

Mississippi Burning
1964. When America was at war with itself.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $34.6M
- Language
- English
- suicide
- sheriff
- police
- funeral
- ku klux klan
- mississippi river
- shotgun
- fbi
- deputy sheriff
- motel
- u.s. navy
- rope
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereWashington, D.C2 Dec 1988
- Theatrical (limited)R8 Dec 1988
- Theatrical27 Jan 1989
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical185 May 1989
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalBlu-ray27 Sept 2015
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical16 Feb 1989
CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)R8 Dec 1988
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical16 Mar 1989
AustriaAT
- Theatrical1 Mar 1989
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical (limited)Gent30 Mar 1989
BrazilBR
- Theatrical23 Mar 1989
- Physical12 mj.gov.br - Hoolywood Classics 11 Aug 2004
ChinaCN
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival1 Jun 2001
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1525 Mar 1989
FinlandFI
- Theatrical24 Mar 1989
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Mississippi Burning was released on 8 December 1988.
Audience reviews
2- K10/10
kevin2019
4/19/2024
"Mississippi Burning" has both insight and intelligence and it is an incredibly uncompromising scrutinization of how racism blighted American society and it is frightening to think the residents of Jessop in Mississippi possess minds much smaller than their town. This film also prompts you to seriously examine your own conscience in relation to the matter of the race issue, but how many people will actually be enthus…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
4/28/2024
When three men go missing from their small-town Mississippi home, the FBI sends a team to investigate. "Anderson" (Gene Hackman) is very much the more hands-on of the pair leading the team, with "Ward" (Willem Dafoe) more inclined to play by the book. Their arrival exposes them to an open culture of racial hatred that's not only tolerated by the local sheriff "Stuckey" (Gailard Sartain) but enthusiastically supported…
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