Ellen Barkin never looked better than in this movie!

No movie can illustrate the Cajun culture, for it is as rich and as complicated as all cultures. That is what makes it special...

The Big Easy. One of my all time favorites. I love New Orleans. Will be there in June, as I have in the past. Ellen Barkin, one of my favorite ladies.

This is a favorite of mine as well. Great movie. I have relocated to South West Louisiana and just love the people and the music!

I love happy people.....what could be a more wonderful expression of that happiness than Cajun Dancing....

Seems no one noticed that's Dewey Balfa, his brother, and the beautiful Christine Balfa, Dewey's daughter, playing with Quaid. Christine carries on the legacy of her dad with Balfa Toujour and Bonsoir Catin, 2 cajun bands

@davanmani556

2 жыл бұрын

Is she the one with a red long sleeve shirt?

@tomsmith5216

2 жыл бұрын

@@davanmani556 Yes

@bmcclain1

Жыл бұрын

I noticed…. Dewey Balfa might have been the best known of all Cajun musicians. I think that brother’s name was Ralph, if I am not wrong. He had another brother who sang with him, who was killed in a car accident not many years before this, I believe. I thought that Christine was Ralph‘s daughter, rather than Dewey’s. And I thought the young man playing with them, not Dennis Quaid, the stocky and very young man, was also related somehow, Like Dewey’s nephew.

@ronvandoorneveld3213

11 ай бұрын

@@bmcclain1 Two brothers of Dewey Balfa died in a car accident. Will Balfa and Rodney Balfa, They were together the Balfa Brothers with Dewey and Will playing fiddle and Rodney played the guitar. The accordionist in the movie is Robert Jardell, but in the Balfa Brothers played lots of accordion players like Hadley Fontenot, Nathan Abshire, Ray Abshire, Allie Young and ..... Maybe the stocky young man is Tony Balfa.

@AlvahGoldbrook

10 ай бұрын

I just did - wearing glasses. I want to see that Les Blank film " J’ai Ete au Bal (I Went to the Dance)".

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this movie!

I so remember this movie , wow I'm getting old . 🇺🇸😘✌️

Love this music! If I could, I'd move to Baton Rouge!

I agree totally, I am born and live in Louisiana and this movie is a comedy of sorts. Dennis Quaid is not Cajun, but you can find the Cajun culture within 90 miles of NOLA. Creole is NOLA, Cajun is some of the country and much of La. is just typical South. Enjoy and come on down.

Martin D41 Sunburst guitar he is playing is a rare and expensive guitar. Niiiiiice! Especially in the mid 80's.

Damn i miss South Louisiana & New Orleans...not the same after the storm.

@minniesmomma6374

3 жыл бұрын

Agree. I do believe that Katrina washed away the soul of New Orleans. And the new mayor Cantrell is finishing it off. She actuall banned go cups in the Quarter because of Covid. You would think they would want go cups and no one inside but people have no common sense anymore. Hope you are doing well.

my child's dont argue about it, cajun it's in the soul of the beholder,be u,him,her ,them or us..love u all...

Visited the "Big Easy" again last Sept.. Can't get enough of it.......

I was madly in love with Dennis when this movie came out.

@mamatibborscassady9388

9 жыл бұрын

Sharon H I think he is a super actor.

Love it...first a swing, then a waltz...

Own this movie and watch it often. The music is the best, the story really good. Ellen.....? Amazing!

@jrgentobies2510

Жыл бұрын

Great movie. She is Beautiful. She trusted him. He took the bribe. Now he is a bad cop. Lost it all. Lost her respect. She stand tall- i love this film clip

I don't care what a man had done if he could dance a decent waltz I'd dance with him for two or three hours. LOL

Watch Belizaire the Cajun . It was filmed in the heart of Cajun country . But I really enjoyed this video and movie. What a cutie Dennis Quaid is. ;)

The Big Easy! Dennys Quaid, Ellen Barkin. Good movie.

