| | Big Easy DVD (4 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Thriller Movies, Mystery Videos, Recommended, Detective, Love Story, Drugs, Racy, Law/Lawyers | | Starring | Dennis Quaid, Ned Beatty, Ellen Barkin, Lisa Jane Persky, Charles Ludlam | | Director | Jim McBride | | Screenwriter | Daniel Petrie, Jr. |
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English A hood's murder triggers a bloody gangland drug war, and a smooth-talking New Orleans detective is assigned to find out who's behind it. A tangled web of evidence, half-truths, and family secrets begins to point to higher-ups in his own department, but he refuses to believe it -- that is, until he meets his match in an assistant district attorney from the north.
She's in town to investigate allegations of police misconduct and quickly senses what's going on. Repeatedly clashing with the detective, she urges him to face the truth and stand up to his responsibilities as an officer of the law. Sparks fly almost immediately between the two, and a romance follows soon thereafter. Once he has come around to her way of thinking, they join forces and solve the crime together. In this steamy, spicy mystery a prosecutor is sent to New Orleans to investigate police corruption. All the evidence points to a Cajun detective she falls in love with immediately, and though the trial forces him temporarily off the squad it doesn't stop him from investigating the case or from seeing her. Shot in New Orleans, Louisiana; color by DeLuxe.
Jim Garrison, one-time Kennedy assassination conspiracy theorist (see "JFK" directed by Oliver Stone, 1991), makes a cameo in the film as a judge.
The film inspired a TV series of the same name, premiering on the USA cable network August 11, 1996.
Soundtrack available on Antilles records and tapes.
Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Censors. Big Easy Reviews: "...THE BIG EASY is a snappy, sassy battle of the sexes..."
-- Cart., Variety "...Screenwriter Daniel Petrie Jr. sets up the conflict, and director Jim McBride fleshes it out with devastating, sexy assurance..."
-- Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times "Teeming with sultry sex appeal....Always enjoyable."
-- Daniel Webb, Total Film "[Quaid] brims with charisma..."
-- Andy Webster, Premiere
This is the only Charles Ludlam video. Big Easy | List Price | $9.99 (You save $3.00) | | Studio | Trimark Home Video | | Orig Year | 1987 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1839  | | CD Universe Part number | 1150663 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 19, 2005 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Running Time | 101 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen Sensor | | Movie Details | Color; Mono Sound; Dolby Noise Reduction; Digitally Mastered; Widescreen Sensor |
Big Easy Movie Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   Over-acting but vastly entertaining
This very entertaining, amusing film suffers a bit from overly-broad acting, but the fast pace, interesting settings, and outrageous situations compensate. Dennis Quaid in the full flower of youthful brashness is fun to watch (especially when he takes off his shirt and shows off some incredible abdominal muscles). This was, sadly, a rare Charles Ludlam appearance before that master of absurdist theater sickened an died from AIDS. Ludlam's protrayal of a New Orleans "good ole boy" lawyer is a must-see.
Submitted by aleonard (New York NY) 
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 Very Sexy
I just love the way this movie was made . New Orleans is such a mistirious town & you wonder if things really are that way with Law Enforcement & the Mob !! I just loved the characters & how they interacted with each other !!
Submitted by romigirl624 (Texas)
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Charles Ludlam
I have been searching and searching to find who played the lawyer Lamar Parmental. I wasn't sure which movie it was. . . .but he was PERFECT. Every performance with a southern genteel lawyer since has drawn from him. He should have gotten an oscar.
Submitted by susan (seattle)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No A CAJON-FLAVORED MYSTERY
DENNIS QUADE & ELEN BARKIN STAR IN THIS
ACTION-COMEDY WHICH INVOLVES THEM IN A MOB DRUG WAR, POLICE CORRUPTION, AND A SEXY ROMANCE. THE PLOT IS NOT BELIEVABLE BUT IT MOVES ALONG WELL AND I LOVED THE MUSIC.
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