Mississippi Burning (1988)


Mississippi Burning
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7.8 IMDB rating
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Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Agent Rupert Anderson
Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Agent Alan Ward
Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif

Deputy Clinton Pell
R. Lee Ermey

R. Lee Ermey

Mayor Tilman
Gailard Sartain

Gailard Sartain

Sheriff Ray Stuckey
Stephen Tobolowsky

Stephen Tobolowsky

Clayton Townley
Michael Rooker

Michael Rooker

Frank Bailey


Written by
Chris Gerolmo

Chris Gerolmo

(written by)


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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 former Sheriff partner.
Release date : 27 January 1989
UPC: 014381408126
Drama (14), Thriller (9), Crime (7), Racism (7), 1980s (6), 1988 (5), Murder (5), Human Rights (5), Police (4), Ku Klux Klan (3), Race Relations (3), Disturbing (3), Usa (3), Suicide (3), (3), Firebomb (2), Mystery (2), Fire (2), Threat (2), Detective (2)
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"2/25/13 Rewatch This is not only one of the best films of the 80's but one of the best films period and a highlight of both Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe's careers. It's troubling subject matter isn't turned away from or looked at peripherally...it's stared down straight on. The pair portray FBI agents sent to a little Mississippi town to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights activists (two white and one black). It's a period piece, of course, and set in the 60's. The film boast"


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" Racism is something that really grinds my gears. It enrages me; I feel a heatwave of resentment flare up in me everytime I see any bigotry and injustice occur. But then again, who the hell in our modern day and age DOES condone racism? I'm no different from the norm, racism is a stick up ALL our arses and a universal shame. We are all on the same boat nowadays, but in 1964, it was very troubling times. Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe team up as an unlikely pair of mismatched FBI agents inves"


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" Frances McDormand as Mrs. Pell in "Mississippi Burning" (1st nomination) My pick so far as the TRUE Best Supporting Actress of the year!..."


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