Raising Arizona

sleeps, he has a dream in which he and Ed have been happily married for many years and the movie ends with a rousing rendition of Bob Nolan's folksong Way Out There. An earlier film Silver Streak starring Charles Starrett was made in 1934 using the Pioneer Zephyr trainset. The 1934 film has little in common with the 1976 film of the same name, and also differs somewhat from the trip on the original "Silver Streak" Zephyr that same year. In the end, as H.I. When brake couplings failed, the train skidded for two miles and passed right through the stationmaster's office at the end of track 16 at a speed estimated at 30 to 50 mph, demolishing it, but miraculously killing no one. to his parents. At the time, it was the most spectacular modern runaway passenger train wreck. and Ed return Nathan Jr. The spectacular ending when the train arrives at Union Station (Chicago) was apparently inspired by the wreck of the 16-car Federal Express at Union Station (Washington, DC) on , the morning of January 15, 1953 (see link).

Gale and Evelle return to jail and H.I. Of course, no murders or other spectacular events featured in the movie are known to have taken place on the 1934 inaugural run. accidentally pulls the pin from a hand grenade attached to Smalls' ammunition belt and the biker is killed. On that famous trip, the Pioneer Zephyr was also headed for Chicago, but at a much faster average speed of 77 miles per hour. H.I. The name "Silver Streak" was termed by the news media reporting on the record setting 1934 trip of the Pioneer Zephyr, the first passenger train which featured a stainless steel consist. and tries to kill him. Most of the interior station scenes are of Union Station in Toronto, Ontario.

Ultimately, Leonard Smalls tracks down H.I. The film features some beautiful train operations, scenery, and lots of "action" shots, as the protagonist and allies battle the bad guys on board and on top of the train, and get thrown off or jump on and off the moving train amazingly often. begin to see that they are not very well suited to each other. All exterior train shots were filmed on the Canadian Pacific railway line in Alberta despite ostensibly being set in the United States, and operated by the fictional railroad "AMRoad". After this, Ed and H.I. While loosely based on Amtrak trains, Amtrak was not involved with the filming of the movie. reverts to his felonious ways. Caldwell falls in love with secretary Hilly Burns (Clayburgh) but also bears witness to the murder of Burns' boss and, after being thrown off the train by some the murderers' thugs, must enlist the help of a thief (Pryor) to save their lives.

H.I.'s new family life goes well until he is visited by his former prison inmate chums Gale (played by Goodman) and Evelle. Under Gale and Evelle's influence, H.I. Publisher George Caldwell (Wilder) is traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago on the titular train, Silver Streak. Finding police efforts to recover his baby inadequate, Nathan Arizona Sr., the quints' father, retains the services of beefy, menacing biker Leonard Smalls (played by Cobb) to perform the task. Silver Streak is a 1976 comedy film starring Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan and Ned Beatty and directed by Arthur Hiller. and Ed kidnap one of the quints, Nathan Jr. Upon learning of the birth of the "Arizona Quints", H.I.

The couple cannot adopt because of H.I.'s criminal record. After serious attempts, Ed discovers that she is unable to bear children. promises to reform. (Hi) McDonnough (Cage) and police officer Edwina (Ed) McDonnough (played by Hunter) fall in love and get married when H.I.

Arizona recidivist petty criminal H.I. Typical Coen Brothers fare, the movie is replete with pseudo-symbolism, visual gags, and sardonic dialogue. Not a blockbuster at the time of its release, it has since achieved the status of a cult film. William Forsythe, John Goodman, Frances McDormand, and Randall Cobb are also featured.

Raising Arizona is a quirky, offbeat, and humorous 1987 Coen Brothers film starring Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter. Raising Arizona (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093822/) at the Internet Movie Database. I dunno, maybe it was Utah.. If not Arizona, then a land, not too far away, where all parents are strong and wise and capable, and all children are happy and beloved...

our home . And it seemed like well .. It seemed like us. From H.I.'s dream: And it seemed real.

Gale: Ma'am, we sure never meant to influence anybody. Evelle: And if we did, we're sorry.. Gale: So many social engagements, so little time.. McDonough.. Evelle: Awfully fine cereal flakes ya got, Mrs.

Smalls: You wanna find an outlaw, you call an outlaw; you wanna find a Dunkin' Donuts, call a cop.. My friends call me Lenny...only I ain't got no friends.. Leonard Smalls. Smalls: Name's Smalls.