Mississippi Rising (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Release Date:

1 October 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A concert/telethon benefiting Mississippi and Louisiana hurricane recovery funds. |

Plot Keywords:

State In Title | Place Name In Title | Trey Anastasio | Bill Clinton

Cast

Jason Alexander	...	Himself
Kristian Alfonso	...	Himself
Debbie Allen	...	Herself
Trey Anastasio	...	Himself
Lance Bass	...	Himself
Delta Burke	...	Herself
George W. Bush	...	Himself (voice)
Bill Clinton	...	Himself (voice)
Gary Collins	...	Himself
Ry Cooder	...	Himself
Rita Cosby	...	Herself - Host
Billy Davis Jr.	...	Himself
Mary Donnelly-Haskell	...	Herself (as Mary Haskell)
Brett Favre	...	Himself
Morgan Freeman	...	Himself
Art Garfunkel	...	Himself
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Herself
Macy Gray	...	Herself
John Grisham	...	Himself
Gary Grubbs	...	Himself
Deidre Hall	...	Herself
Marilu Henner	...	Herself
Faith Hill	...	Herself
Kathy Ireland	...	Herself
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Himself
Diana Krall	...	Herself
Lenny Kravitz	...	Himself
Archie Manning	...	Himself
Eli Manning	...	Himself
Dave Matthews	...	Himself
Marilyn McCoo	...	Herself
Brian McKnight	...	Himself
Gerald McRaney	...	Himself
Mary Ann Mobley	...	Herself
Gary Morris	...	Himself
Peter Reckell	...	Himself
Greg Rikaart	...	Himself
Doris Roberts	...	Herself
Ray Romano	...	Himself
Joe Scarborough	...	Himself
Melody Thomas Scott	...	Herself
Paul Simon	...	Himself
Jean Smart	...	Herself
Alison Sweeney	...	Herself
Irma Thomas	...	Herself
Pam Tillis	...	Herself
Tom Waits	...	Himself
Sela Ward	...	Herself

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Mississippi, USA

Company:

Mississippi Hurricane Relief Fund

That's Quite A Line-Up, I Must Say

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I didn't realize when this thing would be airing and forgot about it. I got to see about half of it.

It was okay, I guess, but I suppose Mississippians are kind of wary of Hollywood types stereotyping us.

The benefit was held in Oxford, of all places. For those who don't know the layout, Oxford is in northern MS.

Okay, but the hurricane hit on the coast, which is as south as you can get in Mississippi and still be on land.

Why wasn't it held in Jackson? Heck, they could have done it in north Jackson, in Madison-Ridgeland, and it still would have been close enough.

Closer than Oxford was.

Nevertheless, Ray Romano did make a fairly good joke about arriving at the Oxford international airport. If there is a landing strip of some sorts there, that is largely all it is. A landing strip. Don't know. I'm not familiar with Oxford.

Performance-wise, it was the same stock behavior these guys turn out on every appearance they make like this.

The only ones I recall were Jason Alexander doing Broadway ditties (Jason, your in MS. Broadway? You could have let us hear how you do some country songs and that probably would have been a wee bit more memorable) and Marilyn McCoo and Bill Davis Jr toward the end.

Morgan Freeman referred to the southern food. Alas, MS has more going for it than the dinner plates.

I just hope it reached the right people to donate, which then reached the right people who would truly benefit from their presence.