Devil in a blue dress ; Arlington Road [videorecording]/ Devil in a blue dress: TriStar Pictures presents a Clinica Estetico and Mundy Lane Entertainment Production ; a Carl Franklin film ; screenplay, Carl Franklin ; produced by Jesse Beaton and Gary Goetzman ; directed by Carl Franklin ; Arlington Road: Screen Gems presents in association with Lakeshore Entertainment, a Gorai/Samuelson production ; a Mark Pellington film ; produced by Peter Samuelson, Tom Gorai, Marc Samuelson ; written by Ehren Kruger ; directed by Mark Pellington.
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Devil in a blue dress: "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. As soon as Easy and his trigger-happy friend Mouse find Daphne Monet, trouble follows."--Back of container.Record details
- ISBN: 1435936604
- ISBN: 9781435936607
- Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 218 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008]
- Copyright: ©2008
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Devil in a blue dress (101 min.): originally released as a motion picture in 1995 ; Arlington Road (117 min.): originally released as a motion picture in 1998. Devil in a blue dress: Based on the book by Walter Mosley ; special features: bonus previews, director's commentary, Don Cheadle's screen test. Arlington road: special features: commentary with director and Jeff Bridges, "making of" featurette, alternate ending, bonus previews, talent files. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Devil in a blue dress: music, Elmer Bernstein ; editor, Carole Kravetz ; director of photography, Tak Fujimoto. Arlington Road: music, Angelo Badalamenti ; editor, Conrad Buff ; director of photography, Bobby Bukowski. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Devil in a blue dress: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle ; Arlington Road: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis. |
| Summary, etc.: | Devil in a blue dress: "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. As soon as Easy and his trigger-happy friend Mouse find Daphne Monet, trouble follows."--Back of container. Arlington Road: Widowed when his FBI agent wife is killed by a right-wing group, college professor Michael Faraday becomes obsessed with the culture of these groups -- especially when his new neighbors, the all-American Oliver and Cheryl Long, start acting suspiciously. With each twist the mystery deepens and the question looms: is Faraday just consumed by fear and driven by paranoia, or has a lethal conspiracy been born on Arlington Road?"--Back of container. |
| System Details Note: | Devil in a Blue Dress: DVD ; 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation ; high definition Dolby digital. Arlington Road: DVD ; 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation ; high definition Dolby digital. |
| Language Note: | Devil in a Blue Dress: dialogue in English, Spanish and Portuguese with subtitles in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Arlington Road: dialogue in English with English subtitles. |
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| Genre: | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Video recordings. Drama. |
