Product Details

• Actors: Big Easy
• Directors: Jim McBride
• Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: MPI HOME VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: June 24, 2008
• Run Time: 960 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0015I2RZM
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #33,384 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Big Easy: The Complete First Season" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Inspired by the feature of the same name, The Big Easy aims to re-create the steamy, sexy vibe of Jim McBride’s 1987 film and its New Orleans setting for the small screen. All things considered, these 22 episodes (on four discs; there are no bonus features) from the first season (1996) do a decent job of it. This is not a show that relies much on storytelling; the plots, all of them involving murder mysteries, tend to be pedestrian and obvious, although "Snakebit," in which victims are dispatched by an enormous python, is a notable exception. The emphasis is more on the characters, including pre-Katrina New Orleans and its distinctive lingo, neighborhoods, and music. As for the folks who populate the Crescent City (which might as well be called "The Big Sleazy," considering that everyone is on the make in one way or another), the good guys include veteran Barry Corbin as Remy’s boss, Capt. C.D. LeBlanc, and Eric George as trumpeter-police informant Smiley Dupree, while others run the low-rent gamut from crooked politicians and snaggle-toothed bayou boys to transsexual prostitutes and bookies with names like Automatic Slim. The principals, as in the film, are smooth-talking, rule-bending Det. Remy ("like the cognaq--smooth but strong") McSwain and his love interest, government attorney Anne Osborne. Neither Tony Crane nor Susan Walters is likely to make anyone forget Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin in those roles, but that's not simply because the actors aren't as good (which they aren't--Walters in particular lacks the seasoned sensuality Barkin brought to the role). As is the case with pretty much any relatively low-budget cable production (The Big Easy ran for two seasons on the USA Network), the show’s writing simply can’t measure up to big-time Hollywood standards; in going for a light touch, too often it comes off as lightweight instead (although the dialogue is mostly good, the cutesy, almost constant arguing-flirting between the two leads quickly becomes tiresome). Still, any show that features the sounds of N'Awlins legends like Fats Domino and Earl King has its heart in the right place, and even if The Big Easy is neither good enough to be a consistent pleasure nor bad enough to be a guilty one, there’s still enough here to laissez les bon temps rouler. --Sam Graham

Product Description

Laissez le Bon temp rouler... let the good times roll!

Nothing is simple in The Big Easy, the setting for Season One of this sexy, action-packed crime series. In New Orleans steamy Latin Quarter, passions run as hot as Tabasco, loyalty has the life expectancy of a Rum Hurricane and the dark waters of the Louisiana bayou tell no tales.

Based on the hit 1987 film, THE BIG EASY stars Tony Crane (WISHMASTER) as Remy McSwain, a freewheeling Cajun cop not above committing a crime to solve one, and Susan Walters (SEINFELD s Mulva )as beautiful but dedicated federal agent Anne Osborne, who will go the distance to uphold the law... even as far as jumping into Remy s bed.

Costarring Barry Corbin (NORTHERN EXPOSURE) and produced by Sonny Grosso, whose career as a New York City cop inspired THE FRENCH CONNECTION, THE BIG EASY ran for two seasons on cable television's USA Network, bringing to discerning viewers a level of violence and eroticism at that time uncommon for prime time TV.

Includes all 22 episodes.


Available for the first time on DVD.


Originally aired on the USA Network.


Based on the critically acclaimed feature film starring Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin

Shot on location in New Orleans.

Stars Tony Crane (Wishmaster), Susan Walters (Seinfeld s Mulva ), and Barry Corbin (Northern Exposure).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's about time!, July 16, 2008

By	J. L. Figler (Central FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Big Easy has been long overdue for a dvd run. The series is a deliciously written storyline woven through the streats of New Orleans, with a hometown cop/detective and district attourney from the northeast at the center of it all. Definately worth it to watch, as the southern charm, good humor and occasional steamy encounters can keep one glued to their seats.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Been waiting for this!!, May 16, 2008

By	Happy-Go-Lucky "Lisa" (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

I am so happy season one is being released. I really enjoyed the characters and location of the series and was very disappointed when it went off the air. Hopefully season two will also get the nod for DVD release.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FINALLY!!, August 23, 2008

By	Victoria J. Merlo "vmerlo" (Florence, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Like many others, I have waited a LONG time for this series to come out on DVD. I loved this show, although I have to admit that I didn't feel the same about it once Susan Walters left the cast. The chemistry between Susan Walters and Tony Crane was steamy...and I only wish the writers and done more to tempt us with their relationship later on in the series. The writing changed and some of the characters seemed to disappear about midway through the first season, but I still consider this one of my favorite series ever. The New Orleans setting, the music, the quirky characters, the push-pull relationship of Remy and Anne - I loved every minute of it. THANK YOU to whomever was responsible for finally bringing this show to DVD!