The Big Easy

1987 film by Jim McBride

Movie Film Q1460915

Facts

23 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Jim McBride^[2]
Genre: crime film, neo-noir, action film, drama film^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Publication date: November 27, 1986, March 24, 1988
Screenwriter: Daniel Petrie, Jim McBride^[3]^[4]
Producer: Stephen J. Friedman^[23]
Duration: +99, +102
Australian Classification: M
Cast member: Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Ned Beatty, Charles Ludlam, Grace Zabriskie, Gailard Sartain, Lisa Jane Persky, Marc Lawrence, Tom O'Brien, Joy N. Houck, Jr., Ebbe Roe Smith, Robert Lesser^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]
Color: color
Composer: Brad Fiedel^[5]
Country of origin: United States
Director of photography: Affonso Beato^[24]
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures, Netflix
Distribution format: video on demand
FSK film rating: FSK 16
Filming location: New Orleans
Kijkwijzer rating: 12
NMHH film rating: Category IV
Narrative location: New Orleans
Original language of film or TV show: English^[25]
Review score: 7.5/10, 77/100, 89%
Title: The Big Easy

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🔖 Identifiers · 65

ACMI ID: works/86479
AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 57557
AllMovie title ID: v5412
Allcinema film ID: 19137
AlloCiné film ID: 2593
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B002P6X20C
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.2uf1ax6wu5t7elc9tqlnbpjc8
BBC programme ID: b007b5gj
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): bigeasy
Brew TV movie ID: 94256
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 720798
Cinema.de ID: 1295408

Show all 65 identifiers +53

Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 11751
DNF film ID: 5784
Daum movie ID: 13986
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 378
Douban film ID: 1293601
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 6121, 64295
EDb film ID: t0004279
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/3E91-5412-D0FC-5D1B-FE50-5
ElFilm film ID: 92372
Elonet movie ID: 104104
FBW ID: der_grosse_leichtsinn
Fandango video ID: 6132
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme): MMVFEAC2B641BC449E5F38301AFEFEAE6D30
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/the-big-easy-der-grosse-leichtsinn
FilmAffinity film ID: 404020
FilmVandaag ID: film/4806
Filmová databáze film ID: 13215
Filmweb.pl film ID: 11675
Freebase ID: /m/07yt8m
Google Play Movies & TV ID: vEkx5oduYtk
Hoopla title ID: 11942314
IMCDB work ID: 92654
IMDb ID: tt0092654
ISAN: 0000-0002-CCE5-0000-S-0000-0000-R
ITunes movie ID: 292968387, 983983907
KINENOTE film ID: 46256
Kinobox film ID: 245206
Kinopoisk film ID: 16851
LUMIERE film ID: 201105
LdiF ID: 872
Letterboxd film ID: the-big-easy
Mediafilm ID (archived): mf-tt-9754979682
Metacritic ID: movie/the-big-easy
MovieLens movie ID: 4086
MovieMeter film ID: 2799
Moviefone movie ID: 23651
Moviepilot.de film ID: the-big-easy-der-groe-leichtsinn
Netflix ID: 304632
OFDb film ID: 7049
OMDb film ID: 11028
PORT film ID: 16741
Plex media key: 5d77683654c0f0001f303a74
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/big_easy
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 17444
Swedish Film Database ID: 7340
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 68653
TMDB movie ID: 11028
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 106941
TV.com ID (archived): movies/the-big-easy
TheTVDB movie ID: 4102
Trakt.tv ID: movies/the-big-easy-1986
Trakt.tv film ID: 6165
ČSFD film ID: 10691

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 11

John Goodman, Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, Gailard Sartain, Grace Zabriskie, Marc Lawrence, Charles Ludlam +3 more

Genre 4

action film, drama film, crime film, neo-noir

Distributed by 2

Netflix, Columbia Pictures

Screenwriter 2

Daniel Petrie, Jim McBride

Composer 1

Brad Fiedel

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

Jim McBride

Director of photography 1

Affonso Beato

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Filming location 1

New Orleans

Instance of 1

film

Narrative location 1

New Orleans

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Producer 1

Stephen J. Friedman

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Summary

The Big Easy is a film^[1].

Body

Publication

Publication dates include November 27, 1986^[26] and March 24, 1988^[27]. It was distributed by video on demand^[28].

Reception

Reviews include 7.5/10^[29], 77/100^[30], and 89%^[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ The Big Easy — director (P57): Jim McBride. stopklatka.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-26. stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Big Easy — screenwriter (P58): Daniel Petrie. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Big Easy — screenwriter (P58): Jim McBride. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Big Easy — composer (P86): Brad Fiedel. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Big Easy — genre (P136): crime film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-26. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Big Easy — genre (P136): neo-noir. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Big Easy — genre (P136): action film. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Big Easy — genre (P136): drama film. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Big Easy — cast member (P161): Dennis Quaid. stopklatka.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-26. stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Big Easy — cast member (P161): Ellen Barkin. stopklatka.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-26. stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Big Easy — cast member (P161): John Goodman. stopklatka.pl. Retrieved 2016-05-26. stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Big Easy — cast member (P161): Ned Beatty. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Big Easy — cast member (P161): Charles Ludlam. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Big Easy — cast member (P161): Grace Zabriskie. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Big Easy — cast member (P161): Gailard Sartain. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Big Easy — cast member (P161): Lisa Jane Persky. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Big Easy — cast member (P161): Marc Lawrence. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Big Easy — cast member (P161): Tom O'Brien. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Big Easy — cast member (P161): Joy N. Houck, Jr.. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Big Easy — cast member (P161): Ebbe Roe Smith. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Big Easy — cast member (P161): Robert Lesser. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Big Easy — producer (P162): Stephen J. Friedman. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ The Big Easy — director of photography (P344): Affonso Beato. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ The Big Easy — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ The Big Easy — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ The Big Easy — review score (P444): 7.5/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-07. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ The Big Easy — review score (P444): 77/100. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ The Big Easy — review score (P444): 89%. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ The Big Easy — publication date (P577): November 27, 1986. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ The Big Easy — publication date (P577): March 24, 1988. zweitausendeins.de. zweitausendeins.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ The Big Easy is an instance of film (Q11424) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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5w ago · Ontogon · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Brew TV movie ID → 94256

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10w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

IMCDB work ID → 92654

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11w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Filmová databáze film ID → 13215

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19w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Publication date → November 27, 1986, March 24, 1988

Screenwriter → Daniel Petrie, Jim McBride

Duration → 99 minute, 102 minute

Original language of film or TV show → English

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