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interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%88_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Да отгледаш Аризона – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Да отгледаш Аризона" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_baby" title="Arizona baby – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Arizona baby" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot%C3%AD%C5%BEe_s_Arizonou" title="Potíže s Arizonou – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Potíže s Arizonou" data-language-autonym="Čeština" 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data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B6%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B1_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%81" title="Αριζόνα Τζούνιορ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αριζόνα Τζούνιορ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Arizona" title="Raising Arizona – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Raising Arizona" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Arizona" title="Raising Arizona – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Raising Arizona" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Arizona" title="Raising Arizona – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Raising Arizona" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86_%D8%A2%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7" title="بزرگ کردن آریزونا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بزرگ کردن آریزونا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Junior" title="Arizona Junior – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Arizona Junior" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%A6%AC%EC%A1%B0%EB%82%98_%EC%9C%A0%EA%B4%B4%EC%82%AC%EA%B1%B4" title="아리조나 유괴사건 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아리조나 유괴사건" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Junior" title="Arizona Junior – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Arizona Junior" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Junior" title="Arizona Junior – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Arizona Junior" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%99%D7%91%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%96%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94" title="בייבי אריזונה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בייבי אריזונה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizonas_audzin%C4%81%C5%A1ana" title="Arizonas audzināšana – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Arizonas audzināšana" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizonai_%C3%B6rd%C3%B6gfi%C3%B3ka" title="Arizonai ördögfióka – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Arizonai ördögfióka" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7" title="ريسينج اريزونا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ريسينج اريزونا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Arizona" title="Raising Arizona – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Raising Arizona" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Arizona" title="Raising Arizona – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Raising Arizona" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B5%A4%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E6%B3%A5%E6%A3%92" title="赤ちゃん泥棒 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="赤ちゃん泥棒" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_junior" title="Arizona junior – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Arizona junior" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Junior" title="Arizona Junior – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Arizona Junior" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Arizona" title="Raising Arizona – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Raising Arizona" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-a_furat_Arizona" title="S-a furat Arizona – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="S-a furat Arizona" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83" title="Воспитывая Аризону – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Воспитывая Аризону" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Arizona" title="Raising Arizona – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Raising Arizona" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%9A%D0%B5_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Подизање Аризоне – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Подизање Аризоне" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Arizona" title="Raising Arizona – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Raising Arizona" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Baby" title="Arizona Baby – Finnish" lang="fi" 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searchaux" style="display:none">1987 film by Joel and Ethan Coen</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive 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class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel Coen</a><sup id="cite_ref-AFI_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFI-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Joel Coen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Ethan Coen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Ethan Coen<sup id="cite_ref-AFI_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFI-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Cage" title="Nicolas Cage">Nicolas Cage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Hunter" title="Holly Hunter">Holly Hunter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Sonnenfeld" title="Barry Sonnenfeld">Barry Sonnenfeld</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Michael R. Miller</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carter_Burwell" title="Carter Burwell">Carter Burwell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Barenholtz" title="Ben Barenholtz">Circle Films</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Fox">20th Century Fox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>March 13, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-03-13</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">94 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$5.5 