10 Law-Abiding Facts About Raising Arizona

The 1987 movie Raising Arizona was the Coen Brothers’ second movie and first comedy. And it was a riot. Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter can’t produce children, so they kidnap one from a set of quintuplets because “They got more than they can handle.” While you no doubt enjoyed the movie, you might not know some of what went into it.  

7. NICOLAS CAGE'S HAIR REACTED TO H.I.'S STRESS LEVEL.

Ethan claimed that Cage was "crazy about his Woody Woodpecker haircut. The more difficulties his character got in, the bigger the wave in his hair got. There was a strange connection between the character and his hair."

10. THE MAYOR OF SCOTTSDALE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE MOVIE.

Mayor Herb Drinkwater proclaimed that the film had "no redeeming social value" and that it "certainly isn't the image Arizona wants to project." The low-budget movie made over $29.1 million worldwide.

Not bad for a movie that was produced for only $2 million. Read the rest of the trivia about Raising Arizona at mental_floss.


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