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Nicolas Cage and William Forsythe would later star together in The Rock (1996). D
The born in Minnesota Coen Brothers wrote and directed a scene in which HI McDonough reads a newspap [...] D
To create their characters' dialect, the Coen Brothers created a hybrid of local dialect and the ass [...] D
HI works for Hudsucker Industries, which is where Norville Barnes gained great success as inventor o [...] D
The starting point of scriptwriting came from the idea of the character of Hi, who has the desire to [...] D
Sam McMurray (Glen) and William Forsythe (Evelle) would star together a few years later in the Brian [...] D
The place H.I. usually robs, the Short Stop grocery store, is now Circle K, 2311 West Deer Valley Ro [...] D
Ed's cop car is a 1972 Chevrolet Impala. D
When Ed tells H.I. not to cuss around Nathan, he responds with "He don't know a cuss word from Shino [...] D
Co-stars Holly Hunter and John Goodman would later go on to act together in Always - Per sempre (198 [...] D
The script took three and a half months to write. D
Fifteen babies played the Arizona quintuplets in the film. One of the babies was fired during produc [...] D
A grown-up Nathan Jr plays football at the Sun Devil Stadium, 500 East Veterans Way, on the campus o [...] D
Escaped convicts Gale and Evelle Snoats (John Goodman and William Forsythe) set out to rob the 'Farm [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the Top 100 Funniest American Movies. D
The section of the steakhouse which became the 'Farmers and Mechanics Bank of La Grange': Reata Pass [...] D
The $30,000 that Leonard Smalls talks about as "1954 dollars" would be equal to just over $120,000 i [...] D
When the cops chase H.I. through a house, Nathan Arizona's Unpainted Arizona commercial seen earlier [...] D
Two years later Frances McDormand (Dot) and M. Emmet Walsh (Machine Shop Ear-Bender) both appeared i [...] D
Favorite film of writer/director Edgar Wright. D
When Matthew McConaughey was asked about the movie he watched the most times, he said Raising Arizon [...] D
Falling in love with police officer Ed (Holly Hunter), as she repeatedly takes his mugshot at Tempe [...] D
The Coens came to the set with a complete script and storyboard. With a budget of just over five mil [...] D
The exterior of 'Maricopa County Maximum Security Correctional Facility For Men', to which McDunnoug [...] D
The alarm button that the clerk presses in the convenience store reads "Odegard-Trend Security." Thi [...] D
H.I. McDunnough's first name is revealed to be Herbert, in the letter he leaves behind for Ed. D
Florence is the name of the quintuplets' mother. Florence, Arizona is the site of a state prison. D
The Coen brothers wrote Holly Hunter's character specifically for her. D
Kate Capshaw turned down the role of Ed McDunnough, a decision she regretted. D
Both O.P.E. and P.O.E. are spray painted on the door of the gas station rest room. This is a referen [...] D
Leonard Smalls rides a Honda VT 500 Custom, and carries two Rossi Overland shotguns slung across his [...] D
Glen (H.I.'s boss) drives a 1970 Ford LTD Country Squire. D
During the chase scene through the grocery store, the movie's theme plays on the store's music syste [...] D
The lullaby that Ed sings to Nathan, Jr. is "Down in the Willow Garden", a folk song about a man sen [...] D
The prison counselor at the beginning of the film wears a Chai on his necklace. Chai is a Hebrew wor [...] D
Kevin Costner auditioned for the role of H.I. McDunnough three times. D
This is one of two films that Nicholas Cage has starred in where he commits a robbery disguised in a [...] D
Trey Wilson and Randall 'Tex' Cobb are both native Texans, as the latter's nickname would suggest. T [...] D
The striking adobe home of the Arizonas was the historic 1925 Jokake Inn, on North Phoenician Boulev [...] D
The character of Leonard Smalls was created when the Coen Brothers tried to envision an "evil charac [...] D
According to Sam McMurray, one day he and Nicolas Cage went out to eat at a diner and an excited fem [...] D
As Hi watches the sun rise on day one with baby Nathan Jr. He says, "Sometimes it's a hard world for [...] D
The baby on the international poster is the lead singer of the rock band Say Anything, whose father [...] D
It's at Reata Pass, with its distinctive water tower, that HI finally faces up to the Lone Biker of [...] D
Both Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter have played or voiced superheroes, Cage played Johnny Blaze/The G [...] D
Many crew members who had worked with the Coen Brothers on Blood Simple - Sangue facile (1984) retur [...] D
After the success of Blood Simple - Sangue facile (1984), the Coen Brothers planned for Mister Hula [...] D
Features three actors who went onto win Best Actor/Actress Academy Awards: Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las [...] D
