Mississippi Burning (1988) - Searching the Swamp Scene (5/10) | Movieclips

[@Wonders2Ponder]

Willem Dafoe and Gene Hackman are both so good. I sometimes forget how great this film was

[@iamgermane]

Calling it B.S. the crusading FBI went into the swamp in suits!

[@exicunowlibra4238]

let's not forget who wrote for this film to be so great

[@thoughtfinder]

This is a very difficult movie to watch but at the same time this is one of Gene Hackman"s best performances

[@TitanSound]

He is formidable in this role. A true masterpiece of acting.

[@davidtatro7457]

Yes, and l would extend that compliment to some other members of the cast as well.

[@moreno8900]

Did you smile when you watched it? Did you?! Lol

[@snakeeyes4life]

This wasn't that difficult for me but.. A Time to Kill had me in tears when they were describing what they did to that little girl.

[@apocratos0174]

Whats so hard to watch about it? Why dont you man up????

[@jamesfrench7299]

The sight of suited men prepared to walk through such a wild environment is a powerful allegory of their tenacity to get to the bottom of the case no matter what it takes.

[@jonmcclane7433]

James French yes, great point

[@batchagaloopytv5816]

today that search party would be a problem ..... too many white males 🤷‍♂️( i disagree but )

[@tequilashots875]

Well yeah, two white boys went missing so gotta get to the bottom of things.

[@ManishSingh-xo1fb]

@@tequilashots875 whatever it is white man or for the back man. Tenacity is tenacity. Oh by the way all your civil rights, abolition of slavery everything was done by white men. Blacks as a community never have ever wielded power that strong to change the policy of the country.

[@tequilashots875]

Do you think you’re giving me a history lesson or something I know my history Boo

[@davee.3436]

The best part of this scene was the last line . . . . . "it was a war long before we got here." That line was profound, deep, and so true!!

[@renataostertag6051]

Yes, it was.

[@rodolfoorozco5727]

Yes, but only one side had weapons..

[@darylcastillo1439]

Anderson's despondent reaction hammered it home.

[@-elchoya9832]

an academy award for best cinematography of 1988

[@davidtatro7457]

"It was a war long before we got here." Truer words were never spoken.

[@mosthatedny2243]

A war is fought by two sides that wasn’t a war

[@luatala8008]

Imagine the cast reading the script, “walk into the swamp”...

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

"Where are the water moccasins?"

[@TheMrfoxguy]

Well gene is a Korean war vet so walking through swamp is nothing

[@Wh4L205]

@@QuarrellaDeVil my thought the entire time looking at this

[@luisavina4831]

I don't care what anyone says or thinks, this movie is FLAWLESS 👍

[@paulavery5889]

It's not entirely accurate but it still tells the truth about life in those days. Very sad movie.

[@alldaytony2751]

80's movies were the best!

[@thesoultwins72]

@No Where Man!...….Mmm, undoubtedly the 80's were a good time for films - but the 1970's is recognised by numerous film historians, critics, actors, directors etc as the most creative and 'groundbreaking' period. Films such as Taxi Driver, One flew over the cuckoos nest, The Last Picture Show, Badlands, Mean Streets, The Godfather, A Clockwork Orange, Apocalypse Now, The Exorcist, Breaking Away, Dirty Harry, Vanishing Point, Jaws and Chinatown completely transformed modern cinema. The 1970's was a truly incredible period - a culmination of highly talented, individualistic film directors [such as the infamous 'New York School' - Scorsese, Coppola, Spielberg, Lucas and De Palma etc] much more 'adventurous' studios and a host of exceptional actors. One such was Jodie Foster who has gone on record as saying that the 1970's was the best ever time for film - and that many films of that period would almost certainly never have been made today.

[@vandalynwilkerson3498]

@@thesoultwins72 SO TRUE.

[@politereminder6284]

@Big Hawn 😂😂😂 cellphones in the eighties? 😂😂😂 even the keys were metallic.

[@alldaytony2751]

Teen wolf, Back To the Future, Monster Squad, The blob, Teen Wolf, Friday thr 13th. A few of The best!

