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Actors: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Mississippi Burning |
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MISSISSIPPI BURNING is a movie directed by Alan Parker in 1988. The film earned seven nominations for the 1989 Academy awards but won only one, in the Best Cinematography category.
Two FBI agents, Hackman and Dafoe, are sent to a small Mississippi county to find three missing Civil Rights activists. As no one dares to speak to them, Dafoe is forced to call for more agents in order to impress the local community. The FBI will soon discover that the local sheriff knows more than he says about the three boys's disappearance. Meanwhile, the KKK has begun to commit acts of intimidation against those, black or white, who give informations to the FBI agents.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Mississippi Burning |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
The terrorist enemy is...
- racists/kkk/nazis
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- government investigator
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- fat (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- very skinny (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting
- church/synagogue
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- hanging
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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