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Arizona Dream

Arizona Dream

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 6, 1993

Runtime

2h 22m

Genres

Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Romance

User Score

72%

Original Title

Arizona Dream

Production Companies

Hachette Première, Constellation, Canal+, UGC Films

Director

Emir Kusturica

Budget

$19,000,000

Description

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