Absolutely. I grew up around French Settlement/Maurepas and I knew people who were -genuine- Cajuns, mostly the elderly folks. Cajun/French was actually their first language. New Orleans is far from Cajun...

I have no idea why Zachary Richard wasn’t asked to be in this movie, pas bon, pas bon, pas bon. One of the most prolific Cajun writers and singers we have and he still lives in Louisiana.

Also, when I went to New Orleans, some friends took us to this house, It was abandoned but recognizled.

I have this DVD and love the movie and background. Ellen Barkin is a Babe. Many times there, my favorite destination.

loved that movie!

...now you don’t call me anymore...awesome!

I have the soundtrack from that film, best ever.

@sportbootjo

3 жыл бұрын

Since the first time I watched this movie I am looking for the Soundtrack, never found it here in Germany :-(

Congratulations on your move to Louisiana. Life is good. Enjoy.

i recognise that first tune from my teen in the 80s when swallow records were all re-issued in UK by Ace records! (compilations known as "louisiana cajun special vo1, and vol 2)

Oh my golly gosh ness, my favourite dance scene

My boys mothers family was from the Appolosa area. PRETTY GIRL, damn pretty blue eyed girl. I really loved her.

That's a YOUNG Dennis Quaid! Wow... I think I need to see this movie.

Lighten up people! Love this movie! One of my all time favorite "Cheesiest Movies" ever! (You have to love "bad" movies from the 1980's, like "They Live", in order to appreciate it.) But, MAKE NOTE! There is an actual plot!! The entire movie just draws you in: good plot, bad accents, 80's clothes and hairstyles, Zydeco dancing, etc! If you have never seen it, and love New Orleans, sit down on your couch, crack open a beer or two, and relax for an hour or so. (It actually has a surprise ending.) Just relax and enjoy yourself!

@davidgerald133

2 жыл бұрын

People bitch about this movie?

@2410jrod

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidgerald133 It’s 2022 people whine about everything these days.

Loving this

it seems like everyone in Louisiana can sing or play music, amazing place, food is amazing , I live in Houston, so it's not too far to go

@overout429

3 жыл бұрын

They know how to have a real good time.

@davanmani556

2 жыл бұрын

Dennis Quaid is from Houston.

I love this!

Before my children arrived I was way off-grid. I had to mail-order my copy of "Wind" (1992), although I'd seen "Waterworld" in the theatre. Oh! Fille! Si j'avais su que tu étais là, je n'aurais jamais conduit vers le nord jusqu'à Bentonville. S'il te plaît. Femme.

Thank You. from France.

Cajun country is west, and southwest of New Orleans. If you’re looking for Cajun dancing, that’s more in Lafayette than New Orleans. The real, authentic Cajun music, though will be found in the small towns in the Atchafalaya basin. New Orleans is Creole. Southwest Louisiana is Cajun. Cajun is country Creole is urban.

Hey, this is from BIG EASY, and it is still a HOT MOVIE.

@paulray9327

5 жыл бұрын

moccasinlanding xxx

Je découvre un peu par hasard les cajuns de Louisiane sur cette vidéo. J'ai un peu appris à l'école primaire il y a 60 ans déjà épopée fantastique des cajuns, ces français qui se sont rendus en Louisiane. Malheureusement aujourd'hui l'histoire des cajuns n'est plus guère enseigné en France. Aussi je découvre la langue cajun qui est le vieux français parlé du temps du roi Louis XIV et qui se perpétue en Louisiane. Mais ne vous en faites pas en tant que français on vous comprend quand même avec maintenant l'accent américain en.olus, ce qui fait tout son charme. J'ai un fils de mon arrière grand père qui est parti en Louisiane vers 1856, à Saint Louis précisément et y est décédé à l'âge de 46 ans d'une dissenterie. Il a eu un fils, Joseph, sans doute décédé depuis. Mais je n'ai pas d'informations sur sa descendance qui sans doute ne permet plus le français.

