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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Stanley Weiser (written by)
Ben Stein (article) (suggestion)
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Release Date:
5 February 1990 (USA) See more »
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations See more »
NewsDesk:
Happy 46th Birthday, Blair Underwood
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Cast

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Tom Hulce ... Mickey Schwerner

Jennifer Grey ... Rita Schwerner

Blair Underwood ... James Chaney

CCH Pounder ... Fannie Lee Chaney

Andre Braugher ... Dennis

John Dennis Johnston ... Hatchet-faced man

Donzaleigh Abernathy ... Sue

Royce D. Applegate ... Deputy Winter
Harry Caesar ... Hollis Watkins

Josh Charles ... Andrew Goodman
Lou Walker

Scott Lawrence

Eugene Byrd ... Ben Jr
J. Don Ferguson

Walton Goggins ... Lyle (as Walt Goggins)

Jill Jane Clements ... Ida Flowers

Thom Gossom Jr. ... Charlie Parham (as Thom Gossom)

Greg Kinnear ... News reporter
Bill Coates ... Rev. Jenkins

Ted Manson ... Wilbur Combs
Tanzia Franks ... Barbara Chaney

Ray McKinnon ... Lyle's father
Muriel Moore ... Betty Combs

Tom Nowicki ... Sam

Afemo Omilami ... Bob Moses

Elizabeth Omilami ... Charlies Wife
Billy Ray Reynolds ... Klansman #2
Joan Riordan ... Older white woman
P.J. Shinall ... Female heckler

Judson Vaughn ... Ray
Charlotte Walker ... Older black woman

Alonzo Ward ... Barber
Cavanaugh Yelling ... Older black man

L. Warren Young ... Sharecropper
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barry Hopkins ... Courthouse Photographer (uncredited)
Daryl Wilcher ... Reggie (uncredited)
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Directed by
Roger Young 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
Stanley Weiser (written by)

Ben Stein (article) (suggestion)

Produced by
Tova Laiter .... co-executive producer
Bernard Sofronski .... executive producer
David L. Wolper .... executive producer
Mark Wolper .... producer (as Mark M. Wolper)
 
Original Music by
Mason Daring 
 
Cinematography by
Donald M. Morgan 
 
Film Editing by
Benjamin A. Weissman 
 
Production Design by
Charles C. Bennett 
 
Set Decoration by
Joseph Litsch 
 
Costume Design by
Helen P. Butler 
 
Makeup Department
Lynn Barber .... key makeup artist
Philip Ivey .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Elliot Friedgen .... executive in charge of production
Richard H. Prince .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Karen Estelle Collins .... second second assistant director (as Karen Collins)
Frank Davis .... second assistant director
Debra DuVal .... second assistant director
Craig Huston .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Ron Green .... property master
Roy 'Bucky' Moore .... property master
Richard Blake Wester .... props
Karen Young .... prop assistant
Richard Blake Wester .... assistant property master (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Mary H. Ellis .... production sound mixer
Frank Hoenack .... sound editor
Jeremy Hoenack .... sound re-recording mixer
Jeremy Hoenack .... supervising sound editor
Ingeborg Larson .... sound editor
Michael Payne .... sound editor
 
Stunts
Davis Bates .... stunts
Scott Dale .... stunts
Lonnie R. Smith Jr. .... stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ross A. Maehl .... gaffer
C. Alan Rawlins .... key grip
Douglas Ryan .... camera operator
 
Casting Department
Shay Griffin .... local casting
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Cheryl Kilbourne-Kimpton .... wardrobe supervisor
 
Editorial Department
Kathleen Jo Stude-Elliott .... assistant film editor
 
Music Department
Kathy Durning .... supervising music editor
Etta James .... special vocals
Patrick Russ .... orchestrator
 
Transportation Department
Ronald F. Debranski II .... driver
Hank Van Apeldoorn .... transportation
 
Other crew
Carri Gibbs .... assistant location manager
Gail Hunter .... script supervisor
Susan Levinson-Bixby .... production coordinator
Tom Pietschner .... location manager
Michael C. Smith .... police coordinator (uncredited)
 

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Runtime:
96 min
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Did You Know?

Trivia:
In a 2009 interview with the Houston, Texas, magazine "OutSmart," Tom Hulce said that while they were shooting this movie outside of Atlanta, Georgia, there was a call for extras to appear in a Ku Klux Klan rally scene, and some of the potential extras brought their own personal Klan outfits. Hulce called that "a little tense".See more »
Movie Connections:
Version of Mississippi Burning (1988)See more »

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9 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
Shocked..., 13 October 1999
Author: D-PaC from Maastricht, The Netherlands

I saw this movie on TV tonight. My girlfriend and me where really shocked, that terrible things like this happend: and even worse, no one got convicted!

I hope that people learn from movies like this, it's put together real good. --> really get's you at the heart & soul, even makes you feel a little guilty.

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