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Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker and written by Chris Gerolmo that is loosely based on the 1964 murder investigation of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in Mississippi.
Jan 27, 1989 · Mississippi Burning: Directed by Alan Parker. With Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif. Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
Based on the true story, two FBI agents investigate the disappearance of three Mississippi civil rights activists in 1964. Subtitles: English. Starring: Gene Hackman Willem Defoe Frances McDormand Brad Dourif. Directed by: Alan Parker.
In 1964, three civil rights workers from the North disappear in a small Mississippi town and the FBI are sent to investigate. Agent in charge Alan Ward does everything by the book. Agent Rupert Anderson however was a Sheriff in Mississippi before joining the FBI and understands the local culture.
When a group of civil rights workers goes missing in a small Mississippi town, FBI agents Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe) and Rupert Anderson (Gene Hackman) are sent in to investigate.
- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
But “Mississippi Burning” is not a documentary, nor does it strain to present a story based on the facts. This movie is a gritty police drama, bloody, passionate and sometimes surprisingly funny about the efforts of two FBI men to lead an investigation into the disappearances.
Mississippi Burning. Screen greats Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe co-star in this masterpiece directed by legendary filmmaker Alan Parker. In Jessup County, 1964, as three civil r...
