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==Production== ===Development=== In 1985, screenwriter [[Chris Gerolmo]] discovered an article that excerpted a chapter from the book ''Inside Hoover's F.B.I.'', which chronicled the FBI's investigation into the murders of Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner.<ref name="Gerolmo">{{cite web|title=Mississippi Burning, Reconsidered|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-gerolmo/mississippi-burning-reconsidered_b_4859179.html|first=Chris|last=Gerolmo|author-link=Chris Gerolmo|date=February 26, 2014|work=[[Huffington Post]]|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=April 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416171532/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-gerolmo/mississippi-burning-reconsidered_b_4859179.html|url-status=live}}</ref> While writing a draft script, Gerolmo brought it to producer [[Frederick Zollo]], who worked with him on ''[[Miles from Home]]'' (1988).<ref name="Empire">{{cite web|title=Classic Feature: Mississippi Burning|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/empire-mississippi-burning/|first=Patrick|last=Goldstein|date=June 1989|work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=September 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924031515/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/empire-mississippi-burning/|url-status=live}}</ref> Zollo helped Gerolmo develop the original draft before they sold it to [[Orion Pictures]].<ref name="ProdNotes">{{cite web|title=Mississippi Burning - Alan Parker - Director, Writer, Producer - Official Website|url=http://alanparker.com/film/mississippi-burning/making/|first=Alan|last=Parker|author-link=Alan Parker|publisher=AlanParker.com|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=June 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601063513/http://alanparker.com/film/mississippi-burning/making/|url-status=live}}</ref> The studio then began its search for a director. Filmmakers [[MiloΕ‘ Forman]] and [[John Schlesinger]] were among those considered.<ref name="Empire"/> In September 1987, [[Alan Parker]] was given a copy of Gerolmo's script by Orion's executive vice president and co-founder [[Mike Medavoy]].<ref name="ProdNotes" /> When Parker traveled to Tokyo, Japan, to act as a juror for the 1987 [[Tokyo International Film Festival]], his colleague [[Robert F. Colesberry]] began researching the time period, and compiled books, newspaper articles, live news footage and photographs related to the 1964 murders.<ref name="Parker">{{cite book|first1=David F. Jr. |last1=Gonthier |first2=Timothy L. |last2=O'Brien|title=The Films of Alan Parker, 1976β2003|date=May 2015|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|location = United States|chapter=9. ''Mississippi Burning'', 1988 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=9S-SCgAAQBAJ&lpg=PR4&pg=PA162 162β182]|isbn=978-0-7864-9725-6}}</ref><ref name="BurningTruth">{{cite magazine|title=The Burning Truth|last=Ressner|first=Jeffrey|author-link=Jeffrey Ressner|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=November 17, 1988|volume=539|pages=45β46|location=United States}}</ref> Upon returning to the United States, Parker met with Colesberry in New York and spent several months viewing the research.<ref name="ProdNotes" /><ref name="BurningTruth" /> The director also began selecting the creative team; the production reunited Parker with many of his past collaborators, including Colesberry, [[Casting (performing arts)|casting directors]] Howard Feuer and Juliet Taylor, [[cinematographer|director of photography]] [[Peter Biziou]], [[film editing|editor]] [[Gerry Hambling]], [[costume design]]er Aude Bronson-Howard, [[production designer]] [[Geoffrey Kirkland]], [[camera operator]] Michael Roberts, and [[Musical composition|music composer]] [[Trevor Jones (composer)|Trevor Jones]].<ref name="ProdNotes" /><ref name="CastCrew">{{cite web|url=http://wwwdb.oscars.org:8100/servlet/impc.DisplayCredits?vetted=T&primekey_in=2000051109:34:011578369 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912192902/http://wwwdb.oscars.org:8100/servlet/impc.DisplayCredits?vetted=T&primekey_in=2000051109:34:011578369 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 12, 2007 |title=Index to Motion Picture Credits - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |website=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=May 11, 2016 }}</ref> ===Writing=== Gerolmo described his original draft script as "a big, passionate, violent detective story set against the greatest sea-change in American life in the 20th century, the civil rights movement".<ref name="Gerolmo" /> For legal reasons, the names of the people and certain details related to the FBI's investigation were changed.<ref name="FactFiction" /> On presenting Clinton Pell's wife as an informant, Gerolmo said, "... the fact that no one knew who Mr. X, the informant, was, left that as a dramatic possibility for me, in my Hollywood movie version of the story. That's why Mr. X became the wife of one of the conspirators."