"The Big Easy" (1996) TV series 1996-1997

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Peter Ellis

Writers:

Tom Abraham (writer)
Laurence Frank (writer) (1996-1997)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

11 August 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Cast

Tony Crane

...

Remy McSwain (35 episodes, 1996-1997)

(more)

Series Directed by
Vern Gillum		(10 episodes, 1996-1997)
Kristoffer Tabori		(5 episodes, 1996)
James Frawley		(3 episodes, 1996-1997)
Peter Ellis		(3 episodes, 1997)
William Malone		(2 episodes, 1997)

Series Writing credits
Daniel Petrie Jr.		(13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jacqueline Zambrano		(13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Laurence Frank		(2 episodes, 1996-1997)
Robert De Laurentiis		(2 episodes, 1996)
Anne Kenney		(2 episodes, 1996)
Sherri Ziff		(2 episodes, 1996)
Tom Abraham		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Blue André	....	producer (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Robert De Laurentiis	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Ra'uf Glasgow	....	co-producer (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Sonny Grosso	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Larry Jacobson	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Anne Kenney	....	consulting producer (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Daniel Petrie Jr.	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Albert J. Salzer	....	co-producer (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jacqueline Zambrano	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
James Frawley	....	supervising producer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Laurence Frank	....	co-producer (unknown episodes, 1996-1997)
Mark Bakunas	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
David Calloway	....	line producer (unknown episodes)
Alfonse Ruggiero	....	co-executive producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
David Torkanowsky		(11 episodes, 1996-1997)
Joseph Vitarelli		(2 episodes, 1996)

Series Cinematography by
Billy Dickson		(10 episodes, 1996-1997)
Robert Driskell		(4 episodes, 1996)
Richard Walden		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Richard Leeman		(10 episodes, 1996)
Michael B. Hoggan		(3 episodes, 1996-1997)
Buford F. Hayes		(2 episodes, 1996)
Skip Spiro		(2 episodes, 1996)
Dean Balser		(unknown episodes)
Mike Lee		(unknown episodes)
David B. Thompson		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Mary Gail Artz		(13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Barbara Cohen		(13 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Production Design by
Brian Savegar		(13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Fontaine Beauchamp Hebb		(2 episodes, 1997)
Frederic C. Weiler		(unknown episodes)
Nelson Willis		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Dawn R. Ferry		(7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Fontaine Beauchamp Hebb		(6 episodes, 1996)

Series Costume Design by
Peter Mitchell		(13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Julia Schklair		(10 episodes, 1997)

