Raising Arizona
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.
Plot
Convenience store robber Herbert ("H.I." or "Hi") McDunnough meets police officer Edwina ("Ed") when she takes his mugshot after each of several arrests in Tempe, Arizona. He learns that Ed's fiancé has left her and proposes after release from prison. They marry and move into a desert mobile home, and Hi works in a machine shop. They want children, but Ed is infertile and they cannot adopt due to Hi's criminal record.
More details
| author | Ethan Coen Joel Coen |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Arizona |
| director | Ethan Coen Joel Coen |
| editor | Michael R. Miller |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | arrest baby bank robbery black market bounty hunter buy child laundering construction foreman convenience store criminal life criminal record dye pack elderly couple exchange wives fiancé foreman getaway car grenade hand grenade hand grenades infertile infertility kidnap learn machine shop mobile home morning mugshot parent police officer quintuplet recidivism release from prison several arrests sleep stolen money swing |
| musicBy | Carter Burwell |
| producer | Ethan Coen |
| productionCompany | Ben Barenholtz |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | Arizona |
| theme | black comedy crime comedy high school |