Mississippi Burning (DVD)

Mississippi Burning 'On Trial' Cast Anderson Gene Hackman Ward Willem Dafoe Mrs. Pell Frances McDormand Dep. Pell Brad Dourif Mayor Tilman R. Lee Ermey Sheriff Stuckey Gailard Sartain Clayton Townley Stephen Tobolowsky It seems almost appropriate that this film is re-released now, with many modern racial issues firmly embedded on people's minds. The death of Rosa Parks, who in December 1955, refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. ...
...non-violent protests against the oppressive rule of the whites. Another more recent event is the murder of the black teenager Anthony Walker. With the two murderers behind bars for over 40 years between them, it seems like a real wake-up call for the racists around the world. The other major event is of course Hurricane Katrina, which battered the south coast of America, and left the city of New Orleans in a state of chaos. But with the black population ...

Brzozka_Boy123 07.03.2006 (14.11.2006) · Read full review
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...and one black, working in Mississippi become concerned when they realise that they are being followed. They stop, thinking it is the police, and are brutally murdered. Some time later, once their disappearance has been noticed, the FBI are called in to investigate. Enter Ward and Anderson, two agents with very different ways of working. The community is clearly unconcerned that the activists may have been murdered and refuse to cooperate with the ...
...the FBI's work. Slowly, the pair begin to realise that there is something much more seriously wrong than just the three missing activists. Can they find out who is responsible or will the Ku Klux Klan-ridden community come out on top? The actors/characters Gene Hackman, who plays Anderson, is by far and away the highlight of this film. Working to a boss much younger than him, he resents his junior role and so working relations do not go well to ...

sunmeilan 27.06.2006 · Read full review
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...court trials ensued. Mississippi Burning tells the story of two FBI agents sent into a fictional county to investigate the disappearance of the three activists. As the movie unfolds, the characters are defined and the true story of what happened that night is revealed, it is shocking to see just how twisted human nature can be. It is amazing to see a nation finally sit up and take notice of the cruel injustices that were taking place against an entire ...
...had criticism from Civil Rights Activists and the families of the three men for distorting historical facts and downplaying the work of the Civil Rights movement in working towards eradicating segregation, in the politically incorrect society into which it was released, it helped to awaken the U.S.A and the rest of the world to the murderous activities happening across the country. I think that this film is superior to similar films (such as Malcom ...

lewisskinner 20.07.2005 · Read full review
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...a very emotive film called Mississippi Burning. It is loosely based on a true story, about the murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964. Mississippi Burning follows the investigation of two FBI agents, Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe) and Rupert Anderson (Gene Hackman). They are trying to find out what happened to missing civil rights workers, but ended up facing a conspiracy within the Southern town where there is segregation of white ...
...this film, as it has some violent scenes in it. The characters are well portrayed and it is difficult to believe that this type of situation could ever happen in real life. Alan Parker is known for tackling emotive stories and he has done a brilliant job with Mississippi Burning. ...

mozzie76 17.09.2009 · Read full review
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