<ref name="FactFiction" /> The abductor of Mayor Tilman was originally written as a [[American Mafia|Mafia]] hitman who forces a confession by putting a pistol in Tilman's mouth. Gerolmo was inspired by [[Gregory Scarpa]], a mob enforcer allegedly recruited by the FBI during their search for Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/31/usa.international|title=FBI used mafia capo to find bodies of Ku Klux Klan victims|last=MacAskill|first=Ewan|date=October 31, 2007|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group|Guardian News and Media Ltd.]]|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=June 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602005524/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/31/usa.international|url-status=live}}</ref> After Parker was hired to direct the film, Gerolmo had completed two drafts.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> Parker met with Gerolmo at Orion's offices in [[Century City, Los Angeles]], where they began work on a third draft script. Both the writer and director, however, had repeated disagreements over the focus of the story. To resolve the issue, Orion executives in New York gave Parker one month to make uncredited rewrites before [[green-light]]ing the project.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> Parker made several changes from Gerolmo's original draft. He omitted the Mafia hitman and created the character Agent Monk, a black FBI specialist who kidnaps Tilman.<ref name="FactFiction" /> The scene in which Frank Bailey brutally beats a news cameraman was based on an actual event; Parker and Colesberry were inspired by a news outtake found during their research, in which a [[CBS News]] cameraman was assaulted by a suspect in the 1964 murder case.<ref name="Empire" /> Parker also wrote a sex scene involving Rupert Anderson and Mrs. Pell. The scene was omitted during filming after [[Gene Hackman]], who portrays Anderson, suggested to Parker that the relationship between the two characters be more discreet.<ref name="Empire" /><ref name="FilmComment">{{cite magazine|title=Brian Interview: Gene Hackman|url=http://www.filmcomment.com/article/interview-gene-hackman/|first=Clifford|last=Terry|date=September 9, 1990|magazine=Film Comment|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=June 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601091708/http://www.filmcomment.com/article/interview-gene-hackman/|url-status=live}}</ref> By January 4, 1988, Parker had written a complete shooting script, which he submitted to Orion executives.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> Gerolmo did not visit the production during [[principal photography]], due to the [[1988 Writers Guild of America strike]].<ref name="Parker" /> ===Casting=== {{multiple image | direction = vertical | width = 170 | footer = Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, who star in the film. | image1 = Gene Hackman 1987.jpg | image2 = Willem Dafoe Cannes.jpg }} Parker held casting calls in New York, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Orlando, New Orleans, Raleigh and Nashville.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> The filmmakers did not retain the names of actual people; many of the supporting characters were [[composite character|composites]] of people related to the murder case.<ref name="FactFiction" /> Gene Hackman plays Rupert Anderson, an FBI agent and former Mississippi sheriff.<ref name="Parker" /> [[Brian Dennehy]] was briefly considered for the role<ref>{{cite web|title=Brian Dennehy's Quest|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/09/09/brian-dennehys-quest/|first=Clifford|last=Terry|date=September 9, 1990|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=June 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602044236/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-09-09/entertainment/9003150692_1_bull-cherry-orchard-extreme-prejudice|url-status=live}}</ref> before Orion suggested Hackman.<ref name="Parker" /> As the script was being written, Parker frequently discussed the project with Hackman.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> Hackman said that "it felt right to do something of historical import. It was an extremely intense experience, both the content of the film and the making of it in Mississippi."<ref name="FilmComment" /> Orion was less resolute in terms of who they wanted for the role of Agent Alan Ward. After filming ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ (film)|The Last Temptation of Christ]]'' (1988), [[Willem Dafoe]] expressed interest in playing Ward,<ref name="Parker" /> and Parker traveled to Los Angeles, where he met with the actor to discuss the role. Dafoe was cast shortly thereafter.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> To prepare for the role, Dafoe researched the time period and Neshoba County. He also read [[Willie Morris]]'s 1983 novel ''The Courting of Marcus Dupree'', and looked at 1960s documentary footage detailing how the media covered the murder case.