The shot in which the camera moves in on Florence Arizona discovering that Nathan Jr. is gone is a d [...] D
The Short Stop convenience store that H.I. robs for diapers at the start of the chase scene was film [...] D
When Nathan Arizona is being interviewed, one of the microphones has "KOIN" written on it. This is a [...] D
The showroom of 'Unpainted Arizona', "the largest chain of unpainted furniture and bathroom fixture [...] D
Frances McDormand and Holly Hunter were roommates at the Yale School of Drama in 1982. D
The station wagon that Gale and Evelle steal at the gas station has a "Mondale/Ferraro" bumper stick [...] D
The film was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. D
Each time Ed photographs H.I., her off-camera colleague tells her not to forget something. The first [...] D
This is one of the few Coen Brothers movies to not be edited by the brothers themselves (under the p [...] D
H.I.'s work uniform logo shows he works for Hudsucker Industries, which became the setting of a late [...] D
When Ed is approaching Smalls, she calls him a warthog from hell. Later, as he explodes you can hear [...] D
The Coen Brothers wanted this film to be the polar opposite of their debut, Blood Simple - Sangue fa [...] D
Richard Jenkins auditioned for a role in the film. He would later audition for Crocevia della morte [...] D
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen: [Kubrick] The acronyms "P.O.E" and "O.P.E." spray-painted in the washroom and [...] D
While many reviews refer to Randall 'Tex' Cobb's character Leonard Smalls as a "Harley-riding biker, [...] D
According to Ethan Coen, Nicolas Cage was crazy about his Woody Woodpecker haircut and that it react [...] D
There really is a Farmers & Mechanics Bank (though note that in the film it's Farmers and Mechanics [...] D
The first time H.I. is brought into the cell block, the convict mopping the floor is at the far end. [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
The cigar-smoking bird tattoo was originally the logo of Clay Smith Cams in 1950s, a company making [...] D
Frances McDormand's character is named 'Dot'. In real life, McDormand has a sister named Dot (Doroth [...] D
Leonard Smalls is named after Lennie Small, one of the two main characters in John Steinbeck's novel [...] D
The film was influenced by the works of Preston Sturges and writers such as William Faulkner and Fla [...] D
Ed's maiden name, visible on her police uniform name tag, is Hucket. D
Randall 'Tex' Cobb gave the Coens difficulty on set, with Joel Coen noting that "he's less an actor [...] D
The relationship between Nicolas Cage and the Coen Brothers was respectful, but turbulent. When he a [...] D
The shot where Evelle and Gale stop just before hitting the car seat with the baby in it was filmed [...] D
Wanting to have as many options as possible in the editing room, the Coens and their cinematographer [...] D
Mayor Herb Drinkwater of Scottsdale, Arizona proclaimed that the film had "no redeeming social value [...] D
The news article H.I. reads early in the film about the Arizona Quints contains the following text: [...] D
In the scene where the father is ranting about "leads", there is a cop standing behind him. This sam [...] D
Following Hi's attempt to steal the diapers from the convenience store, Ed warns him that his crimin [...] D
The opening credits appear at 11 minutes into the film. D
The film was shot in ten weeks. D
Nathan Jr. (real name T.J Kuhn) was born in 1985. He works as a Realtor in Phoenix, Arizona. D
Raising Arizona's baby left on the roof bit is well known but they also nodded to it when Walter Sob [...] D
The cell block that H.I. is brought into every time he has been arrested and sent to jail is Cell Bl [...] D
Although the letters POE and OPE (a reference to Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove) are shown reflec [...] D
The name of the cop in HI's dream in the final scene is Sgt Kowalski, a reference to the main charac [...] D
Randall 'Tex' Cobb was not familiar with riding motorcycles prior to filming. While shooting the sce [...] D

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Errori

Comma placement in the newspaper. The sub-headline in H.I.'s stolen newspaper: "More than we can han [...] D
In the grocery store scene where the dogs chase Cage, some shots have five dogs while others have se [...] D
When Glen and Dot visit, everybody sits down for a picnic lunch. One of their kids (a little girl wi [...] D
When the FBI is questioning Nathan Arizona as to what the kidnapped child was wearing, Arizona says [...] D
When H.I. first enters the Arizona house to kidnap a child, one child's hair length is inconsistent [...] D
Glen's collar when he talks to H.I. about swinging. D
When H.I. and Gale Snoats are fighting, considerable damage is done to the trailer. Gale throws H.I. [...] D
