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The Big Easy is a 1986 American neo-noir [3] romantic thriller film directed by Jim McBride and written by Daniel Petrie Jr. The film stars Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, and Ned Beatty. The film was both set and shot on location in New Orleans, Louisiana. [1]
The Big Easy is an American crime drama series that was based on the 1987 film of the same name. [1]The show premiered on the USA Network on August 11, 1996. Tony Crane played New Orleans police detective lieutenant Remy McSwain, Susan Walters played state district attorney Anne Osbourne, and Barry Corbin played police chief C.D. LeBlanc.
In his book Hollywood's Dark Cinema: The American Film Noir, Robert Barton Palmer claimed "perhaps the most popular genre in the 1990s, the so-called erotic thriller [...] is a direct descendant of the classic film noir". [6] Many films of the 1960s and 70s also provocatively mixed noir themes with softcore sex, erotic fantasy, and voyeurism. [7]
1986 United States [8] Ms. 45: Abel Ferrara 1981 United States [8] Murphy's Law: J. Lee Thompson 1986 United States [8] Night of the Juggler: Robert Butler: 1980 United States [8] Nighthawks: Bruce Malmuth: 1981 United States [8] No Mercy: Richard Pearce: 1986 United States [80] No Way Out: Roger Donaldson: 1987 United States [8] Out of Bounds ...
The Big Easy is a nickname for the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The Big Easy may also refer to: The Big Easy, a 1986 film, set and shot in New Orleans; The Big Easy, 1996, based on the film; Ernie Els (born 1969), a South African professional golfer known as "The Big Easy"
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The Big Over Easy is a 2005 novel written by Jasper Fforde. [1] It features Detective Inspector Jack Spratt and his assistant, Sergeant Mary Mary. [2]It is set in an alternate reality similar to that of his previous books: The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots and Something Rotten.
Christie would have realized that The Big Four was an inferior novel and went to work writing The Murder of Roger Ackroyd for the new publisher. [7] The book was published a few weeks after the disappearance and reappearance of Christie. The resulting publicity over her name caused the new novel to become a sales hit.