million<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$29.2 million<sup id="cite_ref-BOM_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Raising Arizona</b></i> is a 1987 American <a href="/wiki/Crime_comedy_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Crime comedy film">crime comedy film</a> written, directed and produced by <a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel and Ethan Coen</a>. It stars <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Cage" title="Nicolas Cage">Nicolas Cage</a> as H.I. "Hi" McDunnough, an ex-convict, and <a href="/wiki/Holly_Hunter" title="Holly Hunter">Holly Hunter</a> as Edwina "Ed" McDunnough, a former police officer and his wife. Other members of the cast include <a href="/wiki/Trey_Wilson" title="Trey Wilson">Trey Wilson</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Forsythe_(actor)" title="William Forsythe (actor)">William Forsythe</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Goodman" title="John Goodman">John Goodman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frances_McDormand" title="Frances McDormand">Frances McDormand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_McMurray" title="Sam McMurray">Sam McMurray</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Randall_%22Tex%22_Cobb" title="Randall "Tex" Cobb">Randall "Tex" Cobb</a>. </p><p>The Coen brothers set out to work on the film with the intention of making a film as different from their previous film, the dark thriller <i><a href="/wiki/Blood_Simple" title="Blood Simple">Blood Simple</a></i>, as possible, with a lighter sense of humor and a faster pace.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Raising Arizona</i> received mixed reviews at the time of its release. Some criticized it as too self-conscious, manneristic, and unclear as to whether it was fantasy or realism. Other critics praised the film for its originality.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film ranks 31st on the <a href="/wiki/American_Film_Institute" title="American Film Institute">American Film Institute</a>'s <a href="/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Laughs" title="AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs">100 Years...100 Laughs</a> list, and 45th on <a href="/wiki/Bravo_(US_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bravo (US TV channel)">Bravo's</a> "100 Funniest Movies" list. <i>Raising Arizona</i> was released in the United States on March 13, 1987. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raising_Arizona&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Convenience store robber Herbert ("H.I." or "Hi") McDunnough meets police officer Edwina ("Ed") when she takes his <a href="/wiki/Mugshot" class="mw-redirect" title="Mugshot">mugshot</a> after each of <a href="/wiki/Recidivism" title="Recidivism">several arrests</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tempe,_Arizona" title="Tempe, Arizona">Tempe, Arizona</a>. He learns that Ed's <a href="/wiki/Fianc%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiancé">fiancé</a> has left her and proposes after release from prison. They marry and move into a desert <a href="/wiki/Mobile_home" title="Mobile home">mobile home</a>, and Hi works in a machine shop. They want children, but Ed is <a href="/wiki/Infertility" title="Infertility">infertile</a> and they cannot adopt due to Hi's criminal record. </p><p>Hi and Ed learn of the <a href="/wiki/Multiple_birth#Quintuplets" title="Multiple birth">quintuplet</a> sons born to regional furniture magnate Nathan Arizona. They kidnap one of the babies, whom they believe to be Nathan Jr., intending to start a family. Soon afterward, Hi's former cellmates Gale and Evelle Snoats escape from prison and visit the couple. They persuade Hi to shelter them and tempt him to return to his former criminal life. That night, Hi has a nightmare of monstrous biker Leonard Smalls. </p><p>Hi's <a href="/wiki/Construction_foreman" title="Construction foreman">foreman</a> Glen visits with his large and unruly family the next day. Glen and wife Dot offer parenting advice amid their children's misbehavior, but when Glen suggests that he and Hi <a href="/wiki/Swinging_(sexual_practice)" title="Swinging (sexual practice)">exchange wives</a>, Hi punches Glen in the face. That night, Hi succumbs to robbing a convenience store while buying diapers, leading to a chase with police and a pack of dogs that he manages to outrun. As Ed and Nathan Jr. sleep, Hi decides to leave his family to join Gale and Evelle in a bank robbery. </p><p>The next morning, Smalls approaches Nathan Sr. and reveals himself as a <a href="/wiki/Bounty_hunter" title="Bounty hunter">bounty hunter</a>. When Nathan Sr. rejects Smalls' offer to bring back Nathan Jr. for $50,000, Smalls decides to do the job anyway and threatens to sell the baby on the <a href="/wiki/Child_laundering" title="Child laundering">black market</a>. Glen returns to fire Hi, revealing his inference that Hi and Ed kidnapped Nathan Jr. Glen threatens to turn them in unless they agree to give the baby to him and Dot. Overhearing this, Gale and Evelle overpower Hi and kidnap Nathan Jr. themselves. Hi and Ed resolve to rescue him. </p><p>Gale and Evelle grow attached to Nathan Jr. The two nearly leave him behind while robbing a convenience store, then forget him again during the bank robbery. A <a href="/wiki/Dye_pack" class="mw-redirect" title="Dye pack">dye pack</a> explodes in their stolen money sack, covering them and the getaway car interior with blue dye. The distraction allows Smalls to capture the baby before Hi and Ed arrive. In the ensuing struggle, Ed grabs Nathan Jr. while Smalls severely beats Hi. Hi pulls the pin from one of the <a href="/wiki/Grenade" title="Grenade">hand grenades</a> clipped to Smalls' vest, causing them all to explode and kill Smalls. </p><p>Hi and Ed sneak back into the Arizona home to return Nathan Jr. but Nathan Sr. catches them. Nathan Sr. sympathizes with their motives and decides not to report them to the authorities. Learning that Hi and Ed are considering a divorce, he suggests that they think about it first. </p><p>While sleeping beside Ed that night, Hi has a series of prophetic dreams. Gale and Evelle return to prison, having realized that they are not ready for society; Glen is arrested by a Polish-American police officer who is unamused by the ethnic jokes he tells; and Nathan Jr. becomes a high school football star with Hi and Ed anonymously watching and encouraging him. Later he dreams of an elderly couple with a large, wholesome family, and wonders whether this was a vision of him and Ed, or of Utah. