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Arizona Dream [1995] | ![Arizona Dream [1995]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V9REQM9NL._SL75_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Emir Kusturica
Actors: Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Jerry Lewis, Lili Taylor
Studio: 4 Front Video
Category: Video
Buy New: £14.51
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 11063
Format: Hifi Sound, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 135
Discs: 1
UPC: 780063794633
EAN: 0044005183030
ASIN: B00004R6QT
Theatrical Release Date: September 9, 1994
Release Date: April 12, 1999
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 A real jewel of a film September 16, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
A wonderfully comic and emotionally real film, with superb performances by Faye Dunaway, Johnny Depp and Vince Gallo and Jerry Lewis. Kustirica's invention and magic realism make this film a visual and imaginative pleasure.
The film opens with a dream about an Alaskan Inuit lost in a snowstorm and closes with Depp and Lewis, dressed in furs, in Alaska, speaking to each other in Inuit - in between, the film takes place in New York and Arizona with symbolic linking of the real and dream places via a flying halibut, the moon and an Alaskan husky dog.
The story itself, of a young man (Depp) who is dragged back to his hometown for his uncle's wedding (Lewis)to a woman half his age, is unexpectedly tender. His uncle is disappointed that he will not buy into his American Dream by refusing to follow his footsteps as a Cadillac salesman and even more disappointed when Depp falls in love with an older woman(Dunaway) to the jealous annoyance of her step-daughter (Lilli Taylor). It is a film about a young man finding out who he is and how to become that person: a film about growing older and about death.
Don't be put off by some of the reviews - it is not a Hollywood film, but for anyone who admires Kustarica's films or intelligent, imaginative films in general, it is a real treat. Bonus material includes an extended interview with the producer and Johnny Depp made 10 years after the film was released in 1993 and a 12 minute deleted scene.
 Awful trash August 30, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This has honestly got to be one of the worst films that I have ever seen. Not only did it make absolutely no sense, but it also was unbelievably long. The only reason that I watched it to the end was in the vain hope that something worthwhile might actually happen at some point and because I couldn't believe that Johnny Depp and Faye Dunaway would act in such a hideous film, unless it had some redeeming feature - it doesn't.
A different kind of dream June 29, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Despite what others have said about this film, it does have meaning... lots of it! This film reflects the feelings and ideas of the American Dream and the dreams of the imagination.
The film begins with a quirky, surreal-feel that continues through the first half. But matures into a gritty-realism in the 2nd.
Johnny's character struggles to decide between the destiny provided for him in his hometown or the destiny he dreams of. He's happy working with fish in the big city. But there's also the pressure of assuming his role as a car salesman. Enter: a widow and her daughter. One wants to die and come back as a turtle. The other wants to fly... desperately. Will they achieve this with Johnny's help? This starts the process of helping and hindering dreams. Watch them rise and fall, stop and start from here on.
This is a really interesting piece of film-making... don't miss it!
 ??????? April 21, 2006
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
As a huge fan of Johnny Depp, I purcahsed this film based purely on the fact that he was in it, and of the reviews of others entered here. I can't say that it is a terrible film or not worth watching, but it left me with a feeling of slight confusion and bewilderment. It is a strange film and doesn't seem to have a whole lot of purpose, as I said, it's not a bad film, but I wouldn't say it was a great film. It's just very puzzling & ultimately quite bizarre. The acting is over all very good, slightly over played in parts, but that just adds to the whole oddness of the film, which is quite charming really. As you can tell my review is very "on the fence" which is really how I feel about the film, my advice would be, give it a watch and see how you feel about it.
disappointing December 9, 2004
13 out of 29 found this review helpful
I am a huge fan of Emir Kusturica but this is a disappointing film. the biggest disappointment is the american cast. I think kusturica films work better set in his own country and language, there is something about his other films that are utterly unique and i'm sure that this script acted out by his own countrymen would have turned out a lot better. Dunaways over-acting is the worst, Depp and Gallo and even Lewis fare better but the whole thing seems to plod along without any direction or meaning. Sure the cinematography is a treat, as Kusturica films always are, but 'Arizona Dream' was a letdown for me.
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