Nicholas Paleologos Rob Reiner Andrew Scheinman Frederick M. Zollo Charles Newirth Jeff Stott
Starring
Alec Baldwin
Whoopi Goldberg
James Woods
Craig T. Nelson
Cinematography
John Seale
Edited by
Robert Leighton
Music by
Marc Shaiman
Production companies
Columbia Pictures Castle Rock Entertainment
Distributed by
Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date
December 20, 1996 (1996-12-20)
Running time
130 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$36 million[1]
Box office
$13,323,144 (US)
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 film is based on the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith, a 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, but lost to Cuba Gooding Jr. in Jerry Maguire. The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup, but lost to The Nutty Professor.[2][3]
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