<ref>{{cite web|title=Provocative Dafoe Prefers His Film Roles Served Hot|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1989/01/17/provocative-dafoe-prefers-his-film-roles-served-hot/|first=Harold|last=Reynolds|date=January 17, 1989|work=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|access-date=May 1, 2016|archive-date=June 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602050521/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1989-01-17/lifestyle/8901180104_1_mississippi-burning-dafoe-temptation-of-christ|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Frances McDormand]] plays Mrs. Pell, the wife of Deputy Sheriff Clinton Pell. On working with Hackman, McDormand said: "''Mississippi Burning'', I didn't do research. All I did was listen to [Hackman]. He had an amazing capacity for not giving away any part of himself (in read-throughs). But the minute we got on the set, little blinds on his eyes flipped up and everything was available. It was mesmerizing. He's really believable, and it was like a basic acting lesson."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Dafoe|first=Willem|author-link=Willem Dafoe|url=http://bombmagazine.org/article/1936/frances-mcdormand|title=Frances McDormand by Willem Dafoe|number=55|volume=Spring 1996|magazine=[[Bomb (magazine)|BOMB Magazine]]|access-date=May 11, 2016|archive-date=May 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520112222/http://bombmagazine.org/article/1936/frances-mcdormand|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Gailard Sartain]] plays Ray Stuckey, the sheriff of Jessup County,βa character based on former Neshoba County sheriff [[Lawrence A. Rainey]].<ref name="Parker" /><ref name="Spokane">{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=February 23, 1989|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19890223&id=cRhXAAAAIBAJ&pg=6213,3195100&hl=en|title=Sheriff sues film studio, claiming he was libeled|newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review|Spokane Chronicle]]|location=[[Spokane, Washington]]|access-date=October 17, 2020|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506072545/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19890223&id=cRhXAAAAIBAJ&pg=6213%2C3195100&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> Sartain described Stuckey as "an elected official ... who has to be gregarious β but with sinister overtones".<ref>{{cite web|last=Wooley|first=John|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/tulsa-s-gailard-sartain-takes-on-serious-role-in-mississippi/article_053d7437-9e03-58cf-9782-f6b6a959b3da.html|title=Tulsa's Gailard Sartain Takes on Serious Role In "Mississippi Burning'|work=[[Tulsa World]]|date=January 13, 1989|access-date=June 2, 2016|archive-date=June 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613120646/https://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/tulsa-s-gailard-sartain-takes-on-serious-role-in-mississippi/article_053d7437-9e03-58cf-9782-f6b6a959b3da.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Stephen Tobolowsky]] plays Clayton Townley, a [[Grand Wizard]] of the [[White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]].<ref name="Parker" /> The character is based on White Knights leader [[Samuel Bowers]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Smith |first1=John David|last2=Appleton |first2=Thomas H.|last3=Roland |first3=Charles Pierce|title=A Mythic Land Apart: Reassessing Southerners and Their History|date=January 1997|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|location = United States|chapter=9. Hollywood and the Mythic Land Apart 1988β1990|pages=179β180|isbn=978-0-313-29304-7}}</ref> [[Michael Rooker]] plays Frank Bailey, a Klansman involved in the murders of the three civil rights activists.<ref>{{cite web|last=Meszoros|first=Mark|url=http://www.morningjournal.com/article/MJ/20150203/NEWS/150209898|title=Michael Rooker talks 'Mississippi Burning' |work=[[The Morning Journal]]|date=February 3, 2013|access-date=May 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815115034/http://www.morningjournal.com/article/MJ/20150203/NEWS/150209898|archive-date=2016-08-15|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Pruitt Taylor Vince]], who had a small role in Parker's previous film ''[[Angel Heart]]'', plays Lester Cowens, a Klansman who unknowingly becomes a pawn in the FBI's investigation. Vince described the character as "goofy, stupid and geeky" and stated, "I never had a prejudiced bone in my body. It gave me a funny feeling to play this guy with a hood and everything. But when you're in the midst of it, you just concentrate on getting through it."<ref>{{cite web|last=Russell|first=Candace|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-02-03/features/8901060897_1_klan-los-angeles-mississippi|title=Actor Says 'Mississippi' Bad-guy Role Was A Good Part|work=[[Sun-Sentinel]]|date=February 3, 1989|access-date=May 11, 2016|archive-date=June 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611103738/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-02-03/features/8901060897_1_klan-los-angeles-mississippi|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Kevin Dunn]] joined the production in February 1988, appearing in his acting debut as FBI Agent Bird.