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Overview

User Rating:
6.5/10   6,312 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Walter Mosley (book)
Carl Franklin (screenplay)
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Release Date:
29 September 1995 (USA) more
Tagline:
Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town. more
Plot:
An Afro-American private detective is hired to find a woman and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Spielberg Invades Burlington, Ontario
 (From HollywoodNorthReport.com. 25 August 2009, 4:33 PM, PDT)

Jennifer Beals Joins Denzel Sci-fi
 (From EmpireOnline. 27 January 2009, 1:07 AM, PST)

User Comments:
The most under rated film of the Decade more (38 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Denzel Washington ... Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins

Tom Sizemore ... DeWitt Albright

Jennifer Beals ... Daphne Monet

Don Cheadle ... Mouse Alexander
Maury Chaykin ... Matthew Terell

Terry Kinney ... Todd Carter
Mel Winkler ... Joppy

Albert Hall ... Degan Odell

Lisa Nicole Carson ... Coretta James

Jernard Burks ... Dupree Brouchard

David Wolos-Fonteno ... Junior Fornay
John Roselius ... Detective Mason
Beau Starr ... Detective Jack Miller
Steven Randazzo ... Benny Giacomo
Scott Lincoln ... Richard McGee
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence, sexuality and language.
Runtime:
102 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR | SDDS (8 channels)

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Trivia:
Based on the book of the same name by Walter Mosley. Mosley wrote several Easy Rawlins books. All but two - "Gone Fishin'" and "Six Easy Pieces" - include a color in the title of the book. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: When Easy gets paid by Albright the first time, the twenty dollar bills are not "Silver Certificate" twenties but "Federal Reserve Notes," which didn't come in until the '60s. more
Quotes:
Kid: What do you want?
DeWitt Albright: What do I want?
[Produces gun]
DeWitt Albright: I want to see your brains.
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Soundtrack:
GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT more

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14 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
The most under rated film of the Decade, 10 February 2000
Author: Mumba-2 from Denver

Carl Franklin's adaptation of Walter Mosley's classic detective novel is a dark and funny tale of a detective with bad luck. Denzel Washington handles the material well. However, the star in the film is Don Cheadle as Mouse. This cold blooded killer steals several scenes away from Washington. The film also creates an accurate depiction of the racial climate in the late 40's. Issues of race and identity are displayed in the entire film. And Franklin does an incredible job of controlling the characters and narrative.

An incredible film.

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