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Overview

User Rating:
6.5/10   6,289 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
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(4 articles)
Spielberg Invades Burlington, Ontario
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Jennifer Beals Joins Denzel Sci-fi
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Washington is just so cool in this film 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)
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1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR | SDDS (8 channels)

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Poppy Montgomery's film debut. more
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Anachronisms: During the scene were Easy is questioning Junior while Mouse is enjoying a plate of Pigtails, the music is the background is of Gospel Music Legend, James Cleveland. The setting is 1948, while the recording of Cleveland and the Angelic Choir singing, "Peace Be Still" was released in 1962. This style of Gospel music singing was still in it's pioneering days, thanks to Thomas Dorsey, during the late 40's and yet evolved into the style of singing that is featured in James Cleveland's much later arrangement of the hymn. more
Quotes:
Mouse: You said don't shoot him, right? Well I didn't; I choked... If you didn't want me to kill him, why did you leave me alone with him? more
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PARLEZ MOI D'AMOUR more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Washington is just so cool in this film, 10 May 2008
6/10
Author: lastliberal from Florida

A good film noir by Carl Franklin (One False Move), with great cinematography by Tak Fujimoto ("John Adams", The Sixth Sense).

Denzel Washington is fantastic as 'Easy' Rawlins, with Don Cheadle as his buddy, Mouse. They battle Tom Sizemore in their quest to find Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals).

You have the look and feel of the 30s throughout with the costuming, the cars, the talk, the cops, and the feel of the movie. It was a great nostalgia trip.

Lisa Nicole Carson ("Ally McBeal") also added some excitement before her premature death.

This was based on the first of Walter Mosely's Easy Rawlins books, and it is a good one.

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