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Mississippi Burning

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

Director

Alan Parker

Year

Genre

drama, thriller, crime, history, mystery

Box Office

$34,603,943

Production

Orion Pictures

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 17 wins & 24 nominations total

Homepage

http://alanparker.com/film/mississippi-burning/

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Anderson

Ward

Mrs. Pell

Frances McDormand

Deputy Pell

Mayor Tilman

Sheriff Stuckey

Gailard Sartain

Townley

Stephen Tobolowsky

Frank Bailey

Lester Cowens

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Agent Monk

Agent Bird

Eulogist

Judge (as Tom Mason)

Thomas B. Mason

Goatee

Geoffrey Nauffts

Passenger

Black Passenger

Christopher White

Hattie

Mose

Waitress

Dianne Lancaster

Hollis

Stanley W. Collins

Fennis

Floyd Swilley

Earl Cooke

Wesley Cooke (as Stephen Wesley Bridgewater)

Stephen Bridgewater

Curtis Foy

Barber

Connie

Beauty Parlor Woman 1

Georgia F. Wise

Beauty Parlor Woman 2

Choctaw Man

Barry Davis Jim Sr.

Television Commentator

Aaron Williams

Vertis Williams

Mrs. Williams

Billie Jean Young

Church Soloist

Alisa R. Patrick

Church Soloist

Pell Maid

Interviewee

Interviewee

Interviewee

Interviewee

Interviewee

Interviewee

James Arnold Mayes

Farmer

Interviewer & Reporter

Charles Franzen

SNCC Interviewer

SNCC Interviewee

Virginia Bennett

SNCC Interviewee

Pecan Vendor

Jesse Merle Speaks

Obie Walker

Mrs. Walker

Doctor (as Rev. Harry Quick)

Lawyer

Cullen Gilliland

Lawyer

Cameraman

Robert F. Colesberry

Reporter

Frederick Zollo

Neighbor Woman

Fire Bomber

Mark Jeffrey Miller

Fire Bomber

Fire Bomber

Fire Bomber

Trooper

T.V. Commentator #2

John P. Fertitta

Reporter #3

Reporter #4

Reporter #5

Reporter #6

Robert Erickson

Reporter #7

Agent Stokes

Agent MacMillan

Agent Brodsky

Agent Nash (as Bob Glaudini)

Robert Glaudini

Agent Reilly (as Kenneth Magee)

Agent Tubbs (as E.A. Thrall)

Grieving Mother

Bernice Poindexter

Mrs. Cowens

Gospel Singer

Lannie Spann McBride

Baseball Announcer (voice)

Deputy Sheriff

Willie

Pedestrian on the Square

Betty Lucille DeJournette

Local #1

Angry Reporter on Bridge

W. Mitchell Morgan

Peckerwood

Ralph Pruitt Vaughn

Man in Car

James Lowell Turnham

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Anderson Ward Mrs. Pell Eulogist Mayor Tilman Agent Monk Agent Bird Deputy Pell Sheriff Ray Stuckey Frank Bailey Lester Cowans Television Commentator Goatee Floyd Swilley Passenger

Shit it is a cop - Mississippi Burning

Shit it is a cop

Y'all think you can drive any speed you want around here - Mississippi Burning

Y'all think you can drive any speed you want around...

Hell you even starting to smell like a nigger Jew boy - Mississippi Burning

Hell you even starting to smell like a nigger Jew boy

You only left me a nigger - Mississippi Burning

You only left me a nigger

Just read the file Mr Anderson I can do without the cabaret - Mississippi Burning

Just read the file Mr Anderson I can do without the cabaret

I just don't share your sense of humor - Mississippi Burning

I just don't share your sense of humor

What's got four eyes and can't see - Mississippi Burning

What's got four eyes and can't see

Good morning - Mississippi Burning

Good morning - Mississippi Burning

Open up - Mississippi Burning

Some things are worth dying for - Mississippi Burning

Some things are worth dying for

Simple fact is Anderson we got two cultures down here - Mississippi Burning

Simple fact is Anderson we got two cultures down here

You like baseball Anderson - Mississippi Burning

You like baseball Anderson

Tell me how does a woman like that end up - Mississippi Burning

Tell me how does a woman like that end up

You graduate and marry the first boy that makes you laugh - Mississippi Burning

You graduate and marry the first boy that makes you laugh

50 minutes to be exact that your husband says he was with you - Mississippi Burning

50 minutes to be exact that your husband says he was with...

You already been told once nigger - Mississippi Burning

You already been told once nigger

We don't want to tell you again - Mississippi Burning

We don't want to tell you again

Their kids are so cute - Mississippi Burning

Their kids are so cute

If the Secret Service couldn't protect the president - Mississippi Burning

If the Secret Service couldn't protect the president

Is this okay Your name please - Mississippi Burning

Is this okay Your name please

You gotta be a member to drink here - Mississippi Burning

You gotta be a member to drink here

I wouldn't think twice about it - Mississippi Burning

I wouldn't think twice about it

You get this straight you fucker - Mississippi Burning

You get this straight you fucker

What's wrong with these people - Mississippi Burning

What's wrong with these people

Down here rattlesnakes don't commit suicide - Mississippi Burning

Down here rattlesnakes don't commit suicide

Anderson you're so far up my nose I can feel your boots on my chin - Mississippi Burning

Anderson you're so far up my nose I can feel your boots...

If I was a Negro I'd think the same way they do - Mississippi Burning

If I was a Negro I'd think the same way they do

They hate Mississippi - Mississippi Burning

They hate Mississippi

Oh it looks like a political meeting but smells more like Klan to me - Mississippi Burning

Oh it looks like a political meeting but smells more like...

It's a political meeting - Mississippi Burning

It's a political meeting

In the courts of Mississippi they've been reminded - Mississippi Burning

In the courts of Mississippi they've been reminded

It's not good for you to be here - Mississippi Burning

It's not good for you to be here

I want the whole area covered Someone saw it - Mississippi Burning

I want the whole area covered Someone saw it

We'll go after them together - Mississippi Burning

We'll go after them together

Any guy that could spare the time for a movie or a beer - Mississippi Burning

Any guy that could spare the time for a movie or a beer

They want me to say - Mississippi Burning

They want me to say

Who continue to allow these things to happen - Mississippi Burning

Who continue to allow these things to happen

They won't prosecute - Mississippi Burning

They won't prosecute

I didn't kill him I shot him in the ass - Mississippi Burning

I didn't kill him I shot him in the ass

Did you make a speech - Mississippi Burning

Did you make a speech

Make no mistake Deputy - Mississippi Burning

Make no mistake Deputy

You're lucky we been watching your ass - Mississippi Burning

You're lucky we been watching your ass

If you're ever in Des Moines don't send me a postcard - Mississippi Burning

If you're ever in Des Moines don't send me a...

You want to drive Rupert - Mississippi Burning

You want to drive Rupert

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Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Alan Parker

Writer: Chris Gerolmo

Production: Orion Pictures

Genre: drama, thriller, crime, history, mystery

Year: 1988

MetaScore: 65/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

BoxOffice: $34,603,943

Released: 27 Jan 1989

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 17 wins & 24 nominations total

Homepage: http://alanparker.com/film/mississippi-burning/

Also watch: The Dead Pool, Taken, Midnight Express, In the Valley of Elah, Prancer, Ghosts of Mississippi, The Bad Seed, Hooper, The Road to Wellville, Bob Roberts, A Passage to India, Condorman, The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson, Plunkett & Macleane, Uncommon Valor, Critters 4, Desperate Hours