Where was Raising Arizona filmed?

Name: Raising Arizona
Genre: Comedy, Action, Crime, Black Comedy, Comedy Drama
Released: 1987
Cast: Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Sam McMurray

1987 film, directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.

Arizona

The story is set in Arizona, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in: Arizona
Filmed in: Arizona

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About Raising Arizona

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Released: 1987
Directors: Joel Coen Ethan Coen
Cast: Holly Hunter Trey Wilson John Goodman William Forsythe Sam McMurray Frances McDormandRandall CobbNicolas Cage M. Emmet Walsh Warren Keith
Genre: Comedy Action Crime Black Comedy Comedy Drama

Convenience store robber Herbert ("H.I." or "Hi") McDunnough meets police officer Edwina ("Ed") when she takes his mugshot after each of several arrests in Tempe, Arizona.

Hi and Ed learn of the quintuplet sons born to regional furniture magnate Nathan Arizona.

That night, Hi has a nightmare of monstrous biker Leonard Smalls.

Famous lines from Raising Arizona

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

Yeah, what of it?Nathan
Who the hell are you?Nathan
Why did you change it?FBI Investigator
Well naw, unless round is funny.Cashier
Stop. You're gonna make me bust out crying.Nathan

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