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raising_Arizona&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;min-width: min(25em, 100%);"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Cage" title="Nicolas Cage">Nicolas Cage</a> as Herbert I. (H.I.) "Hi" McDunnough</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Hunter" title="Holly Hunter">Holly Hunter</a> as Edwina "Ed" McDunnough</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trey_Wilson" title="Trey Wilson">Trey Wilson</a> as Nathan Arizona, Sr.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Goodman" title="John Goodman">John Goodman</a> as Gale Snoats</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Forsythe_(actor)" title="William Forsythe (actor)">William Forsythe</a> as Evelle Snoats</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_McMurray" title="Sam McMurray">Sam McMurray</a> as Glen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_McDormand" title="Frances McDormand">Frances McDormand</a> as Dot</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_%22Tex%22_Cobb" title="Randall "Tex" Cobb">Randall "Tex" Cobb</a> as Leonard Smalls</li> <li>T.J. Kuhn, Jr. as Nathan Junior</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raising_Arizona&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casting_and_conception">Casting and conception</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raising_Arizona&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Casting and conception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Coen Brothers started working on <i>Raising Arizona</i> with the idea to make it as different as possible from their previous film, <i><a href="/wiki/Blood_Simple" title="Blood Simple">Blood Simple</a></i>, by having it be far more optimistic and upbeat.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The starting point of scriptwriting came from the idea of the character of Hi, who has the desire to live a regular life within the boundaries of the law.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To create their characters' dialect, Joel and Ethan created a hybrid of local dialect and the assumed reading material of the characters, namely, magazines and <a href="/wiki/The_Bible" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bible">the Bible</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In contrast to <i>Blood Simple</i>, the characters in <i>Raising Arizona</i> were written to be very sympathetic.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Coens wrote the character Ed for Holly Hunter.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The character of Leonard Smalls was created when the Coen Brothers tried to envision an "evil character" not from their imagination, but one that the character would have thought up.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His name is widely thought to be a reference to the character of Lennie Small, from <a href="/wiki/John_Steinbeck" title="John Steinbeck">John Steinbeck</a>'s novella <i><a href="/wiki/Of_Mice_and_Men" title="Of Mice and Men">Of Mice and Men</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> John Goodman was drawn to characters of "great feeling, [guys] who could explode or start weeping at any moment"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELevine200052_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELevine200052-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and became a <a href="/wiki/List_of_frequent_Coen_Brothers_collaborators" title="List of frequent Coen Brothers collaborators">frequent collaborator</a> following his performance as Gale Snoats. The script took three and a half months to write.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A send-up of the <a href="/wiki/Screwball_comedy" title="Screwball comedy">screwball comedy</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, the film was influenced by the works of director <a href="/wiki/Preston_Sturges" title="Preston Sturges">Preston Sturges</a> and writers such as <a href="/wiki/William_Faulkner" title="William Faulkner">William Faulkner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flannery_O%27Connor" title="Flannery O'Connor">Flannery O'Connor</a> (who was known for her <a href="/wiki/Southern_literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern literature">Southern literature</a>; "She also has a great sense of eccentric character," Ethan Coen told one interviewer).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joel and Ethan showed the completed script to Circle Films, their American distributor for <i>Blood Simple</i>. Circle Films agreed to finance the movie.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Coens came to the set with a complete script and storyboard.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With a budget of just over five million dollars, Joel Coen noted that "to obtain maximum from that money, the movie has to be meticulously prepared".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filming">Filming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raising_Arizona&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Raising Arizona</i> was shot in ten weeks. Many crew members who had worked with Joel and Ethan on <i>Blood Simple</i> returned for <i>Raising Arizona</i>, including cinematographer <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sonnenfeld" title="Barry Sonnenfeld">Barry Sonnenfeld</a>, co-producer Mark Silverman, production designer Jane Musky, associate producer and assistant director Deborah Reinisch, and film composer <a href="/wiki/Carter_Burwell" title="Carter Burwell">Carter Burwell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The relationship between actor <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Cage" title="Nicolas Cage">Nicolas Cage</a> and the Coens was respectful, but turbulent. When he arrived on-set, and at various other points during production, Cage offered suggestions to the Coen brothers, which they ignored. Cage said that "Joel and Ethan have a very strong vision and I've learned how difficult it is to accept another artist's vision. They have an autocratic nature."