
A childless couple unable to adopt decide that a couple who just had quintuplets won't mind if they steal one of the babies Thus begins the Coen brothers' madcap romp RAISING ARIZONA Holly Hunter stars as Ed a cop who is devastated when she learns that she cannot get pregnant Nicolas Cage is her husband HI an ex-con who wants nothing more than to make his wife the happiest woman in the world So if she wants a baby she's going to have a baby one way or another Heading up the supporting cast of bizarre characters are John Goodman & William Forsythe as crazy cousins who have just busted out of prison Sam Mc Murray & Frances Mc Dormand as Ed & HI's swinging friends & Randall Tex Cobb as a motorcycle madman hired to rescue the baby RAISING ARIZONA is the Coen brothers' most consistently funny film Carter Burwell's score replete with infectious yodeling is relentless Barry Sonnenfeld's cinematography is beautifully wacky & the manic dialogue is the brothers' most"able The film is a treat for the ears & the eyes a one-of-a-kind sensation from a marvelous pair of filmmakers