Ghosts of Mississippi
1996 film by Rob Reiner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 American biographical courtroom drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, and James Woods. The film is based on the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist accused of the 1963 assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers.
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Ghosts of Mississippi | |
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Directed by | Rob Reiner |
Written by | Lewis Colick |
Produced by | Nicholas Paleologos Rob Reiner Andrew Scheinman Frederick M. Zollo Charles Newirth Jeff Stott |
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Cinematography | John Seale |
Edited by | Robert Leighton |
Music by | Marc Shaiman |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $36 million[1] |
Box office | $13,323,144 (US) |
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James Woods was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role of Byron De La Beckwith, but lost to Cuba Gooding Jr. in Jerry Maguire. The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup, but lost to The Nutty Professor.[2][3]