Mississippi Burning Movie Review 1988

Hard-edged social drama centers around the civil rights movement in Mississippi in 1964. When three activists turn up missing, FBI agents Anderson (Hackman) and Ward (Dafoe) are sent to head up the investigation. Unfortunately, this is another example of a "serious" film about racial conflict in which white characters predominate and blacks provide background.

Distribution

Orion Home Video, MGM, 2500 Broadway, 3515, Santa Monica, CA 90404-3036, Phone: (310)449-3000, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 127 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Civil Rights, American South, FBI, Cuttin' Heads, African America

Screenplay

Chris Gerolmo

Cast

Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Gailard Sartain, Stephen Tobolowsky, Michael Rooker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Badja (Medu) Djola, Kevin Dunn, Frankie Faison, Tom Mason, Park Overall

Cinematography

Peter Biziou

Director

Alan Parker

Music

Trevor Jones

Producer

Orion Pictures, Frederick Zollo

Awards

Oscars 1988: Cinematog.; Berlin Intl. Film Fest. 1988: Actor (Hackman); Natl. Bd. of Review 1988: Actor (Hackman), Director (Parker), Support. Actress (McDormand).