a Carl Franklin film ; screenplay by Carl Franklin ; produced by Jesse Beaton and Gary Goetzman ; directed by Carl Franklin. Music composed by Elmer Bernstein. Videodisc release of the 1995 motion picture./ Based on book by Walter Mosley./ "51349."/ Features include interactive menus, theatrical trailers, scene selections ; the director's commentary, and Don Cheadle's screen test./ Participants: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Beals, Tom Sizemore, Maury Chaykin./ Audience: MPAA rating: R.
Summary:
Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins is a decorated war hero who returns home to work as a private eye. His job of finding a missing socialite puts him between the white power elite and the vibrant black commumnity of Central Avenue. As soon as Easy and his trigger-happy friend Mouse find Daphne Monet, trouble follows.
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