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Mississippi Burning

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7.7/10 • 1.8K

1988-12-082h 8m

DramaCrimeMysteryThriller

1964. When America was at war with itself.

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

Directors
Alan Parker
Editors
Gerry Hambling

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  1. Gene Hackman

    Gene Hackman

    Agent Rupert Anderson

  2. Willem Dafoe

    Willem Dafoe

    Agent Alan Ward

  3. Frances McDormand

    Frances McDormand

    Mrs. Pell

  4. Brad Dourif

    Brad Dourif

    Deputy Clinton Pell

  5. R. Lee Ermey

    R. Lee Ermey

    Mayor Tilman

  6. Gailard Sartain

    Gailard Sartain

    Sheriff Stuckey

  7. Stephen Tobolowsky

    Stephen Tobolowsky

    Townley

  8. Michael Rooker

    Michael Rooker

    Frank Bailey

  9. Pruitt Taylor Vince

    Pruitt Taylor Vince

    Lester Cowens

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kevin2019

Apr 19, 2024

10/10

"Mississippi Burning" has both insight and intelligence and it is an incredibly uncompromising scrutinization of how racism blighted American society and it is frightening to think the residents of Jessop in Mississippi possess minds much smaller than their town. This film also prompts you to seriously examine your own conscience in relation to the matter of the race issue, but how many people will actually be enthusiastically prepared to carry out such a thing? And how many of us will be shocked to discover something of Mayor Tilman in ourselves: we know all about what is going on and yet we choose to do nothing about it? That is the real lasting power of this superb film and that is why it will continue to have great longevity and deservedly so.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$15,000,000.00
Revenue
$34,604,000.00
Keywords
suicidesheriffpolicefuneralku klux klanmississippi rivershotgunfbideputy sheriffmotelu.s. navyropeburning crossbased on true storymurderracismdramaticcallouscompassionatedishearteningempatheticharshtragic