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No word on whether kidnapping babies if you can't conceive is covered in this 1998 Serbian biology textbook.
Yes, that's Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, and Little Nathan Junior from the 1987 comedy "Raising Arizona" on the cover of this Serbian eighth-grade biology book.
According to Belgraded, Viktor Markovic's site about Belgrade, Serbia and the Balkans, the book is from 1998, and the movie photo wasn't on the cover when he used the same book in 1993. Apparently it was added later, with the graphic designer thinking it was just a generic happy family shot.
Happy family indeed. Could any family have been more messed up than that of poor Hi and Edwina McDunnough? After all, they kidnapped baby Nathan after learning that Ed's "insides were a rocky place where (Hi's) seed could find no purchase."
Also, was the designer not bothered by Cage's character's hair? I feel like I want to reach through the photo and smooth it out.
Markovic notes on Belgraded that he spoke to the book's designer, who calls use of the photo an honest mistake and says the books were yanked from circulation early, but obviously, some got out.
But really, if the book helped spread word of "Raising Arizona" among kids in Serbia, more power to them. It's got to be one of the most quotable, hilarious films out there.
"I'll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash you got."
"Son, you got a panty on your head."
"These (balloons) blow up into funny shapes and all?" "Well, no, unless round is funny."
Any biology class can benefit from a little Coen Brothers humor.
(Textbook photo used by permission of Twitter user Zekasta.)
"Raising Arizona" -- hilarious, or overrated? Tell us in the comments.
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Easily one of my favorites. I fell in love with Holly Hunter in that film.
My knuckles still hurt thinking about Hi scraping his across the ceilling.
"Raising Arizona" -- hilarious. Best one liners ever! Great cast was well.
"You're young, and you got your health, what you want with a job?"
An absolute under-the-radar classic! Still the Coen's best IMHO (and that is saying a lot).
Did the publisher of the textbook just grab an image off the web, or what? Apparently even publishers, whose business depends on copyright law, pretty much totally disgregard it!
The book's designer did, the publisher just didn't verify before printing. It said they recalled them as soon as they realized what had happened.
Yodas and sh!t!!
You ate sand?
This was the last truly decent movie Nicolas Cage ever made.
Last? Only...
You know, I take that back. "Lord of War" was excellent. It also came out many years after "Raising Arizona" -- so now I have to contradict myself and come into conflict with your opinion.
Oh, you are sooo wrong! <Grrrr!>
"Kick-Ass" also gets an honorable mention here. Good supporting role and hilarious one-liners all over again. "Take cover child!"
What about The Bad Lieutenant? That movie was supreme.
What about "Wild at Heart" with Laura Dern? I thought it was great.
Wacky eastern Europeans...LAWL
All I want for Christmas is a biology book!!!
All I want for Christmas is a biology book!
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Easily one of my least favorite movies ever! It glorifies kidnapping and insinuates that the majority of barren women will gladly kidnap someone else's baby to have a child of their own. Fortunately the two stars and the Coen brothers got better as time went on. Having that picture on the cover of a textbook to illustrate human biology is as bad as having Borat on the cover of anything to illustrate Eastern Europeans.
Well, alright then!
It's "Well ok, then."
Truly one of the greats: the one that gave us courage to try other Coen Bros. films (not all of which we ended up liking, but we're still happy to try one that's new to us, whenever we find it). I am not a Nic Cage fan, but he works well in some movies and he definitely worked here. Indeed, it is hard to think of this film without his contribution. I wonder if anyone unintentionally appropriated a noteworthy picture for an American textbook?