"There's (a) gate that's used to close the Lake Superior Railroad Museum off from the rest of the building," explained Hailey Eidenschink, the St. Louis County Depot's cultural coordinator. "When we would do ghost tours in the building ... we would always get 'caged in' at the end."
"We really just want to be a resource and an asset for folks," said Depot director Mary Tennis. "Having people feel familiar and comfortable and safe in any of our Depot environments, that's success."
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Tennis and Eidenschink were sitting on the stage of the Depot Theatre, where the second annual Caged In event will be held Friday. The theater has recently been outfitted with a new projector, previously put to use at the North Star Story Summit and two screenings of the Duluth-made movie "Rescuing Christmas."
"It's an earlier piece from Nicolas Cage's career that really catapults him into the spotlight," said Eidenschink. Plus, there's a local angle: the Coen Brothers, who made the movie, grew up in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
Cage plays H.I. "Hi" McDunnough, a formerly incarcerated man married to the police officer (Holly Hunter) who took his mugshot. Unable to have a child biologically, the spouses kidnap one of the quintuplets born to furniture salesman Nathan Arizona (Trey Wilson). When two of Hi's former cellmates (William Forsythe, John Goodman) escape prison and arrive seeking shelter, hijinks ensue.
Though Cage had appeared onscreen in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982) and "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986), he wasn't yet a star when "Raising Arizona" was released. Actor Sam McMurray, who played Hi's boss, later told Business Insider that during a lunch break from filming the movie, a teenager who barely recognized Cage asked him to sign a cocktail napkin.
This beloved family drama stars Cher, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress in the role of Loretta Castorini. Olympia Dukakis, playing Loretta's mother, also won an Oscar; the film was nominated for Best Picture but lost to "The Last Emperor."
"He marches to the beat of his kazoo," said Eidenschink. "I've heard (a) legend that the director hated his performance, absolutely could not get down with it at all, and Cher defended him, which allowed his bonkers take on the character to go through."
Revisiting the movie in 2003, critic Roger Ebert was reminded that it's an ensemble piece. Although Cher is on the poster, there are actually several love stories in the movie, and director Norman Jewison keeps a handle on the tone. "The movie is never slapstick," wrote Ebert, "even when Cage's character is in full display."
"Is the world ready for a flaming Nicolas Cage?" asked Jeannette Catsoulis rhetorically in a review for the New York Times. "After a long string of financial flops, this idiosyncratic actor is placing his faith in a comic-book character with a combustible body and an addiction to jelly beans."
"But we have great aspirations!" added Eidenschink. "Eventually, we'll get enough collective clout. Even if we get, like, a Cameo (celebrity video message site) video from him or something, that would be pretty sick."
"We're so close to Nicolas Cage, we can almost taste it," said Tennis, referencing the Northland's growing film industry. "It's only a matter of time before he's starring in a really awesome Hallmark Christmas rom-com."
This year's Caged In event will include more trivia and a song contest in which attendees will be invited to perform "goofy parodies, original compositions or anything in between" to honor the actor ahead of his 60th birthday.
Tennis pointed out that the Depot has no shortage of fine arts representation: it's home to Minnesota Ballet, the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and, until May 1, Duluth Art Institute gallery space. Caged In is about making space for movies, one of the world's most popular art forms.
"Nicolas Cage hits pretty much every level and every appetite of movie consumer," said Tennis. "We want to be useful and engaging and approachable by everybody in the community, everybody in the region, and that is why it's Nicolas Cage. He resonates." 152ee80cbc
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