Series Makeup Department
Sean Roger Miguez	....	key hair stylist (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Maria A. Morales	....	assistant makeup artist (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Susan Spaid	....	key makeup artist (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Daniel Jouet	....	special makeup effects artist (3 episodes, 1996)
Angela Gurule	....	hair department head (unknown episodes)
Anthony Miner	....	key hair stylist (unknown episodes)
Steven R. Soussanna	....	hair department head (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Albert J. Salzer	....	production manager (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Kimberly Schaffer	....	post-production supervisor (11 episodes, 1996-1997)
Billy Crawford	....	post-production supervisor (2 episodes, 1996)
W. Michael Beard	....	post-production supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ann C. Salzer	....	second assistant director (22 episodes, 1996-1997)
Thomas A. Irvine	....	first assistant director (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Richard W. Abramitis	....	first assistant director (5 episodes, 1996)
Batou Chandler	....	second second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Jack Blanchard	....	set dresser (16 episodes, 1996-1997)
Chuck Stringer	....	construction supervisor / construction foreman (14 episodes, 1996-1997)
David Erwin	....	on-set decorator (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Michael A. Johnson	....	leadman (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Michael Martin	....	assistant property master (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Nick Rippon	....	construction coordinator (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Ed Rowan	....	colorist (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Floyd Smith	....	property master (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Wright McFarland	....	set designer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Drew Rosenfeld	....	art department coordinator (6 episodes, 1996)
Randall S. Coe	....	carpenter (unknown episodes)
Jason Perlander	....	set dresser (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Rick Hinson	....	sound editor / sound effects editor (17 episodes, 1996-1997)
Kevin Patrick Burns	....	sound re-recording mixer (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jeff Cannon	....	boom operator (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jon Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jane Boegel	....	sound editor (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Russell DeWolf	....	sound editor (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
David Grecu	....	sound editor (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Tom Scurry	....	sound editor (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Daniel Tripoli	....	sound editor (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Skip Frazee	....	sound recordist (10 episodes, 1996-1997)
Ingeborg Larson	....	supervising sound editor (9 episodes, 1996)
Jon Ailetcher	....	production sound mixer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Todd Orr	....	sound re-recording mixer (7 episodes, 1996)
William H. Angarola	....	supervising sound editor (4 episodes, 1996-1997)
Christian P. Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer (3 episodes, 1996-1997)
Michael Haines	....	sound recordist (2 episodes, 1996)
Tony Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 1996)
Terry O'Bright	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes, 1997)
Alek Bromke	....	adr assistant (unknown episodes)
Richard Calistan	....	adr mixer (unknown episodes)
Steve Foster	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Cory Mandel	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Aletha Rodgers	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Keith Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Paul Shubat	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Brandon Walker	....	adr recordist (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Neil Stockstill	....	special effects (12 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Stunts
Denny Arnold	....	stunt coordinator (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Chad Rose	....	stunt performer (5 episodes, 1996-1997)
Cliff Cudney	....	stunt coordinator (4 episodes, 1996)
Jeff Galpin	....	stunt coordinator (3 episodes, 1996)
John Ashker	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Tony Frere	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Hugh Aodh O'Brien	....	stunt coordinator / stunts (unknown episodes)
Holly O'Quin	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Tom Fraser	....	camera operator (16 episodes, 1996-1997)
Clint Buras	....	electrician (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Sal Camacho	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Buddy Carr	....	dolly grip (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Gilly Charbonnet	....	best boy grip / key grip (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Matthew Devitt	....	grip (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Lonnie Kahoe	....	grip / best boy grip (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Vic Keatley	....	rigging gaffer / chief electrician (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Mike McLaughlin	....	best boy electric (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Paul Olinde	....	electrician (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Mike Smith	....	rigging key grip (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Joe Allegro	....	first assistant camera (10 episodes, 1996-1997)
Robert Driskell	....	chief electrician (10 episodes, 1996-1997)
Mike 'Chewie' Pappas	....	electrician (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Erica Froker	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (7 episodes, 1996)
Keith Talley	....	key grip (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Paul Threlkeld	....	key grip (4 episodes, 1996)
Kenneth Bender	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (3 episodes, 1996-1997)
Lynn Lockwood	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 1996)
Fred L. McLane	....	first assistant camera (3 episodes, 1996)
Daniel Rector	....	grip (3 episodes, 1996)
Lynda Vincent	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (3 episodes, 1996)
David A. Wolf	....	Steadicam operator (unknown episodes, 1997)
Tim Bourque	....	crane operator / electrician (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Rick Landry	....	casting: New Orleans (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Anne Massey	....	extras casting: New Orleans (6 episodes, 1997)
Karen Meisels	....	casting associate (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shawn Barry	....	wardrobe supervisor (9 episodes, 1996-1997)
Natasia Chan	....	wardrobe supervisor / costume supervisor (4 episodes, 1996)
Wingate Jones	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Zoila A. Galeano	....	post-production coordinator (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Richard McManus	....	post-production assistant (7 episodes, 1996)
Stephen Schaffer	....	assistant editor (7 episodes, 1996)
Rudy Hypolite	....	post-production assistant (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Benjamin D. Stokes	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Kirk Tedeski	....	post-production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Jeff Winston	....	on-line editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Scott Schaffer	....	music assistant (9 episodes, 1996-1997)
Allan K. Rosen	....	music editor (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Fernand Bos	....	music editor (6 episodes, 1996)

