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Devil in a Blue Dress (VHS, 1996, Closed Captioned) 
Devil in a Blue Dress (VHS, 1996, Closed Captioned)

 
Devil in a Blue Dress (VHS, 1996, Closed Captioned)

Leading Role: Don Cheadle
Director: Carl Franklin
Rating: Rated R
Release Date: Apr 1996
Format: VHS
Additional Info: Closed Captioned
UPC: 043396513433
Product ID: EPID3241241
Description: The year is 1948, the place is Los Angeles, and Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins (Denzel Washington) is a black man who has just lost his job and is in dire need of money. So, despite having no experience as a private eye, Easy accepts an assignme...
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Movie Description
The year is 1948, the place is Los Angeles, and Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins (Denzel Washington) is a black man who has just lost his job and is in dire need of money. So, despite having no experience as a private eye, Easy accepts an assignment from a seedy man (Tom Sizemore) to find the missing Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals), the mistress of a powerful mayoral candidate. As Rawlins conducts his search, he unexpectedly becomes drawn into a complex racially-charged web of intrigue involving political machinations, double-crossings, blackmail, and mysterious deaths. With the aid of his trigger-happy friend Mouse (Don Cheadle), Easy must rely on his instincts and neophyte detective skills, not only to solve the case, but also to save his life. African-American director Carl Franklin (ONE FALSE MOVE) brings Walter Mosley's crime series to life with this dense thriller, aided greatly by Tak Fujimoto's sun-soaked photography and an electric soundtrack reflecting the music of the times. As Easy Rawlins, an everyman who finds himself an unwilling pawn in a dangerous game of mystery and murder, Washington delivers an intense performance. It is Don Cheadle, however, who steals the show, giving his hot-tempered Mouse a comic humanity that is at once menacing, hysterical, and unforgettable.

Credits
Producer:Gary Goetzman, Jesse Beaton
Cast:Brendan Kelly, Don Cheadle

Details
Edition:Closed Captioned
Sound:HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound

Notes
Released theatrically in the USA on September 29, 1995, DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS grossed $15.9 million at the domestic box office.

Don Cheadle was voted Best Supporting Actor of 1995 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for his performance. He won a similar award from the National
Society of Film Critics, who also garnished the film with a Best Cinematography award.

President Bill Clinton once declared that novelist Walter Mosley was his favorite author.

Editorial Reviews
"...[A] whip-smart and sexy film....Denzel Washington is flat-out perfection..."
Rolling Stone - p.75-6 - Peter Travers (10/05/1995)

"...A potboiler overflowing with possibilities..." - Recommended
Premiere - p.130 - Josh Rottenberg (04/01/1996)

"An engrossingly atmospheric dip into the dark waters of postwar urban intrigue....Washington's performance is alert and subtle..."
Variety - Todd McCarthy (09/18/1995)

"...A major accomplishment, a fluid, persuasive piece of movie-making graced with the considerable sophistication of Tak Fujimoto....This is a film in smooth control of its ways and means..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (09/29/1995)

"...[Franklin] creates a rich atmospheric style, a mood; the characters do not stand on their own so much as inhabit places within a traditional frame....Washington's warmth at the center of it is like our own bemusement..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (09/29/1995)

"...Set in a beautifully evoked late-'40s LA, it features an outstanding performance from Denzel Washington..."
Total Film - Stephen Applebaum (08/01/2000)

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