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Mississippi Burning DVD

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Release Date: 7/21/1998
Original Release: 1988
Format: DVD Widescreen
Length: 126 minutes
Rating: R (MPAA)
Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable)
UPC: 014381408126
Studio: Image Entertainment, Inc.

Directed by: Alan Parker
Featuring: Michael Rooker, Park Overall, Brad Dourif, Willem Dafoe, Frankie R. Faison, Gene Hackman, Frances McDormand, Kevin Dunn, Stephen Tobolowsky, R. Lee Ermey, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Rick Zieff, Gailard Sartain

Categories: Dramas, Detectives, Race Relations, True Story, Injustice, Social Issues, Recommended, Disturbing, Theatrical Release

Description
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.

DVD Features


Region 0
Snap Case
Single Side - Single Layer
Letterbox -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Alan Parker - Director
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer

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Awards
  • Winner, 1988 Academy Awards: Best Cinematography - Peter Biziou



Technical Specifications
  • High Fidelity Sound
  • Surround Sound
  • Noise Reduction - Dolby
  • Recording Mode - Dolby Surround AC-3
  • Digital Process - Digitally Re-Mastered
  • Closed Captioned
  • Color - Color
  • Widescreen


Reviews
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Average Rating: 3.75 / 5
Number of Reviews: 2 (view all)
3.5 / 5  Posted on May 11, 2007
Reviewed by: Terrence

"Mississippi Burning" is one of those films that makes you feel tension from the word go. Starring Gene Hackman and William Dafoe has two FBI agents sent to investigate the disappearance of 3 civil...
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4 / 5  Posted on May 11, 2007
Reviewed by: Movie Addict

We go from the worst of 1988 to the best of 1988. Forget what the Academy Awards said, this was the film to see for the year. It had the best direction (Alan Parker ), the best cinematography (Peter...
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