Raising Arizona: Edwin Hall’s Summer Love Reappears

Pop quiz. Which of these describes the plot of a summer teen blockbuster?

1. Three seniors in high school, hellbent on losing their virginity, embark on an odyssey to score alcohol for a hot girl’s party. Police chases, male bonding and summer love ensue.

2. A cute teenage runaway seeks asylum from authorities at an apartment that three older guys share. Four days of Rob Zombie movies, booze, joints and sex ensue. The girl falls for one of the older boys and, after a petty-crime spree and a drive to Arizona, he meets her family and is subsequently punched in the nose. The lovers part.

Until three years later, when they find themselves across from each other in a courtroom.

The first plot is that of Superbad.

Plot No. 2 is Edwin Hall’s life.