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELevine200054_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELevine200054-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Randall "Tex" Cobb also gave the Coens difficulty on set, with Joel noting that "he's less an actor than a force of nature ... I don't know if I'd rush headlong into employing him for a future film."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELevine200054_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELevine200054-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raising_Arizona&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Raising Arizona</i> was initially released in the US, three dates; A New York City premiere on March 6, 1987, a limited release on March 13, 1987 and a nationwide release on April 17, 1987. The film was also released in Argentina on March 25, 1987 before it was screened out of competition at the <a href="/wiki/1987_Cannes_Film_Festival" title="1987 Cannes Film Festival">1987 Cannes Film Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-festival-cannes.com_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-festival-cannes.com-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the cult following of their later films, such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Lebowski" title="The Big Lebowski">The Big Lebowski</a></i>, in 2000 Ethan Coen described their second feature as "the last movie [we] made that made any significant amount of money".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELevine2000104_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELevine2000104-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception_and_legacy">Reception and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raising_Arizona&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Reception and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On <a href="/wiki/Review_aggregator" title="Review aggregator">review aggregator</a> <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, the film holds an approval rating of 90% based on 63 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A terrifically original, eccentric screwball comedy, <i>Raising Arizona</i> may not be the Coens' most disciplined movie, but it's one of their most purely entertaining."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, the film has a <a href="/wiki/Weighted_arithmetic_mean" title="Weighted arithmetic mean">weighted average</a> score of 69 based on 23 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Audiences polled by <a href="/wiki/CinemaScore" title="CinemaScore">CinemaScore</a> gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.<sup id="cite_ref-CinemaScore_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CinemaScore-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/David_Denby_(film_critic)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Denby (film critic)">David Denby</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_(magazine)" title="New York (magazine)">New York</a></i> wrote that the film was a "deranged fable of the New West" which turned "sarcasm into a rude yet affectionate mode of comedy".<sup id="cite_ref-Russell44_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russell44-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Corliss" title="Richard Corliss">Richard Corliss</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> referred to the film as "exuberantly original".<sup id="cite_ref-Russell44_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russell44-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rita Kempley of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> gave a positive review, stating that it was "the best kidnapping comedy since last summer's <i><a href="/wiki/Ruthless_People" title="Ruthless People">Ruthless People</a></i>".<sup id="cite_ref-washpost_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washpost-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the film review television show <i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Movies_(1986_TV_program)" title="At the Movies (1986 TV program)">Siskel & Ebert & the Movies</a></i>, critic <a href="/wiki/Gene_Siskel" title="Gene Siskel">Gene Siskel</a> said the film was as "good looking as it is funny" and that "despite some slow patches" he recommended the film, giving it a "thumbs up".<sup id="cite_ref-atthemovies_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atthemovies-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writing for <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Kael" title="Pauline Kael">Pauline Kael</a> wrote that "<i>Raising Arizona</i> is no big deal, but it has a rambunctious charm".<sup id="cite_ref-Kael_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kael-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Negative reviews focused on a "style over substance" view of the film. <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> wrote, "While [<i>Raising Arizona</i>] is filled with many splendid touches and plenty of yocks, it often doesn't hold together as a coherent story."<sup id="cite_ref-variety_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writing for <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Canby" title="Vincent Canby">Vincent Canby</a> wrote, "Like <i>Blood Simple</i>, it's full of technical expertise but has no life of its own ... The direction is without decisive style."<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Julie Salamon of the <i><a href="/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wall Street Journal">Wall Street Journal</a></i> wrote that the Coen Brothers "have a lot of imagination and sense of fun—and, most of all, a terrific sense of how to manipulate imagery," but "by the end, the fun feels a little forced."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dave Kehr of the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i> wrote that "the overlooked form peels away from the slight, frail content, and the film starts to look like an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Hee_Haw" title="Hee Haw">Hee Haw</a></i> directed by an amphetamine-crazed <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-ChicagoTribune_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChicagoTribune-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> wrote a negative review, stating the film "stretches out every moment for more than it's worth, until even the moments of inspiration seem forced. Since the basic idea of the movie is a good one and there are talented people in the cast, what we have here is a film shot down by its own forced and mannered style."