Where was Mississippi Burning filmed?
1988 film, directed by Alan Parker.
- Alabama
The story is set in Mississippi, about 193 miles (310 km) from where it was filmed.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Mississippi
- Filmed in
- Alabama
- Distance
- About 193 miles (310 km) between Mississippi and the nearest filming location.
About Mississippi Burning
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- Released
- 1988
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Cast
- Gene HackmanWillem DafoeR. Lee ErmeyMichael RookerFrances McDormandBrad DourifStephen TobolowskyPruitt Taylor VinceDarius McCraryFrankie Faison
- Genre
- DramaCrime
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films; National Board of Review Award for Best Film
The story
In 1964, three civil rights workers – two Jewish and one black – go missing in Jessup County, Mississippi whilst organizing a voter registry for African Americans.
The pair experiences difficulty conducting interviews with the local townspeople, as Sheriff Ray Stuckey and his deputies influence the public and are linked to a branch of the Ku Klux Klan.
He then releases the men, who promptly hang the witness's father and attempt to kill the witness.
Famous lines from Mississippi Burning
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
No. No, we ain't.Deputy Sheriff Pell
Where's that leave you?Ward
And you think that's an excuse?Ward
Some things are worth dying for.Ward
I don't know nothin' 'bout that.Deputy Sheriff Clinton Pell
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