| | Mississippi Burning DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Recommended Movies, Detective Videos, True Story, Social Issues, Race Relations, Disturbing, Injustice | | Starring | Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Kevin Dunn, Brad Dourif, Michael Rooker, Gailard Sartain, Frances McDormand, R. Lee Ermey, Stephen Tobolowsky, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Frankie R. Faison, Park Overall, Rick Zieff | | Director | Alan Parker | | Composer | Trevor Jones | | Costume Designer | Aude Bronson-Howard | | Director of Photography | Peter Biziou | | Editor | Gerry Hambling | | Producer | Robert F. Colesberry, Frederick Zollo | | Production Designer | Geoffrey Kirkland, Philip Harrison, John Willett | | Screenwriter | Chris Gerolmo |
Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Michael Rooker - Dir:Alan Parker Two FBI agents are called in to investigate the murder of three young Civil Rights workers in 1964 Mississippi. This gripping drama earned an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. In 1964, two FBI agents try to solve the mystery of the disappearance of three civil rights workers. In 1964, when three civil-rights workers, two white and one black, mysteriously disappear while driving through Mississippi, two FBI agents, Ward (Willem Dafoe) and Anderson (Gene Hackman), are sent in to investigate. While Ward is young and by the book, Anderson is a seasoned southerner comfortable with the Byzantine (and, to Ward, morally ambiguous) ways of his region. Together they sift through a variety of leads and come up empty-handed--until the town sheriff's wife (Frances McDormand) steps forward and reveals some surprising information. In order to solve the case, the two contrasting agents must not only overcome the hostility of the local authorities and the black community but contend with their own differences as well.
A fictionalized account of one of the landmarks in the civil-rights movement, MISSISSIPPI BURNING is a swift and powerful film. Director Alan Parker, continuing his investigation of human cruelty (begun explosively in his harrowing 1978 film MIDNIGHT EXPRESS), crafts a historically poignant film that fingers the monstrosities of a virulent strain of racial intolerance in America. Dafoe and Hackman are convincing as they investigate the disappearance of the civil-rights workers and unravel the grisly web of obfuscation around a scandalous, cancerous truth very near the heart of a nation. Theatrical Release: December 9, 1988
Gene Hackman won Best Actor at the 1988 Berlin Film Festival. The 1988 National Board of Review awarded the film Best Picture, Best Director (Alan Parker), Best Actor (Hackman), and Best Supporting Actress (Frances McDormand).
A 1990 TV-movie was based on the events leading to the 1964 murder of civil-rights activists Mickey Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney, which was the basis for "Mississippi Burning." "Murder in Mississippi" starred Tom Hulce, Blair Underwood, Josh Charles, Jennifer Grey, C.C.H. Pounder, Andre Braugher, and John Dennis Johnson and was directed by Roger Young and produced by David Wolper. It ran 200 minutes and was shown in two parts (a 96-minute version also exists).
A quickie exploitation pic loosely based on the murders was released in late 1965. It was also entitled "Murder in Mississippi."
Producers Robert Colesberry and Frederick Zollo appear in the film as a cameraman and reporter.
Estimated budget $15 million.
Shot in Jackson, Mississippi, and Lafayette, Alabama. Filming began March 7, 1988.
Shot in Panavision. Color by DuArt; prints by DeLuxe.
Screened in competition at the 1989 Berlin Film Festival, the 1989 Antwerp International Film Festival, the 1989 Moscow International Film Festival (market), and the 1989 Panorama of World Cinema in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Reviewed in the New York Times December 9, 1988, and Monthly Film Bulletin May 1989.
Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Censors. Mississippi Burning Reviews: "...An almost visionary intensity..."
-- Sean French, Sight and Sound "...Insistent....MISSISSIPPI BURNING is first-rate."
-- Vincent Canby, New York Times Included in The New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1988"
-- Vincent Canby, New York Times "...Alan Parker's MISSISSIPPI BURNING does exactly what he want it to do. It moves us to outrage and horror....MISSISSIPPI BURNING'S most powerful achievement is its creation of time and place..."
-- Sheila Benton, Los Angeles Times "...Strong on period detail....This still carries a certain brooding power..."
-- Paul Roland, Total Film
This is the only Rick Zieff video. Mississippi Burning | Studio | 20th Century Fox | | Orig Year | 1988 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank | 4864  | | CD Universe Part number | 1593321 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 08, 2001 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Running Time | 127 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Dolby Surround Sound; Dolby Noise Reduction; Digital Sound; Stereo Sound; Letter Boxed; Widescreen |
Mississippi Burning Movie Review Mississippi Burning DVD Region 1 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 Letterbox - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish Dolby Surround - English, French Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary: Alan Parker - Director Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
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