Ghosts of Mississippi

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American film courtroom drama film film

Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 American courtroom drama film about the retrial of civil rights activist Medgar Evers’ assassin, featuring James Woods in an acclaimed supporting role.

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Ghosts of Mississippi canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
courtroom drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Makeup

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
basedOn assassination of Medgar Evers ⓘ
retrial of Byron De La Beckwith ⓘ
true story ⓘ
castMember Alec Baldwin ⓘ
Craig T. Nelson ⓘ
James Woods ⓘ
Whoopi Goldberg ⓘ
William H. Macy ⓘ
character Byron De La Beckwith ⓘ
Medgar Evers ⓘ
Myrlie Evers ⓘ
cinematographer John Seale ⓘ
composer Marc Shaiman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Rob Reiner ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editor Robert Leighton ⓘ
filmingLocation Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
genre courtroom drama ⓘ
legal drama ⓘ
hasTheme legacy of racism ⓘ
pursuit of justice ⓘ
mainSubject civil rights movement ⓘ
murder trial ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
narrativeFocus prosecution of Byron De La Beckwith ⓘ
nominatedPerson James Woods ⓘ
notablePerformanceBy James Woods ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays retrial of Medgar Evers’ assassin ⓘ
producer Andrew Scheinman ⓘ
Rob Reiner ⓘ
productionCompany Castle Rock Entertainment ⓘ
releaseDate 1996 ⓘ
releaseDecade 1990s American films ⓘ
runtime approximately 130 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Lewis Colick ⓘ
setInLocation Mississippi ⓘ
setInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
stars Alec Baldwin ⓘ
James Woods ⓘ
Whoopi Goldberg ⓘ

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James Woods → notableWork → Ghosts of Mississippi ⓘ
Rob Reiner → notableWork → Ghosts of Mississippi ⓘ
Rob Reiner → directed → Ghosts of Mississippi ⓘ
Maryanne Vollers → notableWork → Ghosts of Mississippi ⓘ
Susanna Thompson → notableWork → Ghosts of Mississippi ⓘ
Virginia Madsen → notableWork → Ghosts of Mississippi ⓘ