James Woods is convincing as a white supremacist, but everything else rings false in Ghosts of Mississippi, which examines a weighty subject from the least interesting perspective.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Rob Reiner -
Producer -
Frederick Zollo , Andrew Scheinman , Rob Reiner , Nicholas Paleologos -
Screenwriter -
Lewis Colick -
Distributor -
Sony Pictures Entertainment , Columbia Pictures -
Production Co -
Castle Rock Entertainment , Columbia Pictures Corporation -
Rating -
PG-13 -
Genre -
History , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Dec 20, 1996, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jan 1, 2009 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$13.1M -
Runtime -
2h 10m -
Sound Mix -
Surround
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