<sup id="cite_ref-ebert_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ebert-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later writings about the film have been generally positive. Both the British film magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Empire_(magazine)" title="Empire (magazine)">Empire</a></i> and film database <a href="/wiki/Allmovie" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmovie">Allmovie</a> gave the film five stars, their highest ratings.<sup id="cite_ref-allmovie_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmovie-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-empire_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-empire-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allmovie's Lucia Bozzola wrote, "Complete with carefully modulated over-the-top performances from the entire cast, <i>Raising Arizona</i> confirmed the Coens' place among the most distinctive filmmakers to emerge from the 1980s independent cinema", while Caroline Westbrook of <i>Empire</i> declared it a "hilarious, madcap comedy from the Coen brothers that demonstrates just why they are the kings of quirk".<sup id="cite_ref-empire_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-empire-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bilge_Ebiri" title="Bilge Ebiri">Bilge Ebiri</a> considers <i>Raising Arizona</i> to be "the Coens' masterpiece — their funniest movie, and quite possibly their most poignant as well".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dutch magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Vrij_Nederland" title="Vrij Nederland">Vrij Nederland</a></i> placed its bank robbery scene second on their list of "the 5 best bank robberies in film history", behind the bank robbery scene from the 1995 thriller <i><a href="/wiki/Heat_(1995_film)" title="Heat (1995 film)">Heat</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Actor <a href="/wiki/Simon_Pegg" title="Simon Pegg">Simon Pegg</a> described the film as "a living, breathing <a href="/wiki/Looney_Tunes" title="Looney Tunes">Looney Tunes</a> cartoon" during a <a href="/wiki/British_Film_Institute" title="British Film Institute">BFI</a> screening.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pegg's friend and frequent collaborator <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Wright" title="Edgar Wright">Edgar Wright</a> has stated that <i>Raising Arizona</i> is his favorite film of all time. Likewise, <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a> put <i>Raising Arizona</i> on his "Essential Films" list.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film is recognized by <a href="/wiki/American_Film_Institute" title="American Film Institute">American Film Institute</a>: </p> <ul><li>2000: <a href="/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Laughs" title="AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs">AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs</a> – No. 31<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Soundtrack">Soundtrack</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raising_Arizona&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Soundtrack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent haudio"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary album" style="font-style: italic; color: inherit; background-color: gainsboro; font-size: 125%;">Original Motion Picture Soundtracks: Raising Arizona and Blood Simple</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: gainsboro"><a href="/wiki/Soundtrack_album" title="Soundtrack album">Soundtrack album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Carter_Burwell" title="Carter Burwell">Carter Burwell</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">1987</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Film_score" title="Film score">Film score</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">39</span>:<span class="s">26</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Var%C3%A8se_Sarabande" title="Varèse Sarabande">Varèse Sarabande</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: gainsboro"><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Coen brothers</a> film soundtracks chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"> </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Original Motion Picture Soundtracks: Raising Arizona and Blood Simple</b></i><br />(1987) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/Miller%27s_Crossing#Soundtrack" title="Miller's Crossing">Miller's Crossing</a></i><br />(1990) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Film_score" title="Film score">score</a> to <i>Raising Arizona</i> is written by <a href="/wiki/Carter_Burwell" title="Carter Burwell">Carter Burwell</a>, the second of his collaborations with the <a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Coen brothers</a>. The sounds are a mix of <a href="/wiki/Organ_(music)" title="Organ (music)">organ</a>, massed choir, <a href="/wiki/Banjo" title="Banjo">banjo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whistling" title="Whistling">whistling</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yodeling" title="Yodeling">yodeling</a>. </p><p>Themes are borrowed from the <a href="/w/index.php?title=%22Goofing_Off_Suite%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title=""Goofing Off Suite" (page does not exist)">"Goofing Off Suite"</a>, originally recorded by <a href="/wiki/Pete_Seeger" title="Pete Seeger">Pete Seeger</a> in 1955, which includes an excerpt from the Chorale movement of <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Ludwig van Beethoven</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)" title="Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)">Symphony No. 9</a> and "Russian Folk Themes and Yodel". Credited musicians for the film include Ben Freed (banjo), Mieczyslaw Litwinski (<a href="/wiki/Jew%27s_harp" title="Jew's harp">Jew's harp</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar">guitar</a>), and John R. Crowder (yodeling). Holly Hunter sings a traditional <a href="/wiki/Murder_ballad" title="Murder ballad">murder ballad</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Down_in_the_Willow_Garden" title="Down in the Willow Garden">Down in the Willow Garden</a>", as an incongruous "lullaby" during the film.