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Creator Chosen Casting is when the casting of an adaptation is influenced by the creator of the work being adapted. Since this work is not an adaptation, it doesn't count.


* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/TheCoenBrothers wrote the role of Ed especially for Creator/HollyHunter.
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* ClassicFillerText: A newspaper article about the "Arizona Quints" starts with a paragraph about the babies' release from the hospital. The rest of the article consists of paragraphs such as "Many persons feel at this stage that some legal action is forthcoming", which is not the most common filler paragraph but has been used in other movies. The more frequent "common recognition" and "public hearing" paragraphs are also used.
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* {{Corpsing}}: In the scene where Hi, Ed and Dot are sitting at the picnic table discussing raising a healthy baby, Creator/FrancesMcDormand suddenly shouts at an off-camera child actor to take his sister's diaper off his head. Holly Hunter is visibly startled by this and either because of [=McDormand=]'s line delivery or by this being an unexpected ad-lib, can be seen struggling to compose herself and hide a smile behind her hands.
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* ClassicFillerText: A newspaper article about the "Arizona Quints" starts with a paragraph about the babies' release from the hospital. The rest of the article consists of paragraphs such as "Many persons feel at this stage that some legal action is forthcoming", which is not the most common filler paragraph but has been used in other movies. The more frequent "common recognition" and "public hearing" paragraphs are also used.
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* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/TheCoenBrothers wrote the role of Ed especially for Creator/HollyHunter.

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* AFIS100Years100Laughs: #31.
* HostilityOnTheSet: The Coens had a stiff relationship with both Cage, who was annoyed at their disinterest in his artistic suggestions, and Tex Cobb, who genuinely frightened the pair. Neither was ever asked back for another Coens film.

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* AFIS100Years100Laughs: #31.
* HostilityOnTheSet: The Coens Creator/TheCoenBrothers had a stiff relationship with both Cage, Creator/NicolasCage, who was annoyed at their disinterest in his artistic suggestions, and Tex Cobb, who genuinely frightened the pair. Neither was ever asked back for another Coens film.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The director of photography was Creator/BarrySonnenfeld, whose free-floating, frenetic Steadicam style would serve him for his future films including ''Film/MenInBlack'' and ''Film/TheAddamsFamily''.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The director of photography was Creator/BarrySonnenfeld, whose free-floating, frenetic Steadicam style would serve him for his future films including ''Film/MenInBlack'' and ''Film/TheAddamsFamily''.

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* InspirationForTheWork: The film was influenced by the works of Creator/PrestonSturges and writers such as Creator/WilliamFaulkner and Flannery O'Connor (who was known for her Southern literature).



* UnderageCasting: HI is supposed to be a veteran jail bird who has spent his adult life bouncing in and out of prison for robbery before settling down, but Nicolas Cage was only 22 during filming.

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* UnderageCasting: HI is supposed to be a veteran jail bird who has spent his adult life bouncing in and out of prison for robbery before settling down, but Nicolas Cage Creator/NicolasCage was only 22 during filming.
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* PlayingGertrude: HI is supposed to be a veteran jail bird who has spent his adult life bouncing in and out of prison for robbery before settling down, but Nicolas Cage was only 22 during filming.

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* PlayingGertrude: UnderageCasting: HI is supposed to be a veteran jail bird who has spent his adult life bouncing in and out of prison for robbery before settling down, but Nicolas Cage was only 22 during filming.
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* PlayingGertrude: HI is supposed to be a veteran jail bird who has spent his adult life bouncing in and out of prison for robbery before settling down, but Nicolas Cage was only 22 during filming.
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* HostilityOnSet: The Coens had a stiff relationship with both Cage, who was annoyed at their disinterest in his artistic suggestions, and Tex Cobb, who genuinely frightened the pair. Neither was ever asked back for another Coens film.

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* HostilityOnSet: HostilityOnTheSet: The Coens had a stiff relationship with both Cage, who was annoyed at their disinterest in his artistic suggestions, and Tex Cobb, who genuinely frightened the pair. Neither was ever asked back for another Coens film.

