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Raising Arizona

( Catalog Number 0519185 )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Raising Arizona
1987 - 94 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Combining influences from Tex Avery cartoons to Sam Raimi horror movies to 1940s B-movies, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen followed up the stylish film noir of their debut, Blood Simple (1984), with this frantic screwball comedy. H.I. "Hi" McDonnough (Nicholas Cage) is a philosophical but slightly dim career criminal who has been arrested so often that he gets to know "Ed," short for Edwina (Holly Hunter), the officer who takes his mug shots. Hi takes a shine to Ed and promises to go straight if she marries him. She accepts, and they move to the Arizona desert, where Hi holds down a factory job and blissfully watches the sunsets with Ed. Their serenity is shattered when the couple decides that they want a child and discover that, as Hi puts it, "Ed's womb was a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase." (One of the film's many delights is Hi's unexpectedly flowery dime-novel narration.) Ed goes into a severe depression until she sees an item in the news: Nathan Arizona (Trey Wilson), owner of a chain of unpainted furniture stores, has become the father of quintuplets, and he and his wife joke that they now have more children than they know what to do with. In what seems like a perfect "helps you, helps me" situation, Hi and Ed kidnap one of the Arizona infants, figuring that they'll have a baby and the Arizonas will have less of a burden. --- Mark Deming

Following their noir debut Blood Simple (1984), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen turned their idiosyncratic, film-literate attentions to screwball comedy in Raising Arizona (1987). The Coens play the American Dream for farce, as non-violent hold-up man Hi and mug shot photographer Edwina attempt parenthood through kidnapping. With nods to cartoon slapstick and The Road Warrior (1981), among others, and a script that mixes southwestern slang and polished locutions, the Coens extract maximum wackiness from their sly send-up of familial urges. From crude yet refined convicts Dale and Evelle to blowhard father Nathan Arizona to swinging procreators Glen and Dot, all the cartoony characters want to parent baby Arizona for all the wrong reasons. Cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld's sharp compositions, low camera, and manic "Shakycam" shots showcase the Coens' energetic visual wit, particularly in a prolonged chase featuring dogs, cops, a "panty"-wearing Hi, and a package of purloined Huggies. Complete with carefully modulated over-the-top performances from the entire cast, including Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, and John Goodman, Raising Arizona confirmed the Coens' place among the most distinctive filmmakers to emerge from 1980s independent cinema. --- Lucia Bozzola

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Cast for Raising Arizona

Nicolas Cage - H.I. McDonnough
Holly Hunter - Ed
Trey Wilson - Nathan Arizona, Sr.
John Goodman - Gale
William Forsythe - Evelle
Sam McMurray - Glen
Frances McDormand - Dot
Randall "Tex" Cobb - Leonard Smalls
T.J. Kuhn - Nathan Arizona, Jr.
Lynne Dumin Kitel - Florence Arizona
Peter Benedek - Prison Counsellor
Frank Outlaw - Supermarket Manager
Cody Ranger - Arizona Quint
M. Emmet Walsh - Machine Shop Earbender
James Yeater - Fingerprint Technician
John O'Donnal - Hayseed in Pick-Up
Troy Nabors - Parole Board Member
Ralph Norton - Gynecologist
Michael Stewart - Arizona Quint
David Schneider - Arizona Quint
Dennis Sullivan - Policeman in Arizona House
Mary Seibel - Parole Board Member
Charles "Lew" Smith - Nice Old Grocery Man
William Preston Robertson
Todd Michael Rogers - Varsity Nathan, Jr.
Bill Rocz - Newscaster
Benjamin Savageau - Arizona Quint
Henry Tank - Mopping Convict
Ruben Young - Trapped Convict
Sidney Dawson - Ear-Bending Cellmate
Richard Blake - Parole Board Chairman
Bill Dobbins - Adoption Agent
Warren Forsythe - Minister
Mary Francis Glenn - Payroll Cashier
Bill Andres - Reporter
Richard Alexander - Policeman in Arizona House
Carver Barnes - Reporter
Jeremy Arendt - Arizona Quint
Jeremy Babendure - Scamp with Squirt Gun
Craig McLaughlin - Arizona Quint
Rusty Lee - Feisty Hayseed
Melanie Malin - Arizona Quint
Margaret H. McCormack - Unpainted Secretary
Robert Gray
Crystal Hiller - Arizona Quint
Ashley Hammon - Arizona Quint
Warren Keith - Younger FBI Agent
Olivia Hughes - Arizona Quint
Keith Jandacek - Whitey