Love this film

Take this show west to within 20 miles of the Texas Border...right up I-10, to Crowley and Welsh, La. That's my family and where CAJUN was born. God Bless my Great ×20 uncle, Joseph Broussard. He fought for everyone. Not like today....He'd be sad at the sight of RACISM.

0:54 - It took me until that moment, on about the 9th viewing of this movie, to fully realize just how beautiful Ellen Barkin was . . . (Sue me: I was a kid.)

@sulatlalaki

9 жыл бұрын

And DAMNED sexy!!! I always liked her kind of crooked grin out the one side of her sexy lips!

@hansouth2355

5 жыл бұрын

attractive young ellen

@k9crazyfamily318

3 жыл бұрын

She didn’t need makeup to look beautiful. I have this movie on DVD and watch it every few months. Great movie!

@ronalds.658

3 жыл бұрын

I saw Marilyn Monroe when I was a kid and what came to my mind was what beautiful woman she was.

Dewey Balfa = Legend!

Thought that background looked familiar...anyone remember Augie's de Lago (before Katrina blew it away?)

Giuro, mi sono messo a ballare da solo: ritmo irrefrenabile.... Favolosi........

I am aware of that. Have it and watched many times, one of my favorite destinations.

hello !! j'aime beaucoup ce film !! j'apprécie l'histoire et les acteurs ( et actrices !). Et vive les Cajuns !

Brought to you in the best potato cam sound technology.

Yes this movie is silly if you are from NOLA. We have more of a New England, New Jersey accent than Cajun. Actually there are many different accents in and around the city, but the Cajun accent is from the west towards Lafayette. We refer to the city as the Cresent City, never heard Big Easy until this movie. The scene is in Bucktown, which was at the mouth of the 17th St Canal that busted during Katrina. Starting at 51 seconds you see the West End clubs and restaurantswith Augies Delago

A Great song from a really good movie!!

I love Cajuns great people

my favorite movie: a love story: "Big Easy" , Christine Balfa sings !

Ya..love this movie..wonder if Dennis Quaid was really singing...sounds like him....

This scene was filmed out near Breaux Bridge, that's Bayou Teche in the background

@superdreadi

4 жыл бұрын

T B , I lived in Breaux Bridge in the early 80’s , my Dad is from St. Martinville , I would fish the Bayou at the bottom of the street ( Hardy Street ) , had some good times .

@1962egl

3 жыл бұрын

No it wasn't! That was filmed at the west end New Orleans lake front.

Love it.

Yes, i am aware of that, and appreciate your viewing. This is a clip from The Big Easy, referring to it,. the movie is great and lets enjoy it, especially the beautiful Ellen Barkin.I am in New Orleans freqently.

Baby, your luck is about to change!

..Also Cajuns are from southwest louisiana , NOT over commercialized New Orleans.

@susansimons5577

5 жыл бұрын

Cajuns came from Canada, They were kicked out of Canada. We like them much more than our french Canadian's, that's for sure.

great film, should have made a sequel--Cajun folks like to eat and party--food is really good

@michaelbenge985

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Smith So where do people not want to eat good food and party? Besides the Midwest?

@MichaelSmith-jw8qw

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Benge given all the bad restaurants I've seen that's a great question

Ellen Barkin was indeed a beautiful woman

I'm Cajun proud

those are real shorts from Lafayatte Wal-Mart

Thank You for watching. Great people, and music. I have others on my channel. Watch them.

Cajuns : French Culture and French Roots...

@williamoleschoolarendt7016

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! My great great great grandparents went the rout through Canada and down to Louisiana in the early 1700s! There are a lot of Cajuns throughout Louisiana and most no nothing about their Cajuns roots or how to even speak the language! Cajun traditions are slowly becoming a thing of the past and it's pretty sad! My family is a perfect example. My family moved into the city and their accents disappeared and my parents didn't even learn how to speak the language from their parents! Now most of us are still hunters and fishermen but we don't live in the bayou's of Louisiana! And the food is to die for!!! Nobody cooks like Cajuns!!!