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* HostilityOnSet: The Coens had a stiff relationship with both Cage, who was annoyed at their disinterest in his artistic suggestions, and Tex Cobb, who genuinely frightened the pair. Neither was ever asked back for another Coens film.



* IronyAsSheIsCast: Randall 'Tex' Cobb was not familiar with riding motorcycles prior to filming. While shooting the scene where he rides up to inspect the hole where Evelle and Gale had escaped from prison, he actually crashed into the hole on one of the takes.



* WagTheDirector: The relationship between Creator/NicolasCage and Creator/TheCoenBrothers was respectful, but turbulent. When he arrived on-set, and at various other points during production, Cage offered suggestions to the Coen brothers, which they ignored. Cage said that "Joel and Ethan have a very strong vision and I've learned how difficult it is to accept another artist's vision. They have an autocratic nature."

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* WagTheDirector: The relationship between Creator/NicolasCage and Creator/TheCoenBrothers was respectful, but turbulent. When he arrived on-set, and at various other points during production, Cage offered suggestions to the Coen brothers, which they ignored. Cage said that "Joel and Ethan have a very strong vision and I've learned how difficult it is to accept another artist's vision. They have an autocratic nature."" It's no surprise that Cage did not become a part of the Coens' ProductionPosse.
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* BigNameFan:
** Creator/EdgarWright named this as his favourite film.
** Creator/MatthewMcConaughey cited this as the film he's seen the most times.

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* BigNameFan:
** Creator/EdgarWright named this as his favourite film.
** Creator/MatthewMcConaughey cited this as the film he's seen the most times.



* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: Fifteen babies played the Arizona quintuplets in the film. One of the babies was fired during production when he learned to walk. The mother went so far as to put her baby's shoes on backwards in order to prevent him from walking.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/KevinCostner auditioned for H.I. [=McDunnough=] three times.

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Creator/KevinCostner auditioned for H.I. [=McDunnough=] three times.times.
** Creator/KateCapshaw turned down the role of Ed [=McDunnough=], a decision she regretted.

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* ActorAllusion: Leonard Smalls is played by Randall 'Tex' Cobb and wears grenades on his vest. Cobb also played a grenade-wearing character in the movie ''Film/UncommonValor''.



* InspirationForTheWork: The film was influenced by the works of Creator/PrestonSturges and writers such as Creator/WilliamFaulkner and Flannery O'Connor (who was known for her Southern literature).



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/KevinCostner auditioned for H.I. [=McDunnough=] three times.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/KevinCostner auditioned for H.I. [=McDunnough=] three times.times.
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* ActorAllusion: Leonard Smalls is played by Randall "Tex" Cobbs and wears grenades on his vest. Cobb also played a grenade-wearing character in the movie ''Film/UncommonValor''.

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* ActorAllusion: Leonard Smalls is played by Randall "Tex" Cobbs 'Tex' Cobb and wears grenades on his vest. Cobb also played a grenade-wearing character in the movie ''Film/UncommonValor''.

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* ActorAllusion: Leonard Smalls is played by Randall "Tex" Cobbs and wears grenades on his vest. Cobb also played a grenade-wearing character in the movie ''Film/UncommonValor''.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/KevinCostner auditioned for H.I. McDunnough three times.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/KevinCostner auditioned for H.I. McDunnough [=McDunnough=] three times.
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* AFIS100Years100Laughs: #31.
* IronyAsSheIsCast: Randall 'Tex' Cobb was not familiar with riding motorcycles prior to filming. While shooting the scene where he rides up to inspect the hole where Evelle and Gale had escaped from prison, he actually crashed into the hole on one of the takes.
* WagTheDirector: The relationship between Creator/NicolasCage and Creator/TheCoenBrothers was respectful, but turbulent. When he arrived on-set, and at various other points during production, Cage offered suggestions to the Coen brothers, which they ignored. Cage said that "Joel and Ethan have a very strong vision and I've learned how difficult it is to accept another artist's vision. They have an autocratic nature."
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/KevinCostner auditioned for H.I. McDunnough three times.

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