Nicolas Cage’s Red Aloha Shirt in Raising Arizona

Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter in Raising Arizona (1987) Vitals 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”. Raising Arizona begins with Hi continually being arrested for small-time robberies and brought to the lockup in Tempe, Arizona, where he gradually falls for the police photographer Edwina “Ed” Hucket (Holly Hunter) over the course of his mugshots during each arrest. Rejecting the parole board’s description of him as a repeat…