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Mississippi Burning (1988/Orion/MGM/Twilight Time Limited Edition Blu-ray)


Picture: B+ Sound: B+ Extras: B- Film: B-



PLEASE NOTE: This Blu-ray is now only available from our friends at Twilight Time, is limited to only 3,000 copies and can be ordered while supplies last from the link below.



Alan Parker's Mississippi Burning (1988) is an intense character study and a beautiful, if highly controversial for being accused of revisionist history, piece of filmmaking. Starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as you've never seen them, this is another excellent edition to the Twilight Time library, a company that continues to release lesser known cult films or prestige with incredible bonus features and transfers that rival the Criterion Collection.


When a group of civil rights workers goes missing in a small Mississippi town, FBI agents Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe) and Rupert Anderson (Gene Hackman) are sent in to investigate. Local authorities refuse to cooperate with them, and the African American community is afraid to, precipitating a clash between the two agents over strategy. As the situation becomes more volatile, the direct approach is abandoned in favor of more aggressive, hard-line tactics.


While primarily a study of racism, the film has some an excellent cast of characters that you almost feel like they are real people. Every aspect of the Southern City is so intimately displayed here that is feels in many ways like a huge inspiration to HBO's True Detective. The film is well acted with a good script and message, and if you haven't seen it and are a fan of crime/thrillers then this isn't one you want to miss, especially looking and sounding and great as it does... which brings us to...


The transfer and sound. Twilight Time again delivers a beautiful looking transfer here with the film presented in 1080p high definition with a 1.85:1 widescreen aspect ratio with only minor detail issues and a lossless English 2.0 DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) Stereo mix with Pro Logic surrounds (true to its original advanced Dolby SR (Spectral Recording) analog theatrical sound release) which best captures the audio quality of the originally recorded elements of the film.


Extras include An Isolated Score Track, older Audio Commentary with Alan Parker and the Original Theatrical Trailer.



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