In the picnic scene, where Dot and Ed are talking about the DIP/TET booster shots, Dot is squirting [...] D
While getting ready to get Jr. from the cons H.I. puts the same gun in the front of his pants twice. D
H.I. smashes a lamp while being swung around on Gale's back. When it hits the floor, it is whole. D
When H.I.'s form is red-stamped "PAROLED", the word "Searched" is misspelled as "SERACHED". D
When Snoats is pulling himself out of the mud, you can tell he's being pushed from below. He is stil [...] D
"It ain't armed robbery if the gun ain't loaded" is false. Even a toy gun that appears to be real su [...] D
Shadow of camera operator and vehicle while Leonard Smalls is cruising down the highway. D
When Ed is driving around as H.I. is being chased the far right tail light is out, but after she pic [...] D
H.I. slugs Glen in the desert, knocking him to the ground a few feet away. The movie then switches t [...] D
The grocery store manager is clearly seen putting two shells in a double-barrel shotgun, but then fi [...] D
When the brothers are escaping from prison, Gale pulls Evelle out of the hole by his feet. As he pul [...] D
During the wild chase scene, H.I. commandeers a pick-up with driver. The vehicle shown is a 1964 to [...] D
In the Full Frame or Pan & Scan version, when H.I. is in the Arizona house kidnapping the baby, one [...] D
In the first shot of Evelle in the car after stealing Nathan Jr. the backseat window is down. After [...] D
The "Deep Southern" accent of the main characters is not typical of Arizona. D
The face of John Goodman's stuntman can be seen when H.I. throws Gale onto the floor at the beginnin [...] D
When Gale and Evelle return back to get Nathan Jr., a DIP sign is clearly on the wrong side of the r [...] D
While Leonard Smalls is back-handing H.I. in front of the bank, his arm swings back and hits the cam [...] D
When Hi goes into the Short Stop the parking lot is wet with puddles. The police car comes over the [...] D
Dolly track visible on ground as H.I. and Glen discuss wife swapping. D
During the taking of the first "family photo" on the couch, H.I. frames up the shot with a Canon cam [...] D
When Glen comes back with a neck-brace the curtain on the window of the trailer door changes to a Ve [...] D
In the aforementioned picnic scene, when Dot and Ed are talking, Dot is spreading mustard on the san [...] D
When Ed & H.I. caught up with Gale just after he robbed the bank, they were in Ed's police car; but [...] D
During several shots of various front seat conversations, the vehicles do not have any windshields, [...] D
The hand grenades carried by Smalls have a blue-painted spoon on them, indicating that they are iner [...] D
HI and Edwina's Chevy alternates between a 72 Impala 4 door post sedan and a 1974 4 door hardtop qui [...] D
During the wild chase scene in the "Double Coupons" store, the police officer fires nine shots from [...] D
The position of Hi's shoe in his hands whilst he's talking to the boys immediately after the robbery [...] D
The police take Nathan Arizona's fingerprints in order to separate his from those that the kidnapper [...] D
When Hi comes out of the Arizona mansion without one of the kids, and Ed demands that he go back and [...] D
When HI first enters Double Coupons, the large "Liquors" sign appears behind him at the front of the [...] D
H.I. and Ed switch seats from her driving telling him about splitting up to him driving when they ru [...] D
When H.I. picks reads the newspaper headlined 'Arizona Quints Go Home', the corresponding article is [...] D
In the Northern hemisphere, the sun and moon rise from the horizon up and to the right, but it was s [...] D
After escaping from prison, Gale and Evelle steal a 1973-78 Ford station wagon (back-up lamps at the [...] D
The "Thrush Muffler" trademark tattoo on H.I.'s arm switches sides when he is chasing the babies aro [...] D
When Ed picks up Hi in the back of the grocery store the right outside taillight is out, but after H [...] D
As HI and Ed approach in their car for the final showdown with Leonard Smalls, shots of HI's face th [...] D
When Glen first confronts Hi at the trailer about having kidnapped Nathan Jr., Hi's hair is flattene [...] D
When Gale and Evelle are in their getaway car and the paint bomb explodes in the car, Gale hits the [...] D

Frase

Gale: Welcome Home Son... ? Where's he been? D
Nathan Arizona Sr.: Eight hundred leaf-tables and [...] D
H.I.: My dearest Edwina, Tonight, as you and Natha [...] D
Reporter: Mr. Arizona, do you have any messages fo [...] D
H.I.: I found myself driving past convenience stor [...] D
Dot: Rollie! You take that diaper off your head an [...] D
Evelle: I got me some baby grub, baby wipes, diape [...] D
H.I.: There's what's right and there's what's righ [...] D
