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Nicolas Cage as H.I. McDunnough, small-time crook and new dad

Tempe, Arizona, Spring 1986

Film: Raising Arizona
Release Date: March 13, 1987
Director: Joel & Ethan Coen
Costume Designer: Richard Hornung

WARNING! Spoilers ahead!

Background

In addition to tomorrow being the official start of summer, it’s also my first Father’s Day since becoming a dad last year! So the stars feel aligned for me to write about Nicolas Cage’s Hawaiian shirt-centric style as another new dad: ex-con Herbert I. McDunnough in the Coen brothers’ sophomore film, Raising Arizona (1987).

My name is H.I. McDunnough. Call me “Hi”.

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