Product Description

Denzel Washington stars as an L.A. private eye, Easy Rawlins, who is caught between the power eliteand a beautiful dame's shocking secret.

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Despite rave reviews as one of the most stylish and intelligent detective pictures in a number of years, this 1995 adaptation of Walter Mosley's novel never found a mass audience. Too bad, because Carl Franklin's film is nearly perfect in every way, from its rich, shadowy look to its depiction of life in post-World War II black America (L.A.-style) to the acting of Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, and others. Washington plays Easy Rawlins, an aircraft factory worker who is laid off only to find his true calling: as a private eye, albeit an unlicensed one. Hired to find a missing woman, he becomes entangled in a complex but satisfying case involving sex, corruption, racism, and of course money. Top-notch from top to bottom--and Cheadle is dangerously funny as Easy's best friend, a killer named Mouse. --Marshall Fine

• Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1, 1.85:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
• MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
• Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.38 x 0.6 inches; 3.84 ounces
• Director : Carl Franklin
• Media Format : Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Anamorphic, Subtitled, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen, DVD
• Run time : 1 hour and 41 minutes
• Release date : March 9, 1999
• Actors : Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Tom Sizemore, Maury Chaykin, Jennifer Beals
• Dubbed: : Portuguese
• Subtitles: : English, Spanish, Portuguese
• Producers : Gary Goetzman, Jesse Beaton
• Language : Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Portuguese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Unqualified
• Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• Number of discs : 1