Louisiana's movie is...

The Big Easy

With its unique ethnic mix, distinctive musical flavors, and idiosyncratic culinary delights, there's no place quite like New Orleans. And few films capture the city quite like Jim McBride's The Big Easy, which stars Dennis Quaid as a detective of Cajun descent who's investigating the murder of a local gangster -- and discovers that other members of the force may be invovled. While the seedy plot might not seem at first to show N'Awlins in the best light, The Big Easy makes wonderful use of its location; the film features zydeco music, a building full of Mardi Gras parade relics, plenty of well-known local haunts, and a dark tour of the French Quarter.