[@Benjamin-zn8rk]

@@thesoultwins72 70s 80s 90s and early 00s

[@kelmeister709]

They shoulda walked in on the road the tow truck used!

[@edwardronquillo9078]

The guide wanted them to get their fancy suits a little dirty first. Lol.

[@ndigs]

😂😂😂

[@crunchwrapsupreme9372]

Probably wanted to get their asap before any evidence could possibly be tampered with

[@rjw421]

LOL - yeah that's exactly what I was thinking.

[@devonmartinski6596]

Kel Meister for all we know the truck drove through the same spot where the men crossed.

[@AstonishingSodApe]

What a brilliant score. The artificiality of synthesizers really makes an interesting contrast with the natural setting of the swamp.

[@TitanSound]

Right on my man. It's such an underrated score. It really adds to the tension of the film.

[@Eralen00]

Must've been hell walking around in a Mississippi swamp in a jacket, shirt, and tie ...

[@johnkloosterman6277]

Everyone's talking about the suits. It does show how the agents are out of their element, it also shows their dogged pursuit of the case, regardless of how uncomfortable it is, but also, I believe, it's just that this is the period. People wore suits back then--it wasn't always considered super-fancy dress wear, you just wore them to work every day, especially if you were in the FBI.

[@trevorn9381]

I suspect that FBI agents wandering through a swamp in suits and dress shoes is pure Hollywood. I seriously doubt that really happened. Neoprene has been around since the 1930s and I am sure the agents would have donned waders before going in the swamp.

[@chubbycatfish4573]

I want to take a shower just from watching this.

[@gregbernard7861]

Chubby Catfish yeah gross

[@blaisemacpherson7637]

I start itching all over.

[@modularmuse]

And check my legs for bloodsuckers.

[@joseyeastwood]

I remember watching this when i was younger not knowing this really happened pure evil.

[@skipperwarp9]

R bere Were you dropped on your head as a child? It’s literally based on the case of the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner.

[@robreke]

skipperwarp9 yes I was...twice. the first time messed me up, but the second drop made me normal again. Also...I didn't say this movie was false...I said alot of the "historical" movies Hollywood puts out is fake brainwashing revisionism of history

[@kevinhurley6919]

Willem dafoe's best movie and most historically significant! Pairing with gene hackman, absolutely brilliant

[@theNinjastar27]

The soundtrack is killer, seems a little off putting at first but it totally fits

[@TitanSound]

Totally agree. Check out the composer, Trevor Jones, he has done some fantastic work over the years.

[@patrickc3419]

Such a chilling score.

[@ariyanlevy3758]

I was gonna say that

[@JohnMartin-oh6bf]

Look at the power ward wields.....one hundred men at his request just like that. Never play games with a government man.

[@modularmuse]

"Not only do I have the guts, I have the authority!"

[@JohnMartin-oh6bf]

@@modularmuse remember his instructions concerning the owner of the hotel the fbi were staying in as well. ‘Buy it!’

[@vinman9786]

'Every inch Mr Bird....' Says and has his orders followed without even looking up.....that's a Bossman

[@teebee522]

I felt Dafoe represented Kennedy - perhaps Bobby Kennedy more than Jack, and Hackman represented LBJ.

[@highenergy8281]

I love that perspective

[@Mikem-mq2hh]

Kevin Dunn (Mr Byrd) is so quiet yet so important. Great character actor.

[@highenergy8281]

I love Mr. Byrd.

[@daveerickson5422]

After this he resigned from the Bureau and ended up working for VP Selina Meyer

[@paulavery5889]

William Defoe was such a compassionate character in this movie. When he asked where the hate comes from I wanted to cry.

[@modularmuse]

Had to buy this DVD after seeing some of these clips; great movie.

[@alejandrocandelario9621]

Lex Luther and the Green Goblin, working together to enforce the law?

[@lemansteve]

Jigsaw is an FBI agent in this movie as well

[@neilpuckett359]

LOLOL

[@marvinrodriguez7971]

Saying Mr Anderson

[@paulherlihy9290]

Mississippi Burning is a great great Movie. Although to fully appreciate this film you should watch a movie called Mississippi Murders as a prelude.

