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Mississippi Burning(Movie, 1988)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 8min | Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime, History, Mystery
Mississippi BurningRating: 3.8/5 (with 691691 votes)
Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker that is loosely based on the 1964 murder investigation of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in Mississippi. It stars Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as two FBI agents investigating the disappearance of three civil rights workers in fictional Jessup County, Mississippi, who are met with hostility by the town's residents, local police, and the Ku Klux Klan. Screenwriter Chris Gerolmo began the script in 1986 after researching the 1964 murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner. He and producer Frederick Zollo presented it to Orion Pictures, and the studio hired Parker to direct the film. The writer and director had disputes over the script, and Orion allowed Parker to make uncredited rewrites. The film was shot in a number of locations in Mississippi and Alabama, with principal photography from March to May 1988. On release, Mississippi Burning was criticized by activists involved in the civil rights movement and the famil... ()
Movie poster of Mississippi Burning

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"Mississippi Burning" is currently available on 2 providers. Mississippi Burning can be rented on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (SD/HD/4K) or purchased on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (as a download from the website or as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Duration: 2h 7min
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Awards & Nominations for Mississippi Burning

Academy Award for Best Cinematography National Board of Review: Top Ten Films National Board of Review Award for Best Film Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Sound

About Mississippi Burning

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.

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Trailer for Mississippi Burning + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Mississippi Burning Official Trailer #1 - Gene Hackman Movie (1988) HD(Trailer, 1:35)

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Additional Information

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Production country: United States of America (USA)
Shot in: Alabama
Plays in: Mississippi
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 28 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 04/06/1989 (World premiere: 12/08/1988)
Appearing Characters: John Proctor, Joseph Sullivan, Cecil Price, Lawrence A. Rainey, Samuel Bowers, Alton Wayne Roberts, Jimmy Snowden, Gregory Scarpa, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney
Director: Alan Parker
Screenwriter: Chris Gerolmo
Film Editor: Gerry Hambling
Director of Photography: Peter Biziou
Composer: Trevor Jones
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Mississippi en llamas"
"Mississippi em Chamas"
"Le Mississippi brûle"
"密西西比在燃烧"
"烈血暴潮"
"Arde Misisipi"
"Mississippi En Enfer"
"烈血暴潮"
"Mississippi en llamas"
Budget: 15,000,000 USD
Revenue: 34,604,000 USD (= 231%)

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