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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.
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Coen Brothers paved their way to the American film making elite by making quirky “artsy” and very dark comedies, often described as triumphs of style over substance. At the beginning of their career they still experimented with that formula. Their second film, 1987 comedy *Raising Arizona*, stands out as their most light-hearted and upbeat film. The protagonist and narrator, played by Nicolas Cage, is Herbert I. “Hi…More
I have always been a fan of the Coen Brothers. I have not always liked all their films but I’ve always found them interesting. I’ve never seen Intolerable Cruelty though so who knows. Raising Arizona is the first one I ever saw of theirs. Raising Arizona is the story of Hi, played by Nicholas Cage, and Ed, played by Holly Hunter. He’s a crook, she’s a cop, they fall in love and marry. They try to have kids and find…More
