DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE SCREENING OF RAISING ARIZONA SCHEDULED FOR TUES., FEB. 13TH IS BEING POSTPONED. NEW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON! BE SAFE OUT THERE!!

Please join BVFCC for Raising Arizona, the second installment in our February Screening Series: Til Death Do Us Part on Tuesday, February 13th at 7pm. Entry is FREE to BVFCC members and $10 for non-members. The BVCoffee Bar will be open for beer, wine, café drinks, and FREE freshly-popped popcorn!

Raising Arizona is a 1987 American crime comedy film directed by Joel Coen, produced by Ethan Coen, and written by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Nicolas Cage as H.I. "Hi" McDunnough, an ex-convict, and Holly Hunter as Edwina "Ed" McDunnough, a former police officer and his wife. Other members of the cast include Trey Wilson, William Forsythe, John Goodman, Frances McDormand, Sam McMurray, and Randall "Tex" Cobb.

The Coen brothers set out to work on the film with the intention of making a film as different from their previous film, the dark thriller Blood Simple, as possible, with a lighter sense of humor and a faster pace. Raising Arizona received mixed reviews at the time of its release. Some criticized it as too self-conscious, manneristic, and unclear as to whether it was fantasy or realism. Other critics praised the film for its originality.

The film ranks 31st on the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Laughs list, and 45th on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies" list. Raising Arizona was released in the United States on March 13, 1987.

BVFCC would like to acknowledge and thank several organizations for their generous funding which allows us to present our monthly Screening Series. Special thanks go to CT Humanities, CT Office of the Arts, and The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.