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An Army of One
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Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey.
Synopsis: Based on true events, Mississippi Burning tells the story of two FBI agents who are sent to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights workers in Mississippi at the height of the civil rights movement in 1964. The two agents battle local law enforcement, the Ku Klux Klan and each other in search of the truth behind the disappearance of the three boys.
A wonderfully acted film with a first-rate cast that excellently portrays the different prejudices and injustices that occurred in this country before the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's. Hackman is at his best as the former small-town sheriff who clashes with his FBI academy partner (Dafoe) about how best to conduct their investigation. The characters, both black and white, are realistically portrayed and the suspense builds throughout the film as the mystery unwinds and reaches its climax. A superb drama and one of Hackman and Dafoe's best efforts.
Trivia: Interior shots in the Sheriff's Office, courtroom and stairs from the courtroom were filmed in the old Carroll County courthouse in Vaiden, Miss., an unused building said to be circa 1840's and in disrepair in April 1988, the date of filming. (Falling brickwork threatened crew and extras.) Though slated for designation as a National Historic Building, the courthouse is now gone.
The red car with the tall fins and white roof driven by a Klansman (who throws a victim out the door in the town square) is a 1961 DeSoto, the very last edition of this historic make. Only some 3000 were made in the fall of 1960 before it was discontinued by Chrysler Corp.
The film was considered very controversial at the time of its release because even though it was a work of fiction, it was obviously based on an actual case and many felt too many facts concerning the actual case were distorted or left out.
The film is inspired by the murder of voting rights activists J. E. Chaney, Mickey Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman.
During filming of rednecks-vs-reporters scenes on a bridge over the Big Black River near Bovina, Mississippi, two extras were nearly killed by a train when they wandered from their holding area onto a tall concrete-arch railroad bridge. They narrowly escaped injury by huddling on a narrow pedestal on the bridge's edge.
