Mississippi Burning
In 1964, three civil rights workers – two Jewish and one black – go missing while in Jessup County, Mississippi, organizing a voter registry for African Americans. The FBI sends two agents, Alan Ward and Rupert Anderson to investigate. Ward is a Northerner, senior in rank but much younger than Anderson, and approaches the investigation by the book, whereas Anderson, a former Mississippi sheriff, is more nuanced in his approach. The pair find it difficult to conduct interviews with the local townspeople, as Sheriff Ray Stuckey and his deputies exert influence over the public, and are linked to a branch of the Ku Klux Klan. The wife of Deputy Sheriff Clinton Pell reveals to Anderson in a discreet conversation that the three missing men have been murdered. Their bodies are later found buried in an earthen dam. Stuckey deduces Mrs. Pell's confession to the FBI and informs Pell, who brutally beats his wife in retribution.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Crime, Mystery, Drama, Thriller, History |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Frederick Zollo, Robert F. Colesberry |
Directed By: | Alan Parker |
Written By: | Chris Gerolmo |
Cast: | Doug Jackson, Brad Dourif, Henry W. Laster, Darius McCrary, Mert Hatfield, Thomas B. Mason, Georgia F. Wise, John P. Fertitta, Geoffrey Nauffts, Jake Gipson, Dawn Boyd, Robert Glaudini, Dan Desmond, Frederick Zollo, Tobin Bell, Christopher White, Rick Washburn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Badja Djola, Ralph Pruitt Vaughn, Charles Franzen, Frances McDormand, Ed Geldart, Willem Dafoe, Bob Penny, Larry Shuler, James F. Moore, Gladys Greer, Stephen Bridgewater, Paul Henderson, Robert F. Colesberry, Tonea Stewart, Michael Rooker, Kevin Dunn, Frankie Faison, Park Overall, Lou Walker, Mark Jeffrey Miller, Rick Zieff, Dianne Lancaster, Daniel Chapman, Ken Magee, R. Lee Ermey, Gailard Sartain, Everett Thrall, Stanley W. Collins, Robert Erickson, Gary Moody, Gene Hackman, James Eric, Marc Clement, Stephen Tobolowsky |
In Theaters: | Jan 27, 1989 |
Runtime: | 2 hours 8 minutes |
Production: | Orion Pictures |
Budget: | $15,000,000 |
Box Office: | $34,603,943 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |