Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: CAGE,NICOLAS EAN: 9786305499121 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 6305499128 Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Letterbox Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 03, 1999 Running Time: 94 minutes Sales Rank: 2168 Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: March 13, 1987
Greatest ever
There was a time, many many years ago, before National Treasure, Ghostrider and Bangkok Dangerous, that Nicholas Cage was in the greatest movie of all time. That movie, was Raising Arizona. If you haven't seen it, please start a Netflix account right now and queue up 4 movies and watch in this order:
1st - National Treasure (wow, did I just sit through that?)
2nd - Ghostrider (wow, someone in Hollywood funded this?)
3rd - Bangkok Dangerous (wow, this is on DVD already? I saw it just opened last week in the theater???)
at this point, you are going to want to jump out of a window, but before you do, there is 1 more movie you have to watch......
4th - Raising Arizona (my god, this is the greatest ... Read More
The Coen Brother's Quintessential Comedy
The Coen Brothers' Oscar-winning triumph for "No Country for Old Men" seemed to me as much recognition of two decades of excellent, if quirky, filmmaking as it was celebration of that specific film masterpiece. Their films defy categorization, although I think it is safe to say that most of the films lean more towards "comedy" or "drama". One of their trademarks is adding humor to their dramas, and few comedies come with darker moments than theirs. For me, "Raising Arizona" represents their best and most outrageous comedy, and since their list of comedies includes "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", "The Big Lebowski" and "Burn After Reading", that's saying something.
Nicolas Cage leads as a dim but good-hearted small time convenience store ... Read More
The first 30 minutes are funny and enjoyable mostly due to tickling and witty dialogues. The rest is boring.
The first 30 minutes are funny and enjoyable mostly due to tickling and witty dialogues. The rest is boring.
**** SPOILER. DO NOT READ this if you HAVE NOT WATCHED the MOVIE ****
The film goes south when the two friends of Nicolas escaped from the prison and visited him in his home. Since then, there are only a couples of
hilarious scenes. One is where the boss suggested wife-swapping. The other is when the kids of his boss wrecked his home.
It gets worse when the bounty hunter started to track Nicolas down. The imagination is so wild that it's not interesting any more.
Anybody who is expecting a child or wants to have one should watch this. It realistically and funnily portraits part of the ... Read More
Coen Brothers
Coen Brother's film, what more needs to be said. These guys are remarkable at capturing a area's culture, dialect and humor.
Best movie ever
I am a fan of all the Coen brothers' movies, but Raising Arizona is my favorite of them all. It's a gem, and I bought it for all my senior advisees (I'm a high school teacher) as their graduation present. "Okay, then."
