 1987.
- ^ a b "Raising Arizona (1987)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on August 25, 2024. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ Cormier, Roger (March 2, 2016). "10 Law-Abiding Facts About Raising Arizona". Mental Floss. Archived from the original on February 5, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ "Raising Arizona (1987)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on September 23, 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ Chapman King, Lynnea (2014). The Coen Brothers Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 163. ISBN 978-0810885769.
- ^ Adams, Jeffrey (2015). The Cinema of the Coen Brothers: Hard Boiled Entertainments. New York City: Columbia University Press. pp. 32–33. ISBN 978-0231174619.