The Big Easy

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The Big Easy    is a nickname for    New Orleans It is the big easy because of the easy manner in which people live. It's also known as The City That Care Forgot, as well as The Crescent City (The Miss. River flows thru it in a crescent shape). Geography > City Nicknames

The Big Easy (1987)    starred    Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin and Ned Beatty Director: Jim McBride. Also starred John Goodman, Lisa Jane Persky & Ebbe Roe Smith. Plot: Set in New Orleans. Remy McSwain (Quaid), lieutenant in Homicide finds that he has two problems, the first of a series of gang killings and Ann Osborne (Barkin), a beautiful attorney from the D.A.'s police corruption task force in his office. Movies > Movies of the 1980s

The Big Easy    the femme fatale was    Ellen Barkin Movies > Films - Femme Fatales

Dennis Quaid    won the Spirit award for    The Big Easy 1987 - Best Male Lead Movies > Independent Spirit Awards