It had strong racist language and violence in it, with a lot of references to the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi in 1964 during the years of segregation. The turning point is when Hackman stages the kidnap of the local KKK leader and is confronted by a tall Negro who is looking for revenge following the castration of a young black man from years ago. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. This movie is tough to watch make no mistake about that! Well worth a watch. You've just got to watch Gene Hackman and Willem Defoe in this. Brilliant film, based on a true story about 3 missing students during the time of racial tensions in the southern states of America. It also saddened me too, for the way people can treat other people just because of the color of their skin, and what they had to endure in those days, which even though, in the USA everyone has equal rights, racism and white supremacy still endures today. Packender Polit-Thriller von Meisterregisseur Alan Parker. I hope to see the rating of this movie reach 9.0 or higher! mississippi burning wikipedia. Then I read that the movie won the best cinematography Oscar in 1988. Ofcourse, Gene Hackman says it all EXCELLENCE above all!

Mississippi Burning (1988) is directed by Alan Parker with a gritty realism and brutal violence that hits hard. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Mississippi 1964. Gene Hackman at his best. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Can't say how many times I've watched this film, excellent script and top class acting. Bürgermeister Tilman erhängt sich, um der Verhaftung wegen „Das Problem [...] ist die sadistische Dirty-Harry-Masche, die Hackman gegen die Ku-Klux-Klan-Brutalos im Süden einsetzt, sie gleichsam mit ihren eigenen Waffen schlagend und dabei an „Der Film ist ein Duell: Gene Hackman und Willem Dafoe gegen den Ku-Klux-Klan. Well woth another watch. Packender Polit-Thriller von Meisterregisseur Alan Parker. Topics movie trailers, crime dramas, FBI, Ku Klux Klan, civil rights murders, '60s South, Gene Hachman, Willem DaFoe, Francis McDormand, Brad Dourif. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Drei junge Bürgerrechtsaktivisten werden auf dem Weg durch die Südstaaten von Mitgliedern des Ku-Klux-Klans kaltblütig ermordet. Vorzüglich gespielt und dicht inszeniert.“ If you have not seen this movie for a long time, re-live it now - the best of its kind. INTENSE DRAMA set in 1964 in a Ku Klux Clan racist town where FBI agents are attempting to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of three youths involved in the Cival Rights Movement. Mississippi Burning erschien 1988 unter der Regie von Alan Parker und kann gleichermaßen dem Drama als auch den Thriller zugeordnet werden. Overall a masterpiece. Eventually Dafoe has to compromise his principles and allow Hackman to use less than legal methods to flush out the local KKK members including the local sheriff to bring the baddies to justice. Anderson gelingt es schließlich, die Mauer des Schweigens zu durchbrechen und die Frau eines Hilfssheriffs für eine Aussage zu gewinnen, die das Verbrechen aufklärt. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Drei junge Bürgerrechtsaktivisten werden auf dem Weg durch die Südstaaten von Mitgliedern des Ku-Klux-Klans kaltblütig ermordet. Mississippi Burning is an all-names-changed dramatization of the Ku Klux Klan's murders of three civil rights workers in 1964.