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The Big Easy News

1987

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In this steamy, spicy mystery a prosecutor is sent to New Orleans to investigate police corruption. All the evidence points to a Cajun detective she falls in love with immediately, and though the trial forces him temporarily off the squad it doesn't stop him from investigating the case or from seeing her. Read more

Starring	Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, John Goodman
Director	Jim McBride
Genres	Drama

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Smart People
- 12 May 2008
Lawrence (a bearded and tweedy Dennis Quaid) is a professor of literature and a pompous ass. Maybe the death of his wife made him that way - maybe he always had it in him, but he's organized his life in such a way that no one else gets much of a look in. Not his pissed off teenage son, James (Ashton Holmes); not his colleagues on the faculty; certainly not his poor students; and least of all his own ne'er do well brother Chuck (Thomas Haden Church). The only one who genuinely likes Lawrence is Read more
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- 01 Oct 2007
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Quaid joins stars on Walk of Fame
- 18 Nov 2005
Actor Dennis Quaid, best known for his roles in The Big Easy and Far From Heaven, is the latest person to receive a star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 51-year-old, who has also appeared in The Parent Trap and Wyatt Earp, has enjoyed a long career in the film industry, appearing in more than 40 films over 30 years. Speaking at the ceremony, Quaid quipped: "I remember when this town was a beanfield. I've been here 125 years. I started with Charlie Chaplin." Quaid, who used... Read more