Raising Arizona

Release: March 13, 1987

A movie directed by the Cohen Brothers found to be one of their first breakthrough films in 1987. H.I., a repeat offender knows his life is destined to the slammer, until he meets Edwina... his wife, who happens to be an officer in his "residential" prison. After he is paroled, they marry... only to find out that Ed can't have children. In leiu of this major disappointment, they find out that Nathan Arizona, owner of "Unpainted Arizona"(largest chain of unpainted furniture in the state of Arizona) just had quintuplets with his wife. The comedy begins when both H.I. and Ed decide to sneak and kidnap one of the little babies from the Arizona household crib...

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Quotes

Ed: "You're gonna get me that baby, Hy! -Ed"

-Councollor for prison: "why do feel traped in a man's body? --Councollor for prison"

-big black man in prison: "well sometimes I get the minstral cramps real HARD. --big black man in prison"

Kid with squirt gun: "You wet yourself! You wet yourself! Mr.McDunnough wet himself, Daddy! -Kid with squirt gun"

Ed McDonnough: "Give me that baby, you warthog from hell! -Ed McDonnough"

Man in truck: "Son, you got a panty on your head! -Man in truck"

H.I. McDonnough: "And this here's the TV. Two hours a day, either educational or football, so you don't ruin your appreciation of the finer things. -H.I. McDonnough"

H.I. McDonnough: "I'll be taking these Huggies and uh..whatever cash you got! -H.I. McDonnough"

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