Log-in to add movie to favourites
Movie added to favourites
Movie removed from favourites

"Mississippi Burning" quotes

Mississippi Burning poster
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
Writer: Chris Gerolmo
Production: N/A
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

53 Clips

AndersonWardMrs. PellEulogistMayor TilmanAgent MonkAgent BirdDeputy PellSheriff Ray StuckeyFrank BaileyLester CowansTelevision CommentatorGoateeFloyd SwilleyPassenger
If I was a Negro I'd think the same way they do - Mississippi Burning 00:11 If I was a Negro I'd think the same way they do It's not good for you to be here - Mississippi Burning 00:34 It's not good for you to be here 50 minutes to be exact that your husband says he was with you - Mississippi Burning 00:35 50 minutes to be exact that your husband says he was with... They want me to say - Mississippi Burning 00:33 They want me to say You like baseball Anderson - Mississippi Burning 00:15 You like baseball Anderson I just don't share your sense of humor - Mississippi Burning 00:19 I just don't share your sense of humor They won't prosecute - Mississippi Burning 00:21 They won't prosecute Open up - Mississippi Burning 00:15 Open up Oh it looks like a political meeting but smells more like Klan to me - Mississippi Burning 00:10 Oh it looks like a political meeting but smells more like... Simple fact is Anderson we got two cultures down here - Mississippi Burning 00:21 Simple fact is Anderson we got two cultures down here You get this straight you fucker - Mississippi Burning 00:35 You get this straight you fucker Make no mistake Deputy - Mississippi Burning 00:10 Make no mistake Deputy You gotta be a member to drink here - Mississippi Burning 00:15 You gotta be a member to drink here Anderson you're so far up my nose I can feel your boots on my chin - Mississippi Burning 00:08 Anderson you're so far up my nose I can feel your boots... Tell me how does a woman like that end up - Mississippi Burning 00:33 Tell me how does a woman like that end up Good morning - Mississippi Burning 00:17 Good morning We don't want to tell you again - Mississippi Burning 00:17 We don't want to tell you again Just read the file Mr Anderson I can do without the cabaret - Mississippi Burning 00:37 Just read the file Mr Anderson I can do without the cabaret What's wrong with these people - Mississippi Burning 00:04 What's wrong with these people Is this okay Your name please - Mississippi Burning 00:36 Is this okay Your name please You only left me a nigger - Mississippi Burning 00:05 You only left me a nigger Some things are worth dying for - Mississippi Burning 00:14 Some things are worth dying for In the courts of Mississippi they've been reminded - Mississippi Burning 00:23 In the courts of Mississippi they've been reminded Hell you even starting to smell like a nigger Jew boy - Mississippi Burning 00:18 Hell you even starting to smell like a nigger Jew boy Did you make a speech - Mississippi Burning 00:07 Did you make a speech If you're ever in Des Moines don't send me a postcard - Mississippi Burning 00:07 If you're ever in Des Moines don't send me a... If the Secret Service couldn't protect the president - Mississippi Burning 00:22 If the Secret Service couldn't protect the president We'll go after them together - Mississippi Burning 00:09 We'll go after them together You're lucky we been watching your ass - Mississippi Burning 00:22 You're lucky we been watching your ass I didn't kill him I shot him in the ass - Mississippi Burning 00:20 I didn't kill him I shot him in the ass Y'all think you can drive any speed you want around here - Mississippi Burning 00:19 Y'all think you can drive any speed you want around... You already been told once nigger - Mississippi Burning 00:20 You already been told once nigger Shit it is a cop - Mississippi Burning 00:18 Shit it is a cop They hate Mississippi - Mississippi Burning 00:34 They hate Mississippi Their kids are so cute - Mississippi Burning 00:04 Their kids are so cute Down here rattlesnakes don't commit suicide - Mississippi Burning 00:05 Down here rattlesnakes don't commit suicide It's a political meeting - Mississippi Burning 00:10 It's a political meeting You graduate and marry the first boy that makes you laugh - Mississippi Burning 00:06 You graduate and marry the first boy that makes you laugh I wouldn't think twice about it - Mississippi Burning 00:10 I wouldn't think twice about it Any guy that could spare the time for a movie or a beer - Mississippi Burning 00:09 Any guy that could spare the time for a movie or a beer Good morning - Mississippi Burning 00:52 Good morning I want the whole area covered Someone saw it - Mississippi Burning 00:05 I want the whole area covered Someone saw it You want to drive Rupert - Mississippi Burning 00:04 You want to drive Rupert What's got four eyes and can't see - Mississippi Burning 00:09 What's got four eyes and can't see Who continue to allow these things to happen - Mississippi Burning 00:11 Who continue to allow these things to happen

Cast

Anderson - Gene Hackman
Ward - Willem Dafoe
Mrs. Pell - Frances McDormand
Deputy Pell - Brad Dourif
Mayor Tilman - R. Lee Ermey
All Cast