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Selections from Burwell's score to <i>Raising Arizona</i> were released on an album in 1987, along with selections from the Coens' sole previous feature film, <i>Blood Simple</i>. The tracks from <i>Raising Arizona</i> constitute the first ten tracks on a 17-track CD that also features selections from the <a href="/wiki/Blood_Simple#Soundtrack" title="Blood Simple"><i>Blood Simple</i> soundtrack</a>. </p> <ol><li>"Introduction – A Hole in the Ground" – (0:38)</li> <li>"Way Out There (Main Title)" – (1:55)</li> <li>"He Was Horrible" – (1:30)</li> <li>"Just Business" – (1:17)</li> <li>"The Letter" – (2:27)</li> <li>"Hail Lenny" – (2:18)</li> <li>"Raising Ukeleles" – (3:41)</li> <li>"Dream of the Future" – (2:31)</li> <li>"Shopping Arizona" – (2:46)</li> <li>"Return to the Nursery" – (1:35)</li></ol> <p><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> gave the album a rating of <span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 22,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Coen+Brothers%3A+Interviews&rft.series=Conversations+with+Filmmakers&rft.pub=University+Press+of+Mississippi&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-57806-889-4&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4zO2BS4FiE4C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaising+Arizona" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELevine200052-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELevine200052_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLevine2000">Levine (2000)</a>, p. 52.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8625-the-criterion-channel-s-november-2024-lineup">The Criterion Channel’s November 2024 Lineup|Current|The Criterion Collection</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELevine200054-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELevine200054_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELevine200054_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLevine2000">Levine (2000)</a>, p. 54.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-festival-cannes.com-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-festival-cannes.com_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121003004003/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/434/year/1987.html">"Raising Arizona"</a>. <i>Festival de Cannes</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/434/year/1987.html">the original</a> on October 3, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 25,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Festival+de+Cannes&rft.atitle=Raising+Arizona&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.festival-cannes.com%2Fen%2Farchives%2FficheFilm%2Fid%2F434%2Fyear%2F1987.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaising+Arizona" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELevine2000104-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELevine2000104_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLevine2000">Levine (2000)</a>, p. 104.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/raising_arizona/">"Raising Arizona"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240923031419/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/raising_arizona">Archived</a> from the original on September 23, 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 17,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Rotten+Tomatoes&rft.atitle=Raising+Arizona&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rottentomatoes.com%2Fm%2Fraising_arizona%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaising+Arizona" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.metacritic.com/movie/raising-arizona">"Raising Arizona Reviews"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221126193356/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/raising-arizona">Archived</a> from the original on November 26, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 17,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Metacritic&rft.atitle=Raising+Arizona+Reviews&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fmovie%2Fraising-arizona&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaising+Arizona" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CinemaScore-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CinemaScore_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cinemascore.com/">"Search"</a>. <i>Cinemascore.com</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/">Archived</a> from the original on December 20, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 19,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Cinemascore.com&rft.atitle=Search&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cinemascore.com%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaising+Arizona" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Russell44-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Russell44_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Russell44_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRussell2001" class="citation book cs1">Russell, Carolyn R. (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nyqHy2sEDKQC"><i>The films of Joel and Ethan Coen</i></a>. McFarland. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7864-0973-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-7864-0973-8"><bdi>0-7864-0973-8</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240923030604/https://books.google.com/books?id=nyqHy2sEDKQC">Archived</a> from the original on September 23, 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 22,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+films+of+Joel+and+Ethan+Coen&rft.pub=McFarland&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-7864-0973-8&rft.aulast=Russell&rft.aufirst=Carolyn+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DnyqHy2sEDKQC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaising+Arizona" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-washpost-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-washpost_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKempley1987" class="citation news cs1">Kempley, Rita (March 20, 1987). