Arizona Dream poster
Director Emir Kusturica
Screenplay David Atkins

Arizona Dream

Tagline: A rebellious young man. With his own version of the future. And his own fantasy of love.

Release Date: 1993-01-06

Duration: 142 minutes

Synopsis

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

Casting

  • Johnny Depp
    Axel Blackmar
  • Cary Grant
    Roger Thornhill (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Lili Taylor
    Grace Stalker
  • Faye Dunaway
    Elaine Stalker
  • Vincent Gallo
    Paul Leger
  • Jerry Lewis
    Leo Sweetie
  • Paulina Porizkova
    Millie
  • Michael J. Pollard
    Fabian
  • Tricia Leigh Fisher
    Lindy (uncredited)
  • Sal Jenco
    Man at the Phone