[@mauriciorano7142]

Why

[@paulherlihy9290]

@@mauriciorano7142 why!! because it tells the story about how the three civil rights workers came to be in Alabama and how they were going to get African Americans to register to vote. We know what happened to these guys and the fbi investigation is where Mississippi B movie comes in after the local sheriffs dept found fa wrong with three young men being murdered.

[@Revolver2002]

Not necessarly. I watched without a prelude and it was awesome!

[@grahambarnes230]

One of my favourite films,, I'm going to have to watch it again.

[@paulcampbell6377]

Powerful film, even in 2020

[@Aabil11]

1:50 what's funny is that later in the movie they really do call in Navy reserves to help with the search

[@andystevenson5067]

The music in this movie is sooooo incredible

[@anthonyhilton1709]

From the comments you can really see the age difference and the lack of knowledge. A word of wisdom lives were lost to give you the opportunity that you have today.

[@balmain2002]

@Llyod Dempster duhwee shuwaa!

[@ronaldrizzo5912]

You are wrong. It’s like they are invading the people’s space. Of course no one has a right to kill, that’s why we have laws. But do me a favor and walk thru a park in a dangerous neighborhood in NY and Chicago late at night. Now including certain areas in Seattle, and see how the inhabitants feel about you wading around their place It’s a crime and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the extent of the law So why isn’t there hundreds of FBI prowling Chicago streets to stop the craziness there?

[@jamesmcbeth4463]

And the right still isn't safe. Certain people are trying to take it away.

[@EmilioReyes_97]

@@ronaldrizzo5912 Because this was a federal crime and the DOG deals in federal cases, not state crimes. It's their job.

[@oryjen]

Surrealistic white collars wading scene! This one HAD TO be filmed once in all cinema history!

[@Weshopwizard]

Could not have picked two better people for those roles.

[@naderramadan5587]

There's no crime worse than ruining a nicely pressed suit! Arrest those men!

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

Shrek killed them for trespassing.

[@cripplehawk]

Shrek was a Grand wizard or cyclops?

[@markh.]

What a nightmare for Wardrobe Dept.

[@claka]

They wouldn't be able to do this today because they'd all have cellphones in their pocket.

[@johngotti4170]

80s movies were the last real deal backgrounds

[@MobKnowledge]

The dry cleaner probably made enough to retire that day.

[@highenergy8281]

I think of that every single time I see this movie, and have for the past few decades. Lol

[@yepok2957]

So they could get close enough to tow the stationwag on away, but had to wade chest deep to get to it. Huh?

[@McShaggswell]

What if they found it on the opposite edge of the swamp from which they started? There's an entire 360 degree arc around the center of the swamp you know.

[@jamesmiller7911]

If there is any search party organized in your area, please stay home, you wont be of any use..

[@stephenyoho148]

It's a movie

[@Agent1W]

@@McShaggswell You'd think they would have skirted the dry perimeter of the swamp first, because it's not too easy to ditch a car deeper in the middle.

[@chewyismycopilot788]

This music sounds like it belongs in Scarface

[@oldheadprisonofficer7024]

The song is soooooo eerie

[@velox5598]

1980s Synth. All the 80s movies had it. Very impactful indeed.

[@blaisemacpherson7637]

I'm not from Mississippi so I don't know but I think swamps really do make slide guitar blues sounds.

[@pablomarcelocastro6852]

Tremenda esta película!

[@jamescooper3571]

RIP Director Alan Parker.

[@charleslennonbaker]

Ironic that a Native American would be leading the way...

[@mariadelourdes3380]

Um FILMAÇO, Defoe e Gene Hackma,arrasam!!

[@Chris-wj8fz]

The suits in swamp scene is meant to show us how they do not belong

[@seanmurphy3329]

What in the world were these white folk down in mississippi thinking and still thinking for the most part? I just cant wrap my mind around why they thought the way they did and acted the way they did. They simply did not value a black persons life. And felt they were above them because they had white skin. I just finished watching the entire movie again. It just leaves me speechless everytime i watch it. I just dont get it. What goes around comes around. It just does. If you look up into the sky everything is on circles...... Thats just the way God made things. Do these people think they wont answer to our Lord for this kind of behavior because they are white? Wow! Were not far from finding out.

