Mississippi Burning
1988 · 128 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 118,360 VOTES · DIR. Alan Parker
Overview
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,170 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:27 # Precious Lord
00:08:25 # Will his battle be lost by mixin' the races?
00:12:42 We think it might be a little more serious than missing persons.
00:16:58 Yes, sir.
00:20:42 One time we were drivin' past Monroe's place and we saw it was empty.
00:26:37 ...there wouldn't be enough to cover a chicken-fried steak.
00:31:02 He's the kid from the diner.
00:38:09 You got your SNCC. You got your COFO.
00:42:11 Yeah, I guess so.
00:46:17 Yeah. Thanks.
00:50:43 # Get to heaven
00:55:10 Their control of the international banking cartels are at the root of communism.
00:58:28 How about you, Deputy?
01:02:26 Sorry about the intrusion. I was at the hardware store and...
01:08:19 ...of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan for the past three years?
01:13:37 All these white guys chasin' around with their notebooks will get you nowhere.
01:19:37 # Bring him your burdens
01:24:00 ...as they do this summer in the streets of Harlem, or in the streets of Oakland...
01:30:27 - Where's Anderson? - He's at the motel, sir.
01:34:28 Look at the face of this young man and you will see the face of a black man.
01:40:08 Who the hell called this meeting?
01:44:56 ...because Clayton Townley and Ray Stuckey were too smart to be there.
01:53:56 I just missed you at the hospital. They said you'd gone home.
05:00:00 county who ain't registered to vote yet.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,170
Dialogue density9.1 lines / min
First line00:00:27
Final line05:00:00
Production Record
DirectorAlan Parker
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15,000,000
Revenue$34,604,000
IMDb votes118,360