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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: BIG EASY, THE (DVD MOVIE)
EAN: 9786305262268
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC
ISBN: 6305262268
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Lions Gate
Release Date: February 02, 1999
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 6258
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: August 21, 1987
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Product Description:
Highly original crime yarn with steamy romance and unique New Orleans atmosphere. A stylish homicide detective (Quaid) runs afoul of the new uptight assistant D. A. (Barkin) while investigating a local mob murder; soon theyre romantically involved even while theyre at odds professionally. Sassy and sexy with terrific Cajun music score. Written by Daniel Petrie Jr. Later a cable TV series.System Requirements:Director: Jim McBride Starring: Dennis Quaid et al. Region 1 encoding (for use in US and Canada only) Color Closed-captioned Theatrical trailer(s) Widescreen letterbox format Number of discs: 1 Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 031398700234 Manufacturer No: 71048
Amazon.com:
An atmospheric and sexy crime caper, this stars Dennis Quaid as a New Orleans police detective. He's a smooth talker who butts heads with the new assistant district attorney, Ellen Barkin. She's rigid and plays by the rules; he is mildly corrupt. They soon find themselves romantically entwined, and a bit chagrined.
Director Jim McBride (Great Balls of Fire) was in top form with this 1987 sizzler. You may not remember the particulars of the plot, which concerns supposed gang killings and police corruption, because it is the romance that has staying power. Blame this on Quaid and Barkin, who send off enough sparks to light up Bourbon Street. They are not only sexy together, but endearing, which makes you want to like them as much as they like each other. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - "Just relax, darlin'. This is the Big Easy. Folks have a certain way o' doin' things down here."
"The Big Easy" (1987) directed by Jim McBride is a very sexy thriller/neo noir -southern style. I always wanted to visit New Orleans and The Big Easy, "where they do things differently" and its Cajun music are the stars of the movie. Two hot and talented actors (Dennis Quaid at his sexiest) as Det. Remy McSwain, of New Orleans Homicide and criminally underrated Ellen Barkin (Ann Osborne, a beautiful attorney from the D.A.'s office investigating corruption charges against Remy) are incredibly believable in their erotic scenes that make the film deservingly famous. Ned Beatty, John Goodman, and Grace Zabriskie are the part of the first-rate cast in this very decent even if predictable Crime / Action / Thriller / Mystery /Romance
Rating:  - angelplustwo
It's a great movie. Owned it for years on VHS until someone borrowed and didn't return. Dennis Quaid is young and looks good. It's a nice romance with a pretty good police mystery. One of my favorites and hasn't gotten too dated as of yet.
Rating:  - a good bad movie
Four years ago, I acquired THREE separate DVDs of this movie as birthday presents. The respective givers 1.) realized that my birthday was coming up 2.) realized I was about to move to New Orleans and 3.) were at the $6 bin outside the electronics section of Wal-Mart while making realizations #1 and #2. Despite the multiple copies, I have only been able to watch this movie twice. The first time, my mother felt necessary to point out during the sex scene that "you know, honey, in real life, they're exactly your father and I's age." The resultant mental scarring from that kept me from re-watching this until yesterday.
I'm one of what Hitchcock disparagingly called the "plausibles," the movie-watchers who can't get caught up in the action and emotion of the story when there are holes in the plot. (To which I'd reply, fix the damn plot holes, Alfred.) But, I'll start off with what's going right in this movie.
1. The casting is pitch-perfect.
2. The general premise is pretty good.
3. The soundtrack (with the exception of a song Dennis Quaid wrote for it, the type of power-ballad which would be of great aid to bulimics) is fantastic.
4. It makes good use of the on-location filming in New Orleans.
Now, for what isn't going so good.
1. Someone should have told Dennis Quaid just to talk like Dennis Quaid. The Yat accent is a combination of Southern, French, and Brooklyn, and if you can't nail it, don't ... Read More
Rating: - The Big Easy
i enjoyed the film as much as I had expected ,from the memory that I had of it in the past. I am very pleased with the service that Amazon offersl
Rating: - Exciting, fun movie
Loved this movie. The music, actors and story was great. It was fun and exciting to watch. Wish it didn't have to end. Truly enjoyed watching Dennis Quaid in action. LOVED this movie.
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