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Alec Baldwin | DeLaughter,Bobby | |
Whoopi Goldberg | Myrlie Evers | |
James Woods | Byron De La Beckwith | |
William H. Macy | Charlie Crisco | |
Craig T. Nelson | Peters,Ed | |
Susanna Thompson | Peggy Lloyd | |
Bill Cobbs | Charlie Evers | |
Lucas Black | Burt DeLaughter | |
Lloyd "Benny" Bennett | Benny Bennett | |
Virginia Madsen | Dixie DeLaughter | |
Joseph Tello | Drew DeLaughter | |
Alexa Vega | Claire DeLaughter |
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Producer | Rob Reiner
Andrew Scheinman |
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Writer | Lewis Colick
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Cinematography | John Seale
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This is a long-awaited film telling the story of the trials of Medgar Evers' killer. Medger Evers ( James Pickens, Jr. ) was a black civil-rights activist in Mississippi who was shot to death in 1963. Despite very persuasive evidence that Byron De La Beckwith ( James Woods ) was indeed his killer, the all-white juries hearing his case at that time acquitted him (he was tried twice). In this film, with the aid of Ever's widow Myrlie ( Whoopie Goldberg ), Bobby DeLaughter ( Alec Baldwin ), a young lawyer, gathers enough new evidence to bring Beckwith in for a third trial. Woods ' performance as a wise-cracking bigot is one of the film's highlights. — Clarke Fountain |
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