Raising Arizona
Raising Arizona is a 1987 American crime comedy film directed by Joel Coen, produced by Ethan Coen, and written 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.
Plot
Convenience store robber H.I. "Hi" McDunnough meets police officer Edwina ("Ed") as she takes his mugshots and photographs his woodpecker tattoo before one of multiple sentences in prison. During a later stay, Hi learns that Ed's fiancé has left her and proposes after being released. They marry and move into a desert mobile home, and Hi gets a job in a machine shop. They want children, but Ed is infertile and they cannot adopt due to Hi's criminal record.
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| author | Ethan Coen Joel Coen |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Arizona |
| director | Ethan Coen Joel Coen |
| editor | Michael R. Miller |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | baby bank robbery black market buy christmas gift construction foreman convenience store criminal record dye pack elderly couple exchange wives fiancé foreman getaway car grenade hand grenade infertile infertility kidnap large family learn life of crime machine shop mobile home morning mugshot multiple sentences parent police officer quintuplet recidivism stolen money swing woodpecker |
| musicBy | Carter Burwell |
| producer | Ethan Coen |
| productionCompany | Circle Films |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | Arizona |
| theme | black comedy crime comedy |