[@mtrich8113]

Sean Murphy the main reason why these people are like that is because they lost the civil War and along with that they lost slavery. The hatred is been handed down generation to generation. Also most poor whites we're fighting to keep the Confederacy while the rich whites who on the slaves and the plantation we're fighting to keep the slaves and the Confederacy. So the slaves freedom is a slap in the face them and for the record the Soutth was the first to attack so they had arrogance along with everything else.

[@bobhenderson5581]

That's how humans truly act.

[@rachelk7555]

You seem to be missing something: If there was a “Lord” none of this would have happened in the first place.

[@stephenolan5539]

Because people who believe in God can believe in anything they want to.

[@andrepeoples7415]

Rachel K why do you say that?

[@knightstemplar1989]

The Green Goblin is a hero in this movie lol.

[@marvinrodriguez7971]

By saying Mr Anderson

[@jamiekay133]

Gene was incredible, but less people talk about how good Dafoe was too!

[@tippydog4436]

why did they walk in the swamp if there was a road for the tow truck

[@jjrj8568]

do they really have to go into that swamp with suits???? lol

[@peterbanderas8184]

It was the still the time of the "G-Men" and J. Edgar Hoover, so yes they did. Hoover set standards for government investigators and basically they had to be in suits at all times. The idea you could spot an FBI agent by his clothes comes from that era. Very impractical as seen in the film, but the idea was that they were still willing to get dirty doing their job.

[@jjrj8568]

@@peterbanderas8184 good post!

[@irkhanbasc]

It was the early 1960s, so yes. That’s just how it was in those days.

[@mtrich8113]

Even today they still have to go into swamps, it's about not leaving one stone unturned in the quest for evidence.

[@JamieRobles1]

Back then, men did everything in a suit.

[@fenwaypark1725]

Took five years to solve the hunter lab top. Way to go fbi.

[@AdrianFahrenheitTepes]

Different men, different time.

[@Kain5th]

Just can’t help yourself…

[@bennykpascal]

why this movie chopped into pieces in youtube?

[@AdrianFahrenheitTepes]

Copyright

[@martinpettersson4828]

Amazing movie! How in the world did that car get there?

[@t.c.thompson2359]

The killers had access to heavy construction machinery. They buried the bodies in a dam with a dozer, so getting the car there wouldn't be a big issue.

[@johnzaccardi526]

D'ya think the bill from the dry cleaners was high ?

[@Chipchase780]

And I thought Manchester had a rising damp problem.

[@tednice75]

I love how this movie makes the FBI heroes despite the fact they were complicit with a lot of the violence against black people.

[@johnholliday5874]

Now that is kind of ridiculous, marching through the Swamp in their suits.

[@rodolfoleyva5157]

Great movie!

[@Familychannelhappy-m9c]

Once they found the car they were doomed 😡

[@brianfergus839]

We had that same model station wagon. Very creepy

[@vancelubben5300]

There's got to be not only just alligators but cottonmouth snakes in that swamp

[@TheTallMan50]

It's ok. They had guns.

[@bearcattony00]

Can only imagine the insects and parasites and creatures

[@jrny20]

Those are FBI agents, you don't have to imagine much.

[@ronniebishop2496]

In the swamp or in Mississippi? People haven't changed all that much to hear the media tell it.

[@bearcattony00]

@@ronniebishop2496 i was referring to the swamp, although today the FBI would fit right in with the swamp :)

[@ronniebishop2496]

bearcattony00 They sure would especially at the top.

[@stephenquinto2561]

If I were one of the suits, I'd be the one in the way back saying, "Sooooooo, there isn't a boat or we really finna walk in the water?"

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Went into the swamp water with their suits.... Those things ain't cheap!

[@devonmartinski6596]

I'm surprised there were no fish inside that car.

[@stephenolan5539]

There would probably be more leeches than fish in that swamp.

[@angelajohnson6659]

I would be looking out for snakes!!

[@devonmartinski6596]

@@stephenolan5539 I was thinking catfish or carp

[@Sakk776]

I'm surprised the agent did not take out his gun from his pocket and he still used his gun he can still shoot bullets

[@SH3Bstanko6]

This movie, The Accused, and Labyrinth... what more do you need?