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/raisingarizonapg13kempley_a0cab6.htm">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Raising Arizona' (PG-13)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 4,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=%27Raising+Arizona%27+%28PG-13%29&rft.date=1987-03-20&rft.aulast=Kempley&rft.aufirst=Rita&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-srv%2Fstyle%2Flongterm%2Fmovies%2Fvideos%2Fraisingarizonapg13kempley_a0cab6.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaising+Arizona" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-atthemovies-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-atthemovies_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo7bJ5e_UGw">"At the Movies: Raising Arizona"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Movies_(1982%E2%80%931990_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="At the Movies (1982–1990 TV series)">At the Movies</a></i>. Season 1. Episode 24. March 14, 1987. ABC Domestic Television. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230528021459/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo7bJ5e_UGw">Archived</a> from the original on May 28, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 28,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=At+the+Movies&rft.series=Season+1.+Episode+24&rft.date=1987-03-14&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DBo7bJ5e_UGw&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaising+Arizona" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kael-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kael_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKael1987" class="citation magazine cs1">Kael, Pauline (April 20, 1987). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1987/04/20/manypeeplia-upsidownia">"Manypeeplia Upsidownia"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>. p. 81. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141101120300/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1987/04/20/manypeeplia-upsidownia">Archived</a> from the original on November 1, 2014. <q>Raising Arizona is no big deal, but it has a rambunctious charm. The sunsets look marvelously ultra-vivid, the paint doesn't seem to be dry – it's like opening day of a miniature golf course.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+Yorker&rft.atitle=Manypeeplia+Upsidownia&rft.pages=81&rft.date=1987-04-20&rft.aulast=Kael&rft.aufirst=Pauline&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fmagazine%2F1987%2F04%2F20%2Fmanypeeplia-upsidownia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaising+Arizona" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-variety-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-variety_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080609034030/https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117794309.html?categoryid=31&cs=1">"Raising Arizona Review"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i>. 1987. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117794309.html?categoryid=31&cs=1">the original</a> on June 9, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 4,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Variety&rft.atitle=Raising+Arizona+Review&rft.date=1987&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.variety.com%2Freview%2FVE1117794309.html%3Fcategoryid%3D31%26cs%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaising+Arizona" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYTimes-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NYTimes_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/11/movies/film-raising-arizona-coen-brothers-comedy.html">"Film: 'Raising Arizona,' Coen Brothers Comedy"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. March 11, 1987. p. C24. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150524210710/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/11/movies/film-raising-arizona-coen-brothers-comedy.html">Archived</a> from the original on May 24, 2015. <q>Like <i>Blood Simple</i>, it's full of technical expertise but has no life of its own... The direction is without decisive style.)</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Film%3A+%27Raising+Arizona%2C%27+Coen+Brothers+Comedy&rft.pages=C24&rft.date=1987-03-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1987%2F03%2F11%2Fmovies%2Ffilm-raising-arizona-coen-brothers-comedy.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaising+Arizona" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSalamon1987" class="citation news cs1">Salamon, Julie (March 26, 1987). "Raising Arizona". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i>. <q>These fraternal film makers have a lot of imagination and sense of fun — and, most of all, a terrific sense of how to manipulate imagery... But sometimes they seem to be getting too big a kick out of their own shenanigans. By the end, the fun feels a little forced.)</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Wall+Street+Journal&rft.atitle=Raising+Arizona&rft.date=1987-03-26&rft.aulast=Salamon&rft.aufirst=Julie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaising+Arizona" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ChicagoTribune-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ChicagoTribune_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKehr1987" class="citation news cs1">Kehr, Dave (March 20, 1987). "Raising Arizona". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chicago_Tribune" class="mw-redirect" title="The Chicago Tribune">The Chicago Tribune</a></i>. <q>Quickly and fatally, the overlooked form peels away from the slight, frail content, and the film starts to look like an episode of "Hee Haw" directed by an amphetamine-crazed Orson Welles.)</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Chicago+Tribune&rft.atitle=Raising+Arizona&rft.date=1987-03-20&rft.aulast=Kehr&rft.aufirst=Dave&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARaising+Arizona" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ebert-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ebert_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051027210459/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19870320/REVIEWS/703200302/1023">"Raising Arizona Review"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Sun Times">Chicago Sun Times</a></i>. 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