Series Transportation Department
Jerry Everett	....	transportation coordinator (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Davis Hawn	....	picture cars (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jimmy Humphreys	....	transportation co-captain (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Poland Perkins	....	transportation captain (13 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Other crew
Tom Abraham	....	script coordinator (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Keith Albertie	....	production assistant (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Mark Bakunas	....	production accountant (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Dana Bilbao	....	assistant accountant (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Susie Blanchard	....	set nurse (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Kayla Chaillot	....	craft service (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Batou Chandler	....	production assistant (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Janet Densmore	....	story consultant (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Laurence Frank	....	story editor / executive story editor (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Stephanie Gregerman	....	personal assistant (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Alissa M. Kantrow	....	production secretary / production coordinator (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jonna Kowsky	....	payroll accountant (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Christina-Avis Krauss	....	creative consultant (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Melanie Owen	....	production assistant (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jared Snyder	....	production assistant / production coordinator (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Nita Wilson	....	production coordinator (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Heather Winters	....	personal assistant (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Keith Johnson	....	creative consultant (11 episodes, 1996-1997)
Sharon 'Mae' West	....	script supervisor (11 episodes, 1996-1997)
Victoria Lichtman	....	assistant production coordinator (9 episodes, 1996-1997)
Carmen Billiot	....	animal wrangler (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
David Billiot	....	animal wrangler (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Rick Nyholm	....	writing assistant (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Linda Loiselle Guzik	....	writing assistant (6 episodes, 1996)
David Ross McCarty	....	location manager (5 episodes, 1996-1997)
Tad Hogan	....	production assistant (5 episodes, 1996)
Elston Howard	....	location manager (5 episodes, 1996)
Robert Bodenheaimer	....	craft service (3 episodes, 1996)
Erin Borel	....	assistant production coordinator (3 episodes, 1996)
Lisa Marie Hill	....	production secretary (3 episodes, 1996)
George Bott	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Frank Duffy	....	additional set medic (unknown episodes)
Charlie French	....	medic (unknown episodes)
James Roque	....	set production assistant (unknown episodes)
Joe Russo	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
Matt Coby	....	special thanks (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jay Gallagher	....	special thanks (13 episodes, 1996-1997)
Patricia Gorman	....	special thanks (8 episodes, 1996)

Production Companies

• Grosso Jacobson
• Grosso-Jacobson Productions
• Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
• Polygram Filmed Entertainment
• USA Network (in association with)

Distributors

• Granada International (1996) (worldwide) (TV)
• Magyar Televízió Müvelödési Föszerkesztöség (MTV) (I) (2000) (Hungary) (TV)
• USA Network (1996-1997) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Anderson Video  post-production facilities
• Angarola Inc.  sound post-production
• Bourbon Orleans Hotel  promotional consideration
• Location Catering  catering
• Modern VideoFilm  post-production facilities
• New Orleans Digital  adr
• Panavision  camera equipment provided by
• Pittard Sullivan  main title design (as Pittard-Sullivan)
• Todd-AO Studios (West)  sound re-recording
• Ultrasonic  music consultant

Runtime:

60 min (34 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Grosso Jacobson

Movie Connections:

Follows The Big Easy (1987)

Soundtrack:

Main Title Theme

Great Show

I used to watch this show every week before USA Network ran it into the ground and then cancelled it.

Based on the 1987 movie, it was set in New Orleans. The first episode was a movie to television transformation which was very well done and fans of the movie won't be disappionted.

Tony Crane revives the role of fun loving New Orleans detective Remy McSwain, while Susan Walters steps in as Anne Osbourne. The supporting cast is filled in by veteran actor Barry Corbin, and other memorable characters.

This show kept the steamy romantic tension of the movie, and held strong to it's police drama roots while pumping in humor that kept the show fresh and fun to watch.

It's sad that this show didn't get to stay, but I think it was pushed down by the network after it's wave of police/detective shows started dying off in popularity. This show didn't get a fair chance and now we'll never know how cool it could have been.