[@gvst.n.j4865]

Gators wasn't over populating the areas back then

[@ElizabethGarcia-rh5ho]

Gene’s best movie

[@Revolver2002]

Filmaço!!!!

[@michaelwhalen2442]

Nice suits!

[@IvanZavala-e2m]

The funny thing is that I am actually surprised that when they all walked around the swamp not one of them had drowned in the water that was pretty cool

[@fredlandry6170]

Watch out for water moccasins and alligators I grew up in Louisiana.

[@patrickhorvath2684]

And 100+lb snapping turtles.. Swamps of coastal Texas

[@angelajohnson6659]

They're in Mississippi you Nimrod!

[@bricemarchant9410]

Wasn't their car burned not sank in the swamp?

[@oohweeoohwee9222]

Frogs don't croak in the daytime. Sorry, sound man.

[@Martinovic91]

I wonder how many black life got eaten by the swamp....too much to ask neh

[@tomitstube]

9 black bodies (men/boys) were found in the 2 months it took to find the 3 civil rights workers. the fbi had widened their search all over mississippi... 3 of those bodies were recent enough that they were identified. two 19 year olds murdered together by the klan, they would convict someone 43 years later for that one. the other a body of a 14 year old boy named herbert oarsby. thousands of black people were murdered in the south, and no-one ever charged with a crime. when the police and politicians are klan you just disappear no questions asked.

[@isaiahjoseph7352]

@@tomitstube Damn

[@SettingItStraight1]

Koena: A bunch.....a lot of brave souls.....killed by cowards.

[@gullahtaino4877]

At least 10,000

[@grimlund]

This scene just shows how we who are practical guys never like wearing a suit.

[@ivanzavala6062]

I remember hearing about this murder on the news and that kind of interested me

[@Motorsportsgeek]

So they were able to get a truck to pull the car right next to dry land but they had to walk through swap to get there. I think that "guide" just didn't like police making them walk through that

[@WalrusDoom]

I mean, they couldn’t get some waders?

[@Kitiwake]

This was the 1960s.

[@trevorn9381]

@@Kitiwake They had waders in the 1960s.

[@Sakk776]

That was a collaboration of local folks down there in that state

[@squigglyline2813]

Before Hugh Jackman & adamantium claws..... There was Gene Hackman & straight razors.....

[@hoodootheclown929]

SYMBOLISM

[@MiniOilSlyk]

Shame they didnt investigate JFKs assassination as thoroughly.

[@vsevolodozerov8947]

Why walk through the swamp when there is a road to that place by which the cars got there. Cheap effect.

[@melkerner]

Back when the bureau actually stood up to lawbreakers instead of taking orders from them

[@eshaanreza832]

Exactly!

[@DavidMoore-bl7gb]

why'd they have to walk through all that swamp when you could just drive up with a tow truck?

[@biekgiek]

Shout out to Mr. Bird.

[@irsyadmaulana6375]

Ada bang windah coy 🥶🥶🥶

[@gutz1981]

When was the last time they made movies like these? Its like the movie industry is only interested in making flashy "Sports Cars" as it were, or crappy imitation sports cars and nothing else. What happened to variety?

[@Grimeyknowledge]

So there wasn't any boats available

[@sillynacannada6718]

I liketothink William Defoe is the same FBI agent in a universe crossover with Boondock Saints.

[@michaelhorner4011]

They could use this scene for draining the swamp...aka...the white house swamp!

[@icemysta30]

draining the swap by appointing business executives and establishment republicans to all your cabinet positions!

[@Wandavis008]

Windah cuyyy,rill kah 😱😱😱

[@ScoutSniper1990]

No waders just stomping through the swamp.

[@jerryfrancois2014]

They walked through waist deep water to get to the car..how did the tow truck get there?

[@palasta]

Must have been the crocodiles.

[@jennymacallan9071]

Omg, these toxic comments. Can we not focus on the acting?

[@robreke]

why would you wear a suit if you knew you would be trampling through the muddy woods and a freaking swamp? I guess it makes it seem more "dramatic"

[@JK-br1mu]

Walking into the swamp in suits, yah sure.