Crew for Raising Arizona

Ethan Coen - Screenwriter / Producer
Joel Coen - Screenwriter / Director
Barry Sonnenfeld - Cinematographer
Carter Burwell - Composer (Music Score)
Michael R. Miller - Editor
Jane Musky - Production Designer
Harold Thrasher - Art Director
Mark Silverman - Co-producer
James Jacks - Executive Producer
Charlie Monroe - Songwriter
Pete Seeger - Songwriter
Robert Kracik - Set Designer
Richard Hornung - Costume Designer
Katherine James-Cosburn - Makeup
Deborah Reinisch - First Assistant Director / Associate Producer
Kelly Van Horn - First Assistant Director
Billy Anagnos - Stunts
Shane Dixon - Stunts
Allan Graf - Stunts
Gene Hartline - Stunts
Jery Hewitt - Stunts
Jeff Jensen - Stunts
Edgard Mourino - Stunts
Ron Nix - Stunts
Spanky Spangler - Stunts
Allan Byer - Sound/Sound Designer
Donna Isaacson - Casting
John Lyons - Casting
Guy J. Louthan - Pyrotechnic Special Effects

Feature Details

Title: Raising Arizona
Feature Release Date: 1987
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG
Color: Color
Runtime: 94 Minutes
Chapters: 22
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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LD Release Date: 3 Apr 1996
Catalog Number: 0519185
UPC: 086162914867
Manufacturer: Kuraray
Publisher: Fox Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 0519185-N
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter and John Goodman in...

Raising Arizona

( Catalog Number 0519185 )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Raising Arizona
1987 - 94 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Combining influences from Tex Avery cartoons to Sam Raimi horror movies to 1940s B-movies, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen followed up the stylish film noir of their debut, Blood Simple (1984), with this frantic screwball comedy. H.I. "Hi" McDonnough (Nicholas Cage) is a philosophical but slightly dim career criminal who has been arrested so often that he gets to know "Ed," short for Edwina (Holly Hunter), the officer who takes his mug shots. Hi takes a shine to Ed and promises to go straight if she marries him. She accepts, and they move to the Arizona desert, where Hi holds down a factory job and blissfully watches the sunsets with Ed. Their serenity is shattered when the couple decides that they want a child and discover that, as Hi puts it, "Ed's womb was a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase." (One of the film's many delights is Hi's unexpectedly flowery dime-novel narration.) Ed goes into a severe depression until she sees an item in the news: Nathan Arizona (Trey Wilson), owner of a chain of unpainted furniture stores, has become the father of quintuplets, and he and his wife joke that they now have more children than they know what to do with. In what seems like a perfect "helps you, helps me" situation, Hi and Ed kidnap one of the Arizona infants, figuring that they'll have a baby and the Arizonas will have less of a burden. --- Mark Deming

