Mississippi Burning
1964. When America was at war with itself.
19882h 8mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Crime
- Thriller
- Mystery
Overview
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.
Keywords
- racism
- based on true story
- tragic
- murder
- funeral
- police
- dramatic
- callous
- harsh
- fbi
- suicide
- motel
- disheartening
- empathetic
- shotgun
- sheriff
- compassionate
- u.s. navy
- mississippi river
- ku klux klan
- rope
- deputy sheriff
- burning cross
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 8, 1988
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Orion Pictures,Frederick Zollo Productions
- Cast
- Gene Hackman,Willem Dafoe,Frances McDormand,Brad Dourif,R. Lee Ermey,Gailard Sartain,Stephen Tobolowsky,Michael Rooker,Pruitt Taylor Vince,Badja Djolaand 53 more
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Writer
- Chris Gerolmo
- Producer
- Robert F. Colesberry,Frederick Zollo
- Cinematography
- Peter Biziou
- Music
- Trevor Jones
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Revenue
- $34,604,000
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt0095647