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Budget. $15 million. Box office. $34.6 million [1] 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.
- $34.6 million
- Trevor Jones
- $15 million
Jan 27, 1989 · Two FBI agents investigate the murder of civil rights activists in Mississippi in 1964. The film is inspired by the real case of the Ku Klux Klan and the segregation of black and white.
- (106K)
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Alan Parker
- 1989-01-27
Rated: 3/4 • Aug 7, 2020. 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 ...
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- Alan Parker
- R
- Gene Hackman
Jan 30, 2024 · The film is loosely based on the murder of three civil rights activists in Mississippi in 1964, but changes some details for dramatic effect. Learn how the film depicts the racist and violent environment of the South, and what historical facts it omits or alters.
- Alan Parker
- Senior Writer
- Gene Hackman
Watch the 1988 drama based on the true story of two FBI agents investigating the disappearance of three civil rights activists in Mississippi in 1964. Starring Gene Hackman, Willem Defoe and Frances McDormand.
- Alan Parker
- January 1, 1988
- 127 min
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A gritty police drama based on a true story of the disappearances of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964, and the investigation by two FBI agents who face racism and terror. Ebert praises the film's realistic depiction of the racism, the characters and the justice in this important historical moment.
Two FBI agents investigate the disappearance of civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964, facing racism, violence, and a conspiracy of silence. The movie depicts the brutal reality of segregation, the Ku Klux Klan, and the FBI's methods in the Jim Crow era.
