This special screening of the Jim McBride’s neo-noir classic may well be the most important part of the 2005 Idaho International Film Festival. At the Egyptian Theatre on Thursday September 29th at 9:30pm is our benefit screening for the New Orleans disaster. A donation at the door will get you into this special benefit screening. All the money will go directly to the American Red Cross. Please give generously (and if you’ve already seen the movie, please give generously anyway and join us at the Opening Night party at Bardenay.

But if you haven’t seen it yet: The Big Easy is one of the films that best captures the steamy, colorful essence of New Orleans (the way it was). Starring Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin this crime thriller tells the romantic story of a classy detective whose investigation of a gangland murder lands him in trouble with the city's new District Attorney – a woman with a rigid penchant for following the letter of the law. Despite their differences, the two manage to work together and eventually fall in love. Unfortunately all of this leads them to have to fight for their lives when their investigation into the case, and the corruption surrounding it, gets them bumped up to the top of a hit man's list.