Alec Baldwin
Bobby DeLaughter, Assistant D.A. Hinds Co. Mississippi
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Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 American biographical courtroom drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, and James Woods. The film is based on the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist accused of the 1963 assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers .
Jan 3, 1997 · Ghosts of Mississippi: Directed by Rob Reiner. With Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Virginia Madsen, Whoopi Goldberg. A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white racist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
- (12K)
- Drama, History
- Rob Reiner
- 1997-01-03
Dec 20, 1996 · Ghosts of Mississippi. Roger Ebert December 20, 1996. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. In June 1963, Medgar Evers, a Mississippi NAACP leader, was shotdead while standing in his driveway. A man named Byron De La Beckwith wascharged with the crime, but went free after two all-white juries reacheddeadlocks.
In this film based on actual events, black activist Medgar Evers (James Pickens Jr.) is murdered in 1963, and much of the evidence points toward white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith...
- (30)
- Rob Reiner
- PG-13
- Alec Baldwin
Ghosts of Mississippi. Alec Baldwin stars as an assistant DA seeking justice for the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Co-starring Whoopi Goldberg and James Woods. 2,933 IMDb 6.7 2 h 10 min 1997. X-Ray PG-13. Drama · Historical · Compelling · Emotional. Available to rent or buy.
- 130 min
Ghosts of Mississippi is a real-life drama covering the final trial of Byron De La Beckwith, the assassin of heroic civil rights leader Medgar Evers. The movie begins with the murder on June 12, 1963 and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in hung juries.
Alec Baldwin stars as a dedicated young trial lawyer, and Whoopi Goldberg stars as the widow of renowned civil rights leader Medgar Evers in the true murder story...