<ref>{{cite web|last1=O' Malley |first1=Kathy|last2=Gratteau |first2=Hanke|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/02/21/bidding-wars-5/|title=Bidding Wars ...|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=February 21, 1988|access-date=June 2, 2016|archive-date=July 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701224142/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-02-21/news/8804010065_1_squad-cars-commonwealth-edison-jane-byrne|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tobin Bell]], also making his feature film debut, plays Agent Stokes,<ref>{{cite news|last=Harrington|first=Richard|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/25/AR2007102500750.html|title=Tobin Bell: A Pivotal Piece of the 'Saw' Puzzle|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=October 26, 2007|access-date=May 11, 2016|archive-date=November 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111141929/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/25/AR2007102500750.html|url-status=live}}</ref> an FBI enforcer hired by Anderson to interrogate Cowens.<ref name="Parker" /> Bell was first asked by Parker to read for the role of Clinton Pell, a role that was ultimately given to [[Brad Dourif]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Heisler|first=Steve|url=https://www.avclub.com/tobin-bell-1798215087 |title=Tobin Bell Β· Random Roles|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=October 29, 2008|access-date=May 11, 2016|archive-date=June 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603131611/http://www.avclub.com/article/tobin-bell-2513|url-status=live}}</ref> Appearing as the three civil rights activists are Geoffrey Nauffts as "Goatee", a character based on Michael Schwerner; Rick Zieff as "Passenger", based on Andrew Goodman; and Christopher White as "Black Passenger", based on James Chaney.<ref name="Parker" /><ref name="CastCrew" /> Producers Frederick Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry also make appearances in the film; Zollo briefly appears as a news reporter,<ref name="CastCrew" /> and Colesberry appears as a news cameraman who is brutally beaten by Frank Bailey.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> While [[location scouting|scouting locations]] in [[Jackson, Mississippi]], Parker arranged an open casting call for local actors and [[Extra (acting)|extras]].<ref name="ProdNotes" /> He and Colesberry met music teacher Lannie McBride, who appears as a [[Gospel music|gospel]] singer in the film.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> ===Filming=== ;Location scouting During the screenwriting process, Parker and Colesberry began scouting locations. They visited eight states based on suggestions made by the location department. The shooting script required that a total of 62 locations be used for filming.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> In December 1987, Parker and Colesberry traveled to Mississippi to visit the stretch of road where Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner were murdered.<ref name="Parker" /> The filmmakers were initially reluctant about filming in Mississippi; they expressed interest in filming in [[Forsyth County, Georgia]], before being persuaded by John Horne, head of Mississippi's film commission.<ref name="Empire" /> Parker also met with Mississippi governor [[Ray Mabus]], who voiced his support of the film's production.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> Parker and Colesberry looked at locations near Jackson, Mississippi, where they set up production offices at a [[Holiday Inn]] hotel.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> They also visited [[Canton, Mississippi]], before travelling to [[Vaiden, Mississippi]], where they scouted more than 200 courthouses that could be used for filming.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> Parker and Colesberry had difficulty finding a small town for the story setting before choosing [[LaFayette, Alabama]], to act as scenes set in the fictional town of Jessup County, Mississippi, with other scenes being shot in a number of locales in Mississippi.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> ;Principal photography [[Image:Cross Lighting 2005.jpg|thumb|left|The burning of a cross, similar to scenes depicted in the film.]] Principal photography began on March 7, 1988,<ref name="ProdNotes" /> with a [[production budget|budget]] of $15 million.<ref name="Empire" /><ref name="BurningTruth" /><ref name="TimeBurning">{{cite web|title=A Time for Burning--Murder in Mississippi|last=Goldstein|first=Patrick|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-05-ca-6683-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=June 5, 1988|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=May 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518040902/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-06-05/entertainment/ca-6683_1_mississippi-burning|url-status=live}}</ref> Filming began in Jackson, Mississippi, where the production team filmed a church being burned down. The sequence required a [[multiple-camera setup]]; a total of three cameras were used during the shoot.