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Title:

Devil in a blue dress / TriStar Pictures presents ; a Clinica Estetico and Mundy Lane Entertainment production ; a Carl Franklin film ; screenplay by Carl Franklin ; produced by Jesse Beaton and Gary Goetzman ; directed by Carl Franklin.

Publisher:

The Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Rawlins, Easy--(Fictitious character)--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Private investigators--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Drama.
African American men--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Drama.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Drama.
Detective and mystery films.
Crime films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Franklin, Carl, 1949- screenwriter. screenwriter.
Beaton, Jesse, film producer.
Goetzman, Gary, 1952- film producer.
Washington, Denzel, 1954- actor.
Sizemore, Tom, 1961- actor.
Beals, Jennifer, actor.
Cheadle, Don, actor.
Bernstein, Elmer, composer (expression)
Fujimoto, Tak, director of photography.
Kravetz-Aykanian, Carole, editor of moving image work.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Mosley, Walter. Devil in a blue dress.
Tri-Star Pictures, presenter.
Clinica Estetico, Ltd., production company.
Mundy Lane Entertainment (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Notes:

Based on the book by Walter Mosley. Originally released as a motion picture in 1995. Wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) Special features: New 4K digital restoration; Audio commentary; New conversation; On-stage conversation; Screen test; Trailer. Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle.

Summary:

Denzel Washington has charisma to burn as the jobless ex-GI Easy Rawlins, who sees a chance to make some quick cash when he's recruited to find the missing lover of a wealthy mayoral candidate in late 1940s Los Angeles only to find himself embroiled in murder, political intrigue, and a scandal that crosses the treacherous color lines of a segregated society.

Series:

The Criterion collection ; 1135.

ISBN:

1681439611
9781681439617

UPC:

715515274715

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)