Devil in a Blue Dress
 | Directed by Carl Franklin Starring: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle, Maury Chaykin Sony Pictures, 1995, DVD Customer Rating: 38 reviews Recommend |
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Easy rawlins is a world war ii vet who accepts $100 to find daphne monet a lady whos involved with a wealthy mayoral candidate. Central avenue in 1948 los angeles is where the action returns time and time again. When easy goes there looking for daphne the woman he meets winds up dead. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/21/2004 Starring: Denzel Washington Tom Sizemore Run time: 101 minutes Rating: R Director: Carl Franklin
Despite rave reviews as one of the most stylish and intelligent detective pictures in a number of years, this 1995 adaptation of Walter Mosley's novel never found a mass audience. Too bad, because Carl Franklin's film is nearly perfect in every way, from its rich, shadowy look to its depiction of life in post-World War II black America (L.A.-style) to the acting of Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, and others. Washington plays Easy Rawlins, an aircraft factory worker who is laid off only to find his true calling: as a private eye, albeit an unlicensed one. Hired to find a missing woman, he becomes entangled in a complex but satisfying case involving sex, corruption, racism, and of course money. Top-notch from top to bottom — and Cheadle is dangerously funny as Easy's best friend, a killer named Mouse. — Marshall Fine
Title: Devil in a Blue Dress
Sales Rank: 11383 in DVD
Actor: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle, Maury Chaykin
Director: Carl Franklin
Studio: Sony Pictures, 1999-03-09, Theatrical Release: 1995-09-29
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.85:1
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Portuguese (Dubbed)
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 102 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches, 0.3 pounds
- Thank the Devil
- today I watched Devil in a Blue Dress on cable (satellite actually, but that's not the point...). while the headliner of the movie was the excellent-as-usual Denzel Washington, what makes this movie noteworthy for me -the reason i've seen it so many times- is the film's REAL star: Don Cheadle, whose character Mouse Alexander brought a bit of Texas gangster into… More reviews
- One of the best book to movie adaptations ever
- Look, I'm not one of those rabid dog book fans that trash a movie based on a book just because it didnt follow the book 100%. I actaully read Devil In A Blue Dress years before I saw the motion picture. Now even though the movie changed certain things around, its still pretty good in its own way. The movie… More reviews
- "Are you on top of that trouble of not?"
- Denzel Washington stars as "Easy" Rawlins, a down-on-his-luck factory worker in 1948 Los Angeles. Easy has just lost his job and desperately wants to keep his house. When he's approached by DeWitt Albright (Tom Sizemore) to do some private eye work, Easy hesitantly agrees for the right price. All he needs to do is track down a white woman named Daphne, who's… More reviews
- better than average book to movie
- Don Cheadle had the best lines. But the casting of Jennifer Beals and her makeup was a huge mistake, ruined the plot. I had read the book & as soon as she appeared I thought WTF. Imagine her as a blonde and it makes more sense. … More reviews
- Devil in a Blue Dress
- To anyone thinking of purchasing "Devil in a Blue Dress", It's a "must see". The first time I saw this picture was years ago, on a VHS tape. I couldn't wait to purchase it on a DVD version. And the price was affordable. If you haven't had a chance to view this movie, I recommend checking it out. It worth being in your DVD movie collection.
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