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Bobby DeLaughter, Assistant D.A. Hinds Co. Mississippi
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Box office. $13,323,144 (US) 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 .
- $36 million
- Marc Shaiman
- December 20, 1996
Dec 20, 1996 · ''This story is true,'' reads an opening title in ''Ghosts of Mississippi,'' Rob Reiner's self-important new drama. But true as it is, Mr. Reiner's film feels like the Hollywood version.
- Rob Reiner
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.
- Rob Reiner
- 2 min
Dec 20, 1996 · The story of the 1963 murder of Mississippi civil rights activist Medgar Evers and the attempt to bring his murderer to justice a quarter century later is tragic and heroic enough to deserve a ...
Feb 24, 1998 · The Ghosts of Medgar Evers: A Tale of Race, Murder, Mississippi, and Hollywood By Willie Morris Random House, 288 pages, $23 Just after midnight on June 12, 1963, a sniper killed Medgar Evers, the …
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Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/06/23 Full Review Jelisije J A movie that is based on a true story and yet has the most cartoonish Hollywood stereotypes to hard to ignore in what ...
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- History, Drama
- PG-13
Dec 20, 1996 · Alan Parker's “Mississippi Burning” (1983) was criticized formaking white FBI agents into heroes of the civil rights era when the real FBIwas conspicuous by its lack of enthusiasm for that assignment. But that filmpaid its way with great performances and tremendously moving drama. “Ghosts ofMississippi” generates nowhere near as much ...
