Taglines: A forgotten crime. An impossible case. A final chance… for justice.
Ghosts of Mississippi movie storyline. This is a long-awaited film telling the story of the trials of Medgar Evers’ killer. Medger Evers (James Pickens, Jr.) was a black civil-rights activist in Mississippi who was shot to death in 1963. Despite very persuasive evidence that Byron De La Beckwith (James Woods) was indeed his killer, the all-white juries hearing his case at that time acquitted him (he was tried twice). In this film, with the aid of Ever’s widow Myrlie (Whoopie Goldberg), Bobby DeLaughter (Alec Baldwin), a young lawyer, gathers enough new evidence to bring Beckwith in for a third trial. Woods’ performance as a wise-cracking bigot is one of the film’s highlights.
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 plot is based on the true story of the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith, the white supremacist accused of the 1963 assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers. James Woods was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role of Byron De La Beckwith. The original music score was composed by Marc Shaiman and the cinematography is by John Seale.
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods, Lucas Black, Alexa PenaVega, Craig T. Nelson, William H. Macy, Darrell Evers, Jerry Levine, Susanna Thompson
Screenplay by: Lewis Colick
Production Design by: Lilly Kilvert
Cinematography by: John Seale
Film Editing by: Robert Leighton
Costume Design by: Gloria Gresham
Set Decoration by: Karen O’Hara
Art Direction by: Christopher Burian-Mohr
Music by: Marc Shaiman
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for a strong scene of violence and for racial dialogue.
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: December 20, 1996
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