Episode 187: Raising Arizona
Beyond the Screenplay
Michael Tucker
4.7 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2024
⏱️ 79 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The BTS team discusses the Coen Brothers' first comedy outing, how the film's themes and character work ground the larger than life presentation, and whether young Nicolas Cage is actually Timothée Chalamet.
🚀 Sign up for MUBI today using https://mubi.com/beyondthescreenplay to get 30 days of great cinema for free.
Fall Favorites Season Schedule: https://www.patreon.com/posts/announcing-our-114142028
🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay
👕 BEYOND THE SCREENPLAY MERCH https://lessons-from-the-screenplay.creator-spring.com
☕️ LFTS Merch: https://standard.tv/collections/lfts
Find us on Twitter
Beyond the Screenplay: https://x.com/BTScreenplay
Michael Tucker: https://x.com/michaeltuckerla
Tricia Aurand: https://x.com/TriciaJeanA
Brian Bitner: https://x.com/BrianBitner
Alex Calleros: https://x.com/Alex_Calleros
Edited by Mike Wuerth and the Nebula Studios team
Produced by Vince Major: https://x.com/VinceMajor
Website: http://beyondthescreenplay.com
For Inquiries and Booking: [email protected]
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Ready to launch your business? Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs. Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business with easy customizable themes that let you build your brand, marketing tools that get your products out there. Integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time. From startups to scaleups, online in-person and on the go. Shopify is made for |
| 0:22.8 | entrepreneurs like you. Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup. |
| 0:30.0 | The new Big Arch has arrived at McDonald's. A burger is so iconic. It's got its own source, |
| 0:35.6 | a signature Big Arch sauce. Sounds serious, |
| 0:39.0 | doesn't it? It is. Seriously good. Big Arge. The big McDonald's hunger. |
| 0:45.8 | Until 9th of September, from 11 a.m., participating restaurants only, subject to availability. |
| 0:56.8 | Hi, I'm Michael. |
| 1:03.3 | Welcome to Beyond the Screenplay, the podcast for each week we do a conversational deep dive analysis into a film. |
| 1:10.6 | Today, we are talking about Raising Arizona, the 1987 film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Cohen. |
| 1:13.8 | I'm joined by the Beyond Screenplay team, Tricia Arand. |
| 1:14.9 | Hello, everyone. |
| 1:16.2 | Brian Bittner. |
| 1:17.6 | H.I. H.I. |
| 1:20.4 | And Alex Gaiapes. |
| 1:21.2 | Hi. |
| 1:23.3 | That's right there. It's great. |
| 1:31.1 | Okay. So we are in week three of our fall favorites season. And so, as I've said in the previous episodes, this season we're talking about some of the films that we each put on our top 10 |
| 1:36.2 | list that we've done at the top tens of the 70s and 80s and 90s and 99. We did one specifically |
| 1:42.0 | for that year and all that stuff. So each of us have chosen two |
| 1:45.7 | movies from our lists and over the next six weeks, we're going to continue to go through them. |
| 1:50.1 | Last week, we talked about Mulholland Drive over on the Beyond Screenplay Patreon. That was |
| 1:55.9 | really fun. I discovered I hadn't actually ever seen the whole movie. And Tricia, it was your first time. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Michael Tucker, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Michael Tucker and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.