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Mississippi Burning (1988)
7.8
Ratings: 7.8/10 from 32,980 users
Metascore:
65/100
Reviews: 147 user | 31 critic | 11 from Metacritic.com Two FBI agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists. Director:Alan ParkerWriter:Chris Gerolmo |
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| Gene Hackman | ... | ||
| Willem Dafoe | ... | ||
| Frances McDormand | ... |
Mrs. Pell
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| Brad Dourif | ... | ||
| R. Lee Ermey | ... | ||
| Gailard Sartain | ... |
Sheriff Ray Stuckey
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| Stephen Tobolowsky | ... | ||
| Michael Rooker | ... | ||
| Pruitt Taylor Vince | ... |
Lester Cowens
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Badja Djola | ... |
Agent Monk
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| Kevin Dunn | ... |
Agent Bird
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| Frankie Faison | ... |
Eulogist
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Thomas B. Mason | ... |
Judge
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| Geoffrey Nauffts | ... | ||
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Rick Zieff | ... |
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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 former Sheriff partner. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
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1964. When America was at war with itself.Parents Guide:
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Mississippi en llamas See more »Box Office
Budget:
$15,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$225,034 (USA) (11 December 1988) (9 Screens)Gross:
$34,603,943 (USA)Company Credits
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Driver: Uh, oh.
Passenger: What is it?
Passenger: [seeing the car behind them] What do they want?
Driver: I don't know... just pass me... pass me...
Driver: [trying to identify the following car] Is it a cop?
Passenger: I can't see.
[they are hit from behind]
Driver: What the fuck are these jokers playin' at?
Rear passenger: Oh, they ain't playin', you better believe it.
[they are hit again]
Passenger: What're we gonna do?
Driver: I don't know... OK, hold on, you guys.
[he veers to a side road]
Passenger: There's a truck, too.
[the car behind them turns on its roof light]
Driver: Shit, it *is* a cop.
Passenger: Better stop.
Driver: OK, sit tight, you guys. Don't say anything; let me talk... All right? We'll be all right; just relax.
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Words and Music by Thomas A. Dorsey
Performed by Mahalia Jackson
Courtesy of CBS Records See more »
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Trivia
One of Stephen Tobolowsky's heroes is his late aunt, Hermine Tobolowsky, known as the "mother of the Texas Equal Rights Amendment". See more »Goofs
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The movie is set in "Jessup County", Mississippi. The events on which the film is based occurred in Neshoba County, but it is likely that the producers deliberately altered the setting to dispel perceptions that the film is a true documentary. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Driver: Uh, oh.
Passenger: What is it?
Passenger: [seeing the car behind them] What do they want?
Driver: I don't know... just pass me... pass me...
Driver: [trying to identify the following car] Is it a cop?
Passenger: I can't see.
[they are hit from behind]
Driver: What the fuck are these jokers playin' at?
Rear passenger: Oh, they ain't playin', you better believe it.
[they are hit again]
Passenger: What're we gonna do?
Driver: I don't know... OK, hold on, you guys.
[he veers to a side road]
Passenger: There's a truck, too.
[the car behind them turns on its roof light]
Driver: Shit, it *is* a cop.
Passenger: Better stop.
Driver: OK, sit tight, you guys. Don't say anything; let me talk... All right? We'll be all right; just relax.
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"Take My Hand Precious Lord"Words and Music by Thomas A. Dorsey
Performed by Mahalia Jackson
Courtesy of CBS Records See more »
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