Gale: All right, ya hayseeds, it's a stick-up. Eve [...] D
Ed McDonnough: I don't care about myself anymore. [...] D
Nathan Arizona Sr.: You know what I think? I think [...] D
Evelle: Mighty fine cereal flakes, Mrs. McDonough. D
H.I.: If it's all the same to you, Honey, I think [...] D
H.I.: This here's the TV. Two hours a day, maximum [...] D
H.I.: This is Gale and Evelle Snoats. As fine a pa [...] D
FBI Agent: Sir, we discovered you were born Nathan [...] D
Leonard Smalls: Name's Smalls. Leonard Smalls. My [...] D
Machine Shop Ear-Bender: So we were doin' paramedi [...] D
Prison Counsellor: Most men your age Hi, are getti [...] D
Grocer: [tired of counting backwards after Evelle [...] D
Glen: Say, that 'minds me. What are going to name [...] D
Gale: Got you on an awful short leash, don't she, [...] D
Ed McDonnough: [sobbing] Turn to the right. H.I.: [...] D
Dot: Where's that baby? Where's he at? Glen: [Gle [...] D
Glen: Mind you don't cut yourself, Mordecai. D
H.I.: Sometimes it's a hard world for small things [...] D
Gale: Why ain't you breast-feeding? You appear to [...] D
H.I.: Wake up, Son. [aims gun at the clerk] H.I. [...] D
[Evelle is buying diapers] Evelle: You know how t [...] D
H.I.: I"m in here on my knees, Ed, a free man prop [...] D
Nathan Arizona Sr.: If a frog had wings, it wouldn [...] D
Ed McDonnough: You guys just can't stay. I appreci [...] D
H.I.: Prison life is structured - more'n some peop [...] D
Ed McDonnough: I love him so much! H.I.: I know y [...] D
Gale: You understand, H.I.? If this works out, it' [...] D
[an old convict and H.I. lying on their prison bun [...] D
Nathan Arizona Sr.: If you're looking for furnitur [...] D
H.I.: Nathan Jr accepts me for what I am! And I th [...] D
H.I.: What are you talkin' about, Glen? Glen: Wha [...] D
H.I.: That night, I had a dream. I drifted off thi [...] D
[last lines] H.I.: [final lines] That night I had [...] D
Scamp with squirt gun: You wet yourself! You wet y [...] D
H.I.: What kind of name is Ed for a pretty thing l [...] D
[first lines] H.I.: [voiceover] My name is H.I. M [...] D
Evelle: Do they blow up in funny shapes? Grocer: [...] D
Ed McDonnough: Give me that baby, you warthog from [...] D
Policeman in Arizona house: What did the pyjamas l [...] D
H.I.: I tried to stand up and fly straight, but it [...] D
H.I.: Edwina's insides were a rocky place where my [...] D
Gale: [during the bank robber] I told you not to u [...] D
H.I.: A man for a husband. Ed McDonnough: That ai [...] D
H.I.: Biology and the prejudices of others conspir [...] D
Evelle: Promise we ain't never gonna leave him aga [...] D
Parole Board chairman: They've got a name for peop [...] D
Gale: Anyone found bipedal in five wears his ass f [...] D
Payroll Cashier: Gubmint do take a bite, don't she [...] D
Nathan Arizona Sr.: All right, boy, I guess you go [...] D
Dot: [GASPS after seeing Nathan Jr] What's his nam [...] D
Evelle: Gale? Um, Junior just had a - an accident. [...] D
Nathan Arizona Sr.: You want that $25,000 reward, [...] D
Glen: How many Polacks it take to screw up a light [...] D
Glen: Say, did you hear about the person of the Po [...] D
Policeman: Do you have any disgruntled employees? [...] D
H.I.: We figured there was too much happiness here [...] D
Prison Counsellor: Why do you say you feel "trappe [...] D
Gale: Here you are sitting on your butt playing ho [...] D
H.I.: Need a beer, Glen? Glen: Does the Pope wear [...] D
H.I.: I think the wife and me are splitting up. He [...] D
H.I.: Do you ever get the feeling that there's som [...] D
Evelle: [about the balloons he just bought] These [...] D
H.I.: He's a scandal in't he, he's a little outlaw [...] D
Glen: Say that reminds me, how'd you get that kid [...] D
Nathan Arizona Sr.: Dammit, are you boys gonna cha [...] D
Ed McDonnough: I'm not gonna live this way, Hi! It [...] D
Dot: You gotta get 'em dip-tet boosters yearly or [...] D
Ed McDonnough: You mean you busted out of jail. E [...] D
Evelle: H.I., you're young and you got your health [...] D
Hayseed in the Pickup: Son, you got a panty on you [...] D
H.I.: Now, y'all without sin can cast the first st [...] D
Evelle: We need someone handy with a scatter gun t [...] D
Gale: I know you're partial to convenient stores, [...] D
Dot: You soak his thumb in iodine and you might ge [...] D
Leonard Smalls: You want to find an outlaw, hire a [...] D
Gale: Well, H.I., looks like you've been up to the [...] D
Nathan Arizona Sr.: That's your forte, ain't it? C [...] D
Nathan Arizona Sr.: I got the cops and the Federal [...] D
Glen: That Buford's a sly one. Already knows his A [...] D
H.I.: I even caught myself drivin' by convenience [...] D
Ed McDonnough: What would have happened if me and [...] D
Dot: I'm sure you have the life insurance squared [...] D
Ed McDonnough: We finally go out with decent peopl [...] D

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