Mississippi Burning (VHS, 1999, Contemporary Classics)

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NEW Mississippi Burning (VHS, 1988) Willem Dafoe, Gene Hackman. Shipped USPS media Mail. Please expect delay in delivery due to USPS .

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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.

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UPC0027616776730
eBay Product ID (ePID)3109008

Product Key Features

GenreDrama
DirectorAlan Parker
EditionContemporary Classics
Movie/TV TitleMississippi Burning
RatingR
Leading RoleGene Hackman, Willem Dafoe
Signal StandardNTSC

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FormatVhs
Display FormatContemporary Classics
Release Date19990803
Film CountryUSA

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  • The casting makes this a quality movie

    Even with such a topic to make into a movie for entertainment and education, this movie has the cast perfect for each character and they express the transition of the civil rights strife without being “preachy” and shows it as ugly as it was.

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  • Chilling and real

    Terrific cast! Everybody felt like they belonged. The acting is superb. Wonderful movie!!

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