CIRCLE FILMS presents a TED and JIM PEDAS/BEN BARENHOLTZ Production
NICOLAS CAGE HOLLY HUNTER "RAISING ARIZONA"
Director of Photography BARRY SONNENFELD Production Designer JANE MUSKY Music by CARTER BURWELL Associate Producer DEBORAH REINISCH Executive Producer JAMES JACKS Co-Produced by MARK SILVERMAN
Written by ETHAN COEN AND JOEL COEN Produced by ETHAN COEN Directed by JOEL COEN
"More than we can handle!" - Rash words from Nathan Arizona, loud-mouthed furniture tycoon and proud father of five new-born bouncing babies: the Arizona quins. And why should some people have so many when some have none at all? At least that's the opinion of the wacky, childless McDonnoughs - Hi and Edwina - an unlikely coupling of ex-con and lady cop, who decide to take Nathan Arizona at his word. They're going to start a family in their own very special way - and give a whole new meaning to the word 'kidnap'. But with their ready-made bundle of joy comes a whole heap of trouble.
"... And it seemed real. It seemed like us. And it seemed like well ... our home . . . If not Arizona, then a land, not too far away, where all parents are strong and wise and capable, and all children are happy and beloved.... I dunno, maybe it was Utah."- HI