@Mixedbastard31

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamoleschoolarendt7016 i recelty learned of my Cajun roots and i def plan on learning the language and the culture

Makes me "hawngri fuh some balled crawfish"!

J’aimerais voyager en Louisiane un jour. Vive les cajun!

a fav of mine also

Remember that little dwelling well. Katrina took it away.

@lauraarcher1730

4 жыл бұрын

haltmusic very sad.

There is no such thing as 'New Orleans' Cajun dancing. First of all, 'Cajun' country ends where New Orleans starts. Any true Louisianian knows this.

@jaugustinauzout

7 жыл бұрын

Pete Mangum Creole

@bengemeister

7 жыл бұрын

Well-almost , but you got Algiers and the projects and others that are in between!!

@user-yj2gw2sy7t

6 жыл бұрын

Pete Mangum I was just coming to the comments to write this exact thing lol 😂

@deejannemeiurffnicht1791

6 жыл бұрын

true. the styles influenced by it in new orleans tend to be lazy formula shit trying to tidy it up (like all those god awful jambalya zydeco tunes and toot toot! yeugh!)

@redgingerbreadpam

5 жыл бұрын

My exact thoughts when I saw this title 😂 I'm a Cajun from SW Louisiana & I love New Orleans but Cajun Country is a good ways from there. Acadiana it where Cajun is.

This is taken from the movie "The Big Easy" (1986)

Did not want to see a movie clip !!!

Wellcome in my and xours House off rising Sun, Luke Gangsterbanker.

they should have made sequel to this film

laissez le bon temps rouler

Robert jardell on accordion Christine bolfa her dad Dewey bolfa

Thank you for your nice comment and rating . I see you have the music favorites, that I like also.

@foxibot

3 жыл бұрын

My comment must be on approval. My keyboard don’t speak Louisiana acajien langue. So I made some mistakes ma cher. I also meant I am acajien, but zacahary is a real hommes acadjien like his gran gran pere. Le bon Djeiu knows what I meant. Merci beaucoup ma Cher.

She's the same girl from the movie Pink Floyd The Wall I recognize that gorgeous face anywhere

Damn, Ellen Barkin was a screaming hot little kitty cat in this!

Yes, I agree. I try to go often. Check out my other N O videos.

Swell music and cooking, I guarantee.

Cajun ..... acadian of Louisiana

❤♫❤♫❤♫❤Yip now you don,t call me anymore ❤♫❤♫❤♫❤

J'aime beaucoup

baby dennis & ellen

The Big Easy

What a bunch of whingers we have in some of the previous comments, it was a good movie with good music, just enjoy it.

feliciation a garder votre belle culture francaise

The Big Easy~

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Dance with me cher

It might have helped if someone had shown Dennis Quaid how to waltz. It was still a good movie though.

It's spelled Cher but pronounced like "Sha" not Cher (share) like the pop singers name. I hate how Hollywood can never get it right.

@LJH70122

4 жыл бұрын

willem mccormick I hate how they think New Orleans is Cajun. It’s not. New Orleans culture is Creole.

@RighteousWilly, my family is Old French (white Creole) and Cajun on my mother's father's side. I think it's true, what your friend told you, but it's a lot more complicated today then it was back then.

Raised on it

Nobody talks like that in New Orleans. New Orleans has a Creole culture, not a Cajun culture. Both have French roots but quite different.

@Gustavo-nl5yk

3 жыл бұрын

wich one practice the voodoo?

@Kinch1965

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gustavo-nl5yk Creole. Cajuns practice traditional Catholicism. Creoles have their roots in Haiti.

Big Easy.....

I’m from Louisiana

New orleans isn't cajun...