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> On March 8, the production team filmed a scene set in a motel where Anderson (Hackman) delivers a monologue to Ward (Dafoe).<ref name="ProdNotes" /> On March 10, production moved to a remote corner of Mississippi, where the crew filmed the burning of a parish church.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> On March 11, the production filmed scenes set in a pig farm, where a young boy is confronted and attacked by three perpetrators. A night later, the crew shot the film's opening sequence, in which the three civil rights workers are murdered.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> From March 14 to March 18, the crew filmed the burning of several more churches, as well as scenes set in a farm.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> On March 22, the crew filmed scenes set in a morgue that was located inside the [[University of Mississippi Medical Center]], exactly the same location where the bodies of Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner were transported.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> A day later, Parker and the crew filmed a scene set in a cotton field. The art department had to dress each plant with layers of cotton, as the cotton plants had not fully bloomed.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> The crew also filmed the abduction of Mayor Tilman ([[R. Lee Ermey]]) and his subsequent interrogation by FBI agent Monk ([[Badja Djola]]).<ref name="ProdNotes" /> On March 24, the production moved to [[Raymond, Mississippi]], where the crew filmed a scene at the [[John Bell Williams Airport]].<ref name="ProdNotes" /> Depicting Monk's departure, the scene was choreographed by Parker and the cast members so that it could be filmed in one take.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> The production then moved to Vaiden, Mississippi to film scenes set in the [[Carroll County, Mississippi|Carroll County]] Courthouse, where several courtroom scenes, as well as scenes set in Sheriff Ray Stuckey's office were filmed.<ref name="ProdNotes" /><ref name="Parker" /> The production moved to [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]], where the crew filmed a funeral [[procession]]. On April 11, 1988, the crew filmed a scene set in the [[Cedar Hill Cemetery (Vicksburg, Mississippi)|Cedar Hill Cemetery]].<ref name="ProdNotes" /> From April 15 to April 16, the production moved to the [[Mississippi River]] valley to depict the FBI and [[United States Navy]]'s search for the three civil rights workers. The art department recreated a [[Choctaw]] Indian Village on the location, based on old photographs.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> On April 23, the crew filmed a scene depicting a [[Citizens' Councils]] rally with 750 extras. On April 25, the crew returned to Jackson, Mississippi, where an unused building was to recreate a diner that was found in Alabama during location scouting. A day later, Hackman and Dafoe filmed their opening scene, in which the characters Anderson and Ward drive to Jessup County, Mississippi.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> On April 27, the production moved to LaFayette, Alabama, for the remainder of filming.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> From April 28 to April 29, Parker and his crew filmed scenes set in Mrs. Pell's home. On May 5, the production shot one of the film's final scenes, in which Anderson discovers Mrs. Pell's home trashed. On May 13, the crew filmed scenes in a former LaFayette movie theatre. The art department restored the theatre's interiors to reflect the time period.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> Filming concluded on May 14, 1988 with the Ku Klux Klan speech scene.<ref name="ProdNotes" /> ===Music=== The [[film score|score]] was produced, arranged and composed by [[Trevor Jones (composer)|Trevor Jones]], his second collaboration with Parker after ''Angel Heart''.<ref name="Jones">{{cite web|url=http://www.bsospirit.com/entrevistas/tjones_e.php|title=Two Days with Trevor Jones at the Phone (First Day)|publisher=BSO Spirit|first=Sergio|last=Benitez|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=April 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418142645/http://www.bsospirit.com/entrevistas/tjones_e.php|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to Jones's score, the soundtrack features several gospel songs, including "Walk on by Faith" performed by Lannie McBride, "[[Take My Hand, Precious Lord]]" performed by [[Mahalia Jackson]] and "Try Jesus" performed by [[Vesta Williams]]. A motion picture soundtrack album was released by the recording labels [[Antilles Records]] and [[Island Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Mississippi-Burning/release/1063161|title=Trevor Jones - Mississippi Burning (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Vinyl, LP, Album)|date=1989 |website=Discogs|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=October 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027150633/https://www.discogs.com/Various-Mississippi-Burning/release/1063161|url-status=live}}</ref>
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