Director Emir Kusturica and screenwriter David Atkins crafted this absurdest 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) .. Read more
| Starring | Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Jerry Lewis, Lili Taylor |
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| Director | Emir Kusturica |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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Director Emir Kusturica and screenwriter David Atkins crafted this absurdest 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
| Starring | Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Jerry Lewis, Lili Taylor |
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| Director | Emir Kusturica |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 15 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 2 hrs 14 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 1993 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 31 Dec 2011 To Rent: DVD: not available |
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A quirky fantasy, sometimes engaging, sometimes maddening in its deliberate oddness, but always original and often surprising.
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Dreaming Mad Chickens In Arizona
Arizona Dream is very early outing for Johnny Depp in this off-kilter, quirky comedy drama about a young man coming to terms with the fact that he might have to... read more »
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A great Depp- Kusturica movie
I watched this movie around the year it was released and I was impressed with its direction, music and performances, not to mention the always great Johnny Depp... read more »
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really a waste of time
Somewhat pointless. I am surprised to find Johnny Depp doing such a crap film. Quirky? sure, Odd? sure? pointless and a waste of time? Oh yes
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arizona dream
enjoyable video, jimmy dipkins is my favourite actor and never disappoints. simply mesmerising.
Johnny Depp is in talks to become the latest big name to play Mexican bandit revolutionary Pancho Villa in a new movie. The movie star is slated to lead the cast of Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica's biopic, The Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman With Six Fingers. The Spanish-language film will be shot partly in Mexico in 2011 and Depp's Once Upon A Time In Mexico co-star Salma Hayek is in negotiations to co-star, according to Variety. If the film comes together, it won't be the first Read more
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