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Mississippi Burning

1964. When America was at war with itself.

7.7(2,048)19882h 8m10

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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Behind the camera

Director

Alan Parker

Produced in

United States of America

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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

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  • K

    kevin2019

    4/19/2024

    10/10

    "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…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    4/28/2024

    7/10

    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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