Gene Hackman	Agent Rupert Anderson
Willem Dafoe	Agent Alan Ward
Brad Dourif	Deputy Clinton Pell
Frances McDormand	Mrs. Pell
R. Lee Ermey	Mayor Tilman
Gailard Sartain	Sheriff Ray Stuckey
Stephen Tobolowsky	Clayton Townley
Badja Djola	Agent Monk
Pruitt Taylor Vince	Lester Cowans
Michael Rooker	Frank Bailey

Director	Alan Parker
Producer	Frederick Zollo Robert F. Colesberry
Writer	Chris Gerolmo
Cinematography	Peter Biziou
Musician	Trevor Jones

In the 1960s two FBI agents, Rupert Anderson (Gene Hackman) and Alan Ward (Willem Defoe), travel to Mississippi after the mysterious disappearance of some civil rights workers. The two agents are very different. Anderson, the elder, is an ex-southern sheriff while Ward is FBI trained and by the book. Mississippi is a world of racial tension, segragation, and the Ku Klux Klan. Not only do the agents have to deal with their differences and the silence and hostility of the white community, but also the hostility of the black community as well. As their innvestigation gets under way, the small town where the disappearence occurs remains silent. They finally get a break when the wife of a local sheriff (Frances McDormand) steps forward and becomes their key informant.

Edition Details Audience Rating R (Restricted) Country USA Language English Distributor MGM Home Entertainment Edition Special Edition Barcode 027616860996 Region Region 1 Release Date 5/8/2001 Packaging Keep Case Screen Ratio Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) Subtitles French; German; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned) Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital Mono [Spanish] Dolby Surround [English] Dolby Surround Dolby Digital Surround [English] Dolby Digital Surround [French] Layers Single Side, Dual Layer No. of Disks/Tapes 1 Features Director's Commentary Interactive Menus Scene Selection Theatrical Trailers

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