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Ghosts of Mississippi is a american film of genre Drama directed by Rob Reiner released in USA on 20 december 1996 with Alec Baldwin

Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)

Ghosts of Mississippi
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Released in USA 20 december 1996
Length 2h10
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Documentary,    Historical
Rating66% 3.3490153.3490153.3490153.3490153.349015

Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 American drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, and James Woods. The plot is based on the true story of the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith, the white supremacist accused of the 1963 assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers.

James Woods was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role of Byron De La Beckwith. The original music score was composed by Marc Shaiman and the cinematography is by John Seale. In 2008, AFI nominated Ghosts of Mississippi for the Courtroom Drama segment of its AFI's 10 Top 10 special but the movie did not make the final countdown.

Synopsis

Medgar Evers was a black civil rights activist in Mississippi who was murdered by an assassin on June 12, 1963. It was suspected that Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist, was the murderer. He had been tried twice and both trials ended in hung juries. In 1989, Evers' widow Myrlie, who had been trying to bring De La Beckwith to justice for over 25 years, believed she had what it takes to bring him to trial again. Although most of the evidence from the old trial had disappeared, Bobby DeLaughter, an assistant District Attorney, decided to help her despite being warned that it might hurt his political aspirations and despite the strain that it caused in his marriage. DeLaughter becomes primarily involved with bringing De La Beckwith to trial for the third time 30 years later. In 1994, Byron De La Beckwith was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, giving justice to the family of Medgar Evers.

Actors

Alec Baldwin

(Bobby DeLaughter)Whoopi Goldberg

(Myrlie Evers)James Woods

(Byron De La Beckwith)Virginia Madsen

(Dixie DeLaughter)Susanna Thompson

(Peggy Lloyd)
And :
Craig T. Nelson
Jerry Hardin
Lucas Black
Alexa Vega
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