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Arizona Dream (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
119 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Teaser(s)
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1993 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Emir Kusturica

Written By:
David Atkins (story) &
Emir Kusturica (story) ...

Actors:
Johnny Depp ..... Axel Blackmar
Jerry Lewis ..... Leo Sweetie
Faye Dunaway ..... Elaine Stalker
Lili Taylor ..... Grace Stalker
Vincent Gallo ..... Paul Leger
Paulina Porizkova ..... Millie
Michael J. Pollard ..... Fabian
Candyce Mason ..... Blanche
Alexia Rane ..... Angie
Polly Noonan ..... Betty
Ann Schulman ..... Carla
Patricia O'Grady ..... MC/Announcer
James R. Wilson ..... Lawyer
Eric Polczwartek ..... Man with Door
Kim Keo ..... Mechanical Doll

Synopsis:

Director Emir Kusturica and screenwriter David Atkins crafted this absurdist comedy in which Johnny Depp plays Axel Blackmer, who lives in New York State and is obsessed with fish. He tags fish and monitors their habits for a living, but his greatest curiosity is when and how they dream. Axel's uncle, Leo Sweetie (Jerry Lewis) would prefer Axel take over the family business, a Cadillac dealership in Tucson, Arizona; against his better judgment, Axel drives from New York to Arizona to check out the lot and attend Leo's wedding to Millie (Paulina Porizkova), a woman who is hoping that marriage will keep her from crying all the time. While watching the Cadillacs, Leo meets Elaine Stalker (Faye Dunaway), the sexy widow of a wealthy mine owner, and the two strike up a romance, while Elaine's daughter Grace (Lili Taylor) wanders through her mother's home playing 'Besame Mucho' on the accordion to her pet turtles. Needless to say, Warner Bros, the film's United States distributor, didn't figure this was a sure bet for box-office success, and they trimmed Arizona Dream of 22 minutes before putting it into limited release and eventually dumping it onto home video without opening it in most major cities. Kusturica's original 142-minute (135 min in PAL format) cut was released in Europe (where it did respectable if not ground-shaking business) and to a few art houses in America; the shortened 120-minute version is available on home video.

An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles.

Arizona Dream is a surrealist comedy-drama 1993 film directed by Emir Kusturica and starring Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis and Faye Dunaway.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 25 March, 2008.

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