Arizona Dream with Johnny Depp: VHS Cover

    Arizona Dream Director: Emir Kusturica Cast: Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor

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    • VHS Release Date: 01/01/1998
    • Original Release: 1993

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    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 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. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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    Dreamy!by Anonymous

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    July 26, 2009: Definitely a classic for my video collection. Acting is superb, but the roles border on surreal characterization. The plot played out is ridiculous, but it allows you to experience lots of laughs due to the absurdity of the relationships and emotional entanglements.

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    Tragic Comedy at it's Best!by Anonymous

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    January 28, 2003: A few years ago I rented this film just because it had Johnny Depp and Jerry Lewis in it and I needed to fill out my three videos for two days special. Wow! much like Blade Runner this excellent movie was/is a sleeper. It was release in the US with little fan fair and had it not been for that, I'm sure this film would have been hugely successful. I found it's metaphorical comment on the absurd nature of the human condition to be gripping, touching and at times maddening in an insightful sort of way. If you watch this film, be prepared to pay attention. Almost every scene has a special significance or an inner meaning. Scenes that made you laugh out loud the first time you viewed Arizona Dream are just as likely to bring a tear to your eye the next time you view it, if you get it. If you don?t get it you will walk away wondering what you just watched. It?s kind of like reading Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, some people get it, others?


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