Devil in a blue dress
(DVD)
Contributors:
Published:
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [2006].
Format:
DVD
Physical Desc:
1 videodisc (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Rating:
MPAA rating: R; for violence, sexuality, and language.
Status:
Description
Set in the seamy underbelly of 1950's Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins, decorated war hero and private eye, is hired to find a missing socialite.
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Last Check-In
Hayward Fiction DVD Blue
DVDBL DEV
Available
Mar 7, 2023
Subjects
LC Subjects
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
0767818075, 9780767818070
UPC:
043396513495
Notes
General Note
Originally produced in 1995.
General Note
Based on the book by Walter Mosley.
General Note
Special features: Director's commentary; Don Cheadle's screen test; theatrical trailers.
Creation/Production Credits
Music composed by Elmer Bernstein.
Creation/Production Credits
Photography director, Tak Fujimoto ; editor, Carole Kravetz ; music, Elmer Bernstein.
Participants/Performers
Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Beals, Tom Sizemore, Maury Chaykin.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Filmed entirely on location in Los Angeles, Calif.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: R; for violence, sexuality, and language.
System Details
DVD; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby digital 2.0 and 5.1 surround.
Language
In English, Spanish and Portuguese; with optional English, Spanish, and Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Demme, J., Saxon, E., Beaton, J., Goetzman, G., Franklin, C., Bernstein, E., Washington, D., Cheadle, D., Beals, J., Sizemore, T., Chaykin, M., & Mosley, W. (2006). Devil in a blue dress. Culver City, Calif., Columbia TriStar Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Jonathan Demme et al.. 2006. Devil in a Blue Dress. Culver City, Calif., Columbia TriStar Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Jonathan Demme et al., Devil in a Blue Dress. Culver City, Calif., Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2006.
MLA Citation (style guide)Demme, Jonathan, et al. Devil in a Blue Dress. Culver City, Calif., Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2006.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
3be5fd6b-3a27-5bcb-d653-ae0a38ce86aa
Record Information
Last Sierra Extract Time | Mar 27, 2024 12:01:12 AM |
---|---|
Last File Modification Time | Mar 27, 2024 12:01:21 AM |
Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Mar 27, 2024 12:01:16 AM |
MARC Record
LEADER | 03795cgm 2200793Ii 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | 299754573 | ||
008 | 090127p20061995cau101 e vleng d | ||
020 | |a 0767818075 | ||
020 | |a 9780767818070 | ||
024 | 1 | |a 043396513495 | |
028 | 4 | 2 | |a 51349|b Columbia TriStar Home Video |
040 | |a MvI-NWLS|b eng|e rda|c MvI-NWLS | ||
041 | 1 | |a eng|a por|a spa|j eng|j por|j spa|h eng | |
043 | |a n-us-ca | ||
130 | 0 | |a Devil in a blues dress (Motion picture : 1995) | |
245 | 0 | 0 | |a Devil in a blue dress /|c TriStar Pictures presents a Clinica Estetico and Mundy Lane Entertainment production ; a Carl Franklin film ; executive producers, Jonathan Demme and Edward Saxon ; produced by Jesse Beaton and Gary Goetzman ; directed by Carl Franklin ; screenplay by Carl Franklin. |
264 | 1 | |a Culver City, Calif. :|b Columbia TriStar Home Video,|c [2006] | |
264 | 4 | |c ©2006 | |
300 | |a 1 videodisc (approximately 101 min.) :|b sound, color ;|c 4 3/4 in. | ||
336 | |a two-dimensional moving image|b tdi|2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a video|b v|2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a unspecified|b zu|2 rdacarrier | ||
344 | |h Dolby digital 2.0 | ||
344 | |g surround|2 rdapc | ||
345 | |a widescreen | ||
500 | |a Originally produced in 1995. | ||
500 | |a Based on the book by Walter Mosley. | ||
500 | |a Special features: Director's commentary; Don Cheadle's screen test; theatrical trailers. | ||
508 | |a Music composed by Elmer Bernstein. | ||
508 | |a Photography director, Tak Fujimoto ; editor, Carole Kravetz ; music, Elmer Bernstein. | ||
511 | 1 | |a Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Beals, Tom Sizemore, Maury Chaykin. | |
518 | |a Filmed entirely on location in Los Angeles, Calif. | ||
520 | |a 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. | ||
521 | 8 | |a MPAA rating: R; for violence, sexuality, and language. | |
538 | |a DVD; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby digital 2.0 and 5.1 surround. | ||
546 | |a In English, Spanish and Portuguese; with optional English, Spanish, and Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned. | ||
600 | 1 | 0 | |a Rawlins, Easy|c (Fictitious character)|v Drama. |
600 | 1 | 0 | |a Mosley, Walter|v Film adaptations. |
650 | 0 | |a Private investigators|z California|z Los Angeles|v Drama. | |
650 | 0 | |a African American men|z California|z Los Angeles|v Drama. | |
650 | 7 | |a Minority groups.|2 eric | |
650 | 0 | |a Black people. | |
650 | 7 | |a BIPOC.|2 eric | |
650 | 0 | |a Minorities. | |
651 | 0 | |a Los Angeles (Calif.)|v Drama. | |
655 | 7 | |a Feature films.|2 lcgft | |
655 | 7 | |a Detective and mystery films.|2 lcgft | |
655 | 7 | |a Video recordings for the hearing impaired.|2 lcgft | |
700 | 1 | |a Demme, Jonathan,|d 1944-2017. | |
700 | 1 | |a Saxon, Edward. | |
700 | 1 | |a Beaton, Jesse. | |
700 | 1 | |a Goetzman, Gary,|d 1952- | |
700 | 1 | |a Franklin, Carl,|d 1949- | |
700 | 1 | |a Bernstein, Elmer,|e composer. | |
700 | 1 | |a Washington, Denzel,|d 1954- | |
700 | 1 | |a Cheadle, Don. | |
700 | 1 | |a Beals, Jennifer. | |
700 | 1 | |a Sizemore, Tom,|d 1961- | |
700 | 1 | |a Chaykin, Maury. | |
700 | 1 | |a Mosley, Walter.|t Devil in a blue dress. | |
700 | 1 | |i Motion picture adaptation of (work):|a Mosley, Walter.|t Devil in a blue dress. | |
710 | 2 | |a Tri-Star Pictures. | |
710 | 2 | |a Clinica Estetico, Ltd. | |
710 | 2 | |a Mundy Lane Entertainment (Firm) | |
710 | 2 | |a Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm) | |
907 | |a .b17898365 | ||
940 | |a MARCIVE 01/2019 | ||
945 | |y .i30162804|i 30135001384641|l hadvf|s -|h |u 40|x 2|w 0|v 2|t 150|z 150309|j 03-07-2023 16:48|r !|a DVDBL DEV | ||
998 | |h z|e 1 |f eng|a ha |