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Devil in a Blue Dress DVD - Used - DVD
Denzel Washington turns up the heat as a L.A. private eye in this steamy mystery from director Carl Franklin. Washington stars as Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a decorated war hero who returns home to the segregation of post-war America. Forced to accept an under-the-table job finding a missing socialite, Easy is caught between the white power elite and the vibrant black community of Central Avenue. And as soon as Easy and his trigger-happy friend Mouse find the mysterious Daphne Monet trouble fellows.
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Denzel Washington turns up the heat as a reluctant private eye blackmailed by a corrupt politician. A seductive slice of L.A. lush life from the people who brought you The Silence Of The Lambs and the 10-Best List topper One False Move .
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Devil in a Blue Dress [Region 2]
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Devil in a Blue Dress
Denzel Washington stars in this adaptation of the novel by African-American crime author Walter Mosley , the first of his stories to reach the screen. Ezekiel Rawlins (Washington), known to his friends as "Easy," has just lost his job at an aircraft plant in post-WW II Los Angeles, a time when good-paying jobs for black men are hard to come by. He's wondering how to make his mortgage payment when he's approached by De Witt Albright ( Tom Sizemore ), who describes his job as "doing favors for friends...
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Political malevolence touches two lonely inhabitants of suburban sprawls in this pair of untraditional film noirs. Based on a character created by author Walter Mosley and set in 1948 Los Angeles, the Denzel Washington-starring DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS plays a bit like an African-American Raymond Chandler novel. ARLINGTON ROAD sees Jeff Bridges as professor and family man who soon finds himself on the bad side of a some new neighbors (Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack) who, as it turns out, are terrorists. Please...
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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...
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Denzel Washington turns up the heat as a L.A. private eye in this steamy mystery from executive producers Jonathan Demme and Edward Saxon and director Carl Franklin. Washington stars as Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a decorated war hero who returns home to the segregation of post-war America. Forced to accept an under-the-table job finding a missing socialite, Easy is caught between the white power elite and the vibrant black community of Central Avenue. And as soon as Easy and his trigger-happy friend...
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June 03, 2004: Devil In A Blue Dress is a beautiful book, with its Southern dialect and the change of the pace of Los Angeles's tough streets. Devil In A Blue Dress tells the story of Ekeziel 'Easy' Rawlins and his quest to pay his mortrage after he is fired from his job at a defense plant. The books explores the racial and gender segregation in post war America. It invites you, the reader, into a web of desire and intrigue.
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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...
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Devil In A Blue Dress/Arlington Road
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Denzel Washington turns up the heat in a steamy thriller critics are calling one of the ten best films of the year! Private eye Easy Rawlings thought he was going to make some easy money. But he was dead wrong. Now it's time to give the devil his due. LBX 1.85:1/ English:5.1 Surround & Dolby Surround; Spanish/ SUB:English, Spanish.
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The so-called "Black Pack" films of the late '80s and early '90s intersect with this attempt to revive film noir, set in 1940s Los Angeles. It has all the staples of the noirs of decades past: a dogged private eye Denzel Washington, shady, omnivorously ****** women, duplicitous clients, brutal cops, and a Deep, Dark Secret at the heart of it all. What makes Devil different is its pungent depiction of racism, which victimizes Washington's character repeatedly. Previous private eyes such as Sam Spade...
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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...
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Devil in a Blue Dress/ Arlington Road [WS] [2 Discs]
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Format: DVD, Devil in a Blue Dress
Crime Thriller DVD - Denzel Washington stars in this adaptation of the novel by African-American crime author Walter Mosley, the first of his stories to reach the screen. Ezekiel Rawlins (Washington), known to his friends as "Easy," has just lost his job at an aircraft plant in post-WW II Los Angeles, a time when good-paying jobs for black men are hard to come by. He's wondering how to make his mortgage payment when he's approached by De Witt Albright (Tom Sizemore), who describes his job as "doing favors for friends." It seems that a woman named Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals) has gone missing; Daphne is the former girlfriend of wealthy mayoral candidate Todd Carter (Terry Kinney) and a known habitu of the black jazz clubs and night spots on L.A.'s Central Avenue. Albright offers Easy $100 to help him find Daphne, and while he doesn't have any detective experience, the price is right, so Easy agrees. After a passionate affair with a friend of Daphne's, Coretta James (Lisa Nicole Carson), leads to that woman's
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Devil in a Blue Dress
First edition. Fine copy in price-clipped (with new publisher's price sticker) else fine dustwrapper. Mosley's first book, the first Easy Rawlins mystery. Signed by the author. Basis for the well-received 1995 film featuring Denzel Washington.
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Devil In A Blue Dress, 1 still
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Format: Paperback, 272pp. ISBN: 0743451791 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: August 2002 From the Publisher Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant. Easy is drinking in a friend's bar, wondering how he'll meet his mortgage, when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs....
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Devil in a Blue Dress (Widescreen/Full Screen)
Washington stars as Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a decorated war hero who returns home to the segregation of post-war America. Forced to accept an under-the-table job finding a missing socialite, Easy is caught between the white power elite and the vibrant black community of Central Avenue.
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This Double Feature includes "Devil In A Blue Dress" and "Arlington Road". "Devil In A Blue Dress": Denzel Washington turns up the heat as a L.A. private eye in this steamy mystery from executive producers Jonathan Demme and Edward Saxon and director Carl Franklin. Washington stars as Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a decorated war hero who returns home to the segregation of post-war America. Forced to accept an under-the-table job finding a missing socialite, Easy is caught between the white power elite...
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DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS / VARIOUS
Ain't Nobody's Business. Rain in My Eyes. Poor Man Blues. Rockin' Man. K.C. Jumps [Instrumental]. Back Home Blues. Pretty Papa Blues. Gal With a Whole Lotta Loot. Worried Blues. How Wrong Can a Good Man Be. Synthesis [Instrumental]. Fat Man Blues. Alligator Meat. Fish House Boogie. I'll Do Anything But Work. I'm Gonna Get Straight. Paula's Nightmare [Instrumental]. I Only Want You. Changeable Woman Blues. Chica Boo [Instrumental].
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