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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 21539
Released: January 15, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Murder in Mississippi recounts the infamous murders of three civil rights workers by Ku Klux Klan members in 1964. The film dramatizes the last weeks of the lives of the three activists who made a trip down south to encourage African-American voter registration and follows the life of one of the victims Mickey Schwerner played by Tom Hulce (Amadeus) in an Emmy®-nominated performance. Also starring Blair Underwood (LA Law) Josh Charles (Dead Poet's Society) and Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing). Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/URBAN LIFE UPC: 085391172819 Manufacturer No: 117281
Murder in Mississippi Reviews:
A Blunt Portrayal of A Violent Period in Our History 
2009-06-24 - I have waited some time for this movie to appear on DVD since I first saw it on television several years ago. This movie, rather than Mississippi Burning, does the best job treating the murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964. This DVD illustrates the difficulties encountered by those who attempted to register blacks to vote in Mississippi during the racial strife that took place during the 1960s and eventually led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 through the efforts of President Lyndon Johnson. This movie can be shown in schools to students too young to appreciate what took place during that violent decade. Mississippi Burning has too much profanity to use in schools, and I believe Murder in Mississippi does a better job of covering this unnecessary tragedy anyway. America's history is not always lily-white, and this movie will show that even though great strides have been made much progress still needs to be made.
MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI IS A CLASSIC MUST HAVE !! A+++
2008-11-01 - MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI HAS TO BE A MUST HAVE FOR YOUR DVD COLLECTION
WHY IS THAT? THE STORY OF THE 3 CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS WERE KILLED IN A VICIOUS AND BRUTAL SLAUGHTER. I DO AGREE THAT THE THEIR DEATHS WERE AS VICIOUS AS IT GOT. THE ENDING IS VERY GRAPHIC BUT NECESSARY TO SHOW YOU THE VIOLENCES AND BRUTALITY THAT THESE WORKERS SUFFER IN THE HANDS OF BIGOTRY. I LOVE THE MESSAGE THAT THIS MOVIE HAS TO OFFER WHICH IS REGISTER TO VOTE!!! IF OBAMA BECOMES PRESIDENT REMEMBER THAT HE MADE IT THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING, MALCOLM X, AND THE CIVIL RIGHT WORKERS WHO WANTED CHANGE IN AMERICAN VOTING SYSTEM AS WELL AS CHANGE IN OUR SOCIETY. REMEMBER PEOPLE IN THE STRUGGLE HAVE DIED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE IS COUNTED, BY DISRESPECTING THEM VOTING PROCESS YOU DISRESPECT REASON WHY THESE INDIVIDUALS GAVE UP THEIR LIVES FOR THE CAUSE. I WILL TREASURE THIS MOVIE AND SHOW MY CHILDREN WHY ITS IMPORTANT TO VOTE . THE PERFORMANCES ARE EMMY WINNING. EVERYONE WAS BRILLIANT IN THIS. IT HAS A DEEP AND POWERFUL MESSAGE NOT ONLY ABOUT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE BUT HOW COLOR SHOULD NOT BE A ISSUE WHEN YOU ARE FRIENDS. THAT BLACK AND WHITE CAN GET ALONG IF YOU DONT JUDGE THE PERSON BY THEIR SKIN BUY THE MOVIES ITS A CLASSIC.
Awesome
2008-08-17 - This is the best way ever to teach kids about the horrors some experienced in America during the Civil Rights Movement. Generally, my students don't "get it" before they see this movie. After they see it, they realize that had they lived during that time period, they would have had to be careful of every action, everything they wore, and everything they said in public. They also realize that life as they know it in a multicultural society, would never have existed. It's an eye-opener. Tom Hulce is outstanding as Michael Schwerner. Jennifer Grey is just right as his wife. Blair Underwood - awesome. It's not unusual to have kids visibly moved at the end. They become totally engaged in the story, and they come away with a deeper understanding of what it meant to fight for civil rights in this country. Be aware the the language is frank and realistic, and the violence is shown as matter-of-fact. Some debriefing is required if it's shown in a classroom, or to kids younger than 13.
Murder of Civil Rights Workers 
2008-07-25 - This is a very powerful story. I graduated from college in May, 1964, and was keenly aware of the brutal struggles endured by African Americans in Mississippi. This was a murder case in which the perpetrators killed with no remorse. It is impossible for me (as a white man) to imagine what it would have been like to be black and live in Mississippi during that time. This was happening in other states as well. It is a shame the killers were not convicted of capital murder. No criminal jury in Mississippi would have convicted the killers of murder. I suppose violation of the victims' civil rights was better than no justice at all. I recommend this film and another, Mississippi Burning.
murder in misssisippi
2007-11-09 - notice to amazon you have the wrong actors in you info. look at the cover of the dvd and you'll get the right stars. this is not a review but a correction for amazon