Following their noir debut Blood Simple (1984), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen turned their idiosyncratic, film-literate attentions to screwball comedy in Raising Arizona (1987). The Coens play the American Dream for farce, as non-violent hold-up man Hi and mug shot photographer Edwina attempt parenthood through kidnapping. With nods to cartoon slapstick and The Road Warrior (1981), among others, and a script that mixes southwestern slang and polished locutions, the Coens extract maximum wackiness from their sly send-up of familial urges. From crude yet refined convicts Dale and Evelle to blowhard father Nathan Arizona to swinging procreators Glen and Dot, all the cartoony characters want to parent baby Arizona for all the wrong reasons. Cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld's sharp compositions, low camera, and manic "Shakycam" shots showcase the Coens' energetic visual wit, particularly in a prolonged chase featuring dogs, cops, a "panty"-wearing Hi, and a package of purloined Huggies. Complete with carefully modulated over-the-top performances from the entire cast, including Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, and John Goodman, Raising Arizona confirmed the Coens' place among the most distinctive filmmakers to emerge from 1980s independent cinema. --- Lucia Bozzola

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Cast for Raising Arizona

Nicolas Cage - H.I. McDonnough
Holly Hunter - Ed
Trey Wilson - Nathan Arizona, Sr.
John Goodman - Gale
William Forsythe - Evelle
Sam McMurray - Glen
Frances McDormand - Dot
Randall "Tex" Cobb - Leonard Smalls
T.J. Kuhn - Nathan Arizona, Jr.
Lynne Dumin Kitel - Florence Arizona
Peter Benedek - Prison Counsellor
Frank Outlaw - Supermarket Manager
Cody Ranger - Arizona Quint
M. Emmet Walsh - Machine Shop Earbender
James Yeater - Fingerprint Technician
John O'Donnal - Hayseed in Pick-Up
Troy Nabors - Parole Board Member
Ralph Norton - Gynecologist
Michael Stewart - Arizona Quint
David Schneider - Arizona Quint
Dennis Sullivan - Policeman in Arizona House
Mary Seibel - Parole Board Member
Charles "Lew" Smith - Nice Old Grocery Man
William Preston Robertson
Todd Michael Rogers - Varsity Nathan, Jr.
Bill Rocz - Newscaster
Benjamin Savageau - Arizona Quint
Henry Tank - Mopping Convict
Ruben Young - Trapped Convict
Sidney Dawson - Ear-Bending Cellmate
Richard Blake - Parole Board Chairman
Bill Dobbins - Adoption Agent
Warren Forsythe - Minister
Mary Francis Glenn - Payroll Cashier
Bill Andres - Reporter
Richard Alexander - Policeman in Arizona House
Carver Barnes - Reporter
Jeremy Arendt - Arizona Quint
Jeremy Babendure - Scamp with Squirt Gun
Craig McLaughlin - Arizona Quint
Rusty Lee - Feisty Hayseed
Melanie Malin - Arizona Quint
Margaret H. McCormack - Unpainted Secretary
Robert Gray
Crystal Hiller - Arizona Quint
Ashley Hammon - Arizona Quint
Warren Keith - Younger FBI Agent
Olivia Hughes - Arizona Quint
Keith Jandacek - Whitey

Crew for Raising Arizona

Ethan Coen - Screenwriter / Producer
Joel Coen - Screenwriter / Director
Barry Sonnenfeld - Cinematographer
Carter Burwell - Composer (Music Score)
Michael R. Miller - Editor
Jane Musky - Production Designer
Harold Thrasher - Art Director
Mark Silverman - Co-producer
James Jacks - Executive Producer
Charlie Monroe - Songwriter
Pete Seeger - Songwriter
Robert Kracik - Set Designer
Richard Hornung - Costume Designer
Katherine James-Cosburn - Makeup
Deborah Reinisch - First Assistant Director / Associate Producer
Kelly Van Horn - First Assistant Director
Billy Anagnos - Stunts
Shane Dixon - Stunts
Allan Graf - Stunts
Gene Hartline - Stunts
Jery Hewitt - Stunts
Jeff Jensen - Stunts
Edgard Mourino - Stunts
Ron Nix - Stunts
Spanky Spangler - Stunts
Allan Byer - Sound/Sound Designer
Donna Isaacson - Casting
John Lyons - Casting
Guy J. Louthan - Pyrotechnic Special Effects

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