Mississippi burning / an Orion Pictures release ; producers, Frederick Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry ; writer, Chris Gerolmo ; director, Alan Parker.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 1001829 | MGMLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: French, Spanish Series: Contemporary classicsPublication details: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 1988, 2001.Edition: Widescreen editionDescription: 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 0792849493
- 9780792849490
- Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964 -- Drama
- Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964 -- Drama
- Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964 -- Drama
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Drama
- Murder -- Mississippi -- Drama
- Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Drama
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- Drama
- Segregation -- Mississippi -- Drama
- Mississippi -- Race relations -- Drama
- Director of photography, Peter Biziou ; editor, Gerry Hambling ; music, Trevor Jones ; production designers, Philip Harrison, Geoffrey Kirkland.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Mississippi Burning is an all-names-changed dramatization of the Ku Klux Klan's murders of three civil rights workers in 1964. Investigating the mysterious disappearances of the three activists are FBI agents Gene Hackman (older, wiser) and Willem Dafoe (younger, idealistic). A Southerner himself, Hackman charms and cajoles his way through the tight-lipped residents of a dusty Mississippi town while Dafoe acts upon the evidence gleaned by his partner. Hackman solves the case by exerting his influence upon beauty-parlor worker Frances McDormand, who wishes to exact revenge for the beatings inflicted upon her by her Klan-connected husband Brad Dourif. Many critics took the film to task for its implication that the Civil Rights movement might never have gained momentum without its white participants; nor were the critics happy that the FBI was shown to utilize tactics as brutal as the Klan's. The title Mississippi Burning is certainly appropriate: nearly half the film is taken up with scenes of smoke and flame. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.
Director of photography, Peter Biziou ; editor, Gerry Hambling ; music, Trevor Jones ; production designers, Philip Harrison, Geoffrey Kirkland.
Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif.
Set in Mississippi in 1964, this controversial film is based on the true story of the case of three young civil rights workers (in real life they were named James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner) who were brutally murdered in June of 1964. The chaotic aftermath was dubbed Mississippi Burning. This movie is told from the perspective of the FBI's operations to uncover evidence and bring the killers to justice. Anger over the real incident prompted the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act in 1965. Although the film was nominated for six Oscars and won the award for Best Cinematography, it stirred a great deal of controversy when it was released. In the years since, it has come to be considered a classic.
Closed-captioned.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD, Region 1, NTSC, widescreen presentation (1.85:1); Dolby stereo. surround (English & French) and mono. (Spanish).
English, French or Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles.