Mississippi Burning (1988) - Welcome to Mississippi Scene (2/10) | Movieclips

Mississippi Burning - Welcome to Mississippi: FBI agents Anderson (Gene Hackman) and Ward (Willem Dafoe) get to know each other on the drive into Mississippi.
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When a group of civil rights workers goes missing in a small Mississippi town, FBI agents Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe) and Rupert Anderson (Gene Hackman) are sent in to investigate. Local authorities refuse to cooperate with them, and the African American community is afraid to, precipitating a clash between the two agents over strategy. As the situation becomes more volatile, the direct approach is abandoned in favor of more aggressive, hard-line tactics.
CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1988)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe
Director: Alan Parker
Screenwriter: Chris Gerolmo
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[@LeonardStauffer]

I like the dichotomy between the two main characters. Anderson was practical and easy going. Ward was by the book and straight laced. They made a good team because they balanced one another out.

[@1984concrete]

What I think made them a good team is that while Ward better understood the federal implications of what needed to happen, Anderson better understood the Dynamics of how to navigate the tricky waters there and together they could make this case work.

[@countchoculitis1528]

They're both sides in each of us. It's kind of interesting that Willem Dafoe was in another movie with a similar dynamic just a few years before in Platoon, between his character Elias and Tom Berenger's Barnes. Another brilliant film from a decade that gave us soooo many.

[@sgt.thundercok4704]

Like pretty much every buddy/team movie. Juxtaposing characters.

[@patrickc3419]

Two of my favorite actors. Both extremely talented.

[@aaron-arellano]

“What’s got four eyes and can’t see?” After watching the whole movie, this line has an interesting new meaning for me. Dafoe’s character is wearing glasses (four-eyes: nickname for people wearing glasses) and he “can’t see” the only way of nailing the people who committed the murders is to do it dirty and southern like Hackman’s character knows. But still fun to hear the punchline of “Mississippi” and Hackman’s jolly attitude

[@kemolowlow]

....Or Stevie Wonder.

[@Nessie2410]

Fantastic movie. Not sick of it at all. The casts are terrific!!

[@steevrawjers]

yesssss

[@charlesmurphy3222]

None of them held back. Especially in 1988.

[@HaywardEntertainment]

Lex Luther and The Green Goblin are gonna solve the case

[@steevrawjers]

lol classic

[@jonajeremy]

Jigsaws also in on this

[@dannythomas417]

@@jonajeremy Chucky & Yondu too.

[@JP-ch8es]

😂😂😂 nailed it!!

[@cadenmorris3680]

Don’t forget about Sam Witwicky’s dad.

[@christopherhurkmans4790]

I love Gene Hackman. In my top 5 Actors for sure.

[@cnb4110]

My top 5 actors not in any particular order ,Gene Hackman,Rod Steiger,Sidney Pointer,Morgan Freeman and Eli Wallach.

[@TheSaltyAdmiral]

Top 5 is hard, but my top 3 is: Tom Hanks, Gene Hackman and Ed Harris.

[@kushdevsinhvaghela566]

What about these: Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert de-Niro, Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine, Christian Bale, Samuel Jackson, Denzel Washington!? Shame, no one even mentioned Day-Lewis and De-Niro!

[@patrickc3419]

My 5 (in no specific order) Hackman, Day-Lewis, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, John Wayne, & Charleton Heston. Honorable mentions: Dafoe, Dennis Hopper, Morgan Freeman, Paul Newman, Joaquin Phoenix.

[@jeriksson7686]

One of Gene Hackmans best roles. He was such a brilliant actor!

[@luisdeleon9819]

And so was Willem Dafoe.

[@abbashussein6161]

REMEMBER HE WON BEST ACTOR OSCAR IN 1971 FOR HIS ROLL AS POPPYE “ FRENCH CONNECTION “

[@abbashussein6161]

@@luisdeleon9819DO NOT THINK SO WHEN COMPARED TO HACKMAN HIS CHARACTER WAS STRAIGHT FORWARD WHILE GENE WAS RUTHLESS CHARACTER

[@AbdurRahim-cy6fq]

Nice acting by the mighty-mighty Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, love the way he sing and his witty sarcasm.

[@enterthebruce91]

Gene Hackman was 'Mr Anderson' before Keanu Reeves

[@tonytrotta9322]

2 great actors cruising in a classic Chevy!

[@CHixon]

The Impala hardtop is out of place in Mississippi. They should be driving a Biscayne sedan.

[@tonytrotta9322]

@@CHixon Yes, you are right but, probably did not look hard enough to find one. Take care!

[@waynewilliams5802]

Cruising down the street in my 64

[@jgfear]

Most non insane I’ve seen Willam Defoe in a movie.

[@TurdFerguson0528]

He can do anything, Elias is a water walker.

[@TheTrickynicky13]

Sometimes, that's all we have left. I love that line.

[@joewiedmeier1080]

1:52 you can see willem is genuine trying not to laugh pretty good scene

[@Heffro2010]

I grew up in the late 70’s and 80’s, so Gene Hackman was always Lex Luthor to me. It wasn’t until seeing this movie that realized what a great actor he actually is. He owns every scene that he is in throughout this movie.

[@hollywoodhh5646]

I'm roughly your age but I feel this movie was his best performance overall...

[@sdwriter2626]

Gene Hackman has a long list of excellent performances. Enjoy!

[@kevinosullivan-hi8hh]

The man's legendary

[@ericwilper3763]

So him playing Popeye Doyle in "The French Connection" and winning an Oscar didn't tip you off?

[@Heffro2010]

@@ericwilper3763 I didn’t get to see French Connection until much later, after I was eighteen.

[@jeffreysokal7264]

Great movie about a sad time in America that has never left us.

[@joewasyl923]

Great movie. Gene Hackman singing… Outrageous!

[@watchit5985]

I wonder what the murder rate is in Mississippi now as opposed to then?

[@abbashussein6161]

Same no change

[@garyeaton6172]

So sad how these people were treated

[@garyeaton6172]

Jett Jordan3320 sorry don’t know which where were to use I didn’t go to school

[@rustynails6626]

@@garyeaton6172 Oh come on they didn't treat the FBI that badly.

[@Agent1W]

@@rustynails6626 The FBI of the 1960's wasn't as kind and gentle as today's FBI.

[@rustynails6626]

@@Agent1W ya kind of missed the humor there. reread it. but I will agree with your comment.

[@GAURAV25855ify]

@@Agent1W I thought they onest back then at least professional

[@romanicvs]

That song is so catchy 😅

[@williamboney7371]

Gene Hackman simply the best.

[@charlesmurphy3222]

Gene Hackman is trying to get Willem to crack up. The Master and the Student at work.

[@philipkane9393]

GENE HACKMAN WAS SIMPLY TREMENDOUS!

[@dannythomas417]

Still is.

[@abbashussein6161]

HIS ROLE IN “ THE UNFORGIVEN” WITH EASTWOOD ACTING AND DIRECTING

[@sean2015]

*FUN(NY) FACT:* in the Spanish language version of the film, Gene Hackman's joke (at 1:49) was translated as _"What's the only state that can't go to the bathroom? Missi-pee-pee."_ 🤣

[@pauortolacobos6636]

un spanish version he jokes "How many hours do you change your clock time when you arrive at Mississippi? -100 years. Lol

[@leelandgrant5382]

In the german version it was changed to "What smells like flowers but stinks to high heaven?".

[@briancarno8837]

Gene Hackman is always great to watch

[@RTransportGuy]

You know, he's something of an FBI Agent himself.

[@mikeweesner9698]

1 of DeFoes best acting jobs. He was outstanding

[@abbashussein6161]

DO NOT AGREE HE WAS A BORE I ENJOYED EVERY PART HACKMAN WAS SHOWING

[@waynewilliams5802]

Cruising down the street in my 64

[@kevinosullivan-hi8hh]

It's a powerful film one of the best made in the 80's it's an Alan parker classic masterpiece

[@flipsidenation7679]

DAMMIT!!!!now that song is stuck in my head!!!!

[@b.f.skinner4383]

not something you wanna mindlessly sing to yourself on the subway either

[@newjerseyyouth4853]

@@b.f.skinner4383 even worse is if u do sing it and then someone joins in!

[@johnpontes812]

I love that song

[@qttelescope8363]

One of the greatest opening scene to tell whole story of movie.

[@MJ-we9vu]

Hackman was great in this movie.

[@dannypalmer339]

Gene Hackman was Exquisite Defoe both Amazing Actors

[@Sangria]

Smiles and cries.

[@PR--un4ub]

"That's all you got."

[@BF6ct]

He was singing from the heart ❤️

[@m.r.heppener8659]

Willem Dafoe once recounted the moment right before he had to come on scene -where he had to use his gun-he went to the toilet. He was wearing his movie attire and the gun holsterd. Suddenly a knock on the door. He got up. Zipped up. Straightend his jacket. Felt for the gun. No gun......

[@zacharyberry685]

Kungfu ?

[@flyingpaladin617]

That's a good song

[@MrALenCar321]

Didn't know Dafoe looked good when Young.

[@rc....]

Most people do

[@analogkid4957]

He was 33 years old when this film was made

[@alivstyson1864]

they dont write em like that anymore.

[@bumaximous45]

Lex Luther schooling Green Goblin

[@VinnySuccessJesusfam]

I was thinking the same thing lolo

[@Thepreacher1960]

More like Green Goblin and Little Bill,and he ain't scared....he is just ain't no carpenter...

[@neoneherefrom5836]

Totally unpredictable comment.

[@rankoorovic7904]

Great movie but the real story is even more crazy.

[@neilfenton4066]

What I infer from this scene is that Dafoe's character is a northern scholarly type, most likely a democrat wheras Hackman's character is a down south republican hardass who believes in a more skin and hair brand of justice. Interesting contrast in characters and sets the tone for how they deal with the issues in the movie.

[@NotShowingOff]

Well, scholarly...but they did say that he got shot protecting a black student named Meredith at Oxford, Mississippi. They didn’t want to stereotype him. He is more of an idealist than Anderson, but he is younger and not worried about putting his own body on the line for progress. Not stereotypical, and a real leader, which is why Hackman was surprised and started respecting him.

[@christyshultz6443]

Well seeing as Gene Hackman allowed someone (and yes a black man with a razor paper cup)to go for torture on some of the guys in the film that be a fair assumption.

[@christyshultz6443]

@@NotShowingOff Anderson is more of a will hard-boiled southern cop and realists cop.. For whom we can only hope can keep William Defoe's character alive in enemy territory..Those two butted heads a lot but I think they came friends.it's fascinating to watch it happen because what's so interesting is how different they were in and their approaches to the case.

[@distinguishedflyer]

Hackman's character would almost certainly have been a Democrat too - Republicans barely existed in the South until the 1950s/1960s (the party of Lincoln, after all).

[@apseudonym]

Hackman's character was not simply a republican, that's too simplistic an explanation. He was a Mississippi native who wanted out. He was previously a sheriff in some podunk town like the one he is visiting but something made him leave. Perhaps an injustice with the system led him to have a change of heart about his profession and his place there. What made him want to leave? Who knows, but I would warrant a guess that it had something to do with realising the place wasn't going to change and that he was better off getting out. The way he talks about his father killing the black farmers mule gives a lot of insight, he speaks of it in a matter-of-fact way, like this is how things are done here, but there is also visible shame that his father did something so despicable.

[@octoman511]

RIP alan parker

[@hubbifrubbins3719]

1960s when this movie takes place, Mississippi was a shithole. 1988 when this movie was made, Mississippi was a shithole. 2024, Mississippi is still a shithole.

[@abovedarkness5631]

Admit it song is good

[@ÑEZ0688]

He said "Mr.Anderson" just like Smiths in The Matrix.

[@TheOrwell57]

Dankeschön

[@blumItamar]

Still better than katy perry

[@dannythomas417]

And every rapper in the world.

[@HELLH0WND]

It really is a great song... never, never, never I say...

[@blueeyeddevil40xxx]

HELLH0WND agreed

[@vinmaison2862]

I have a brown face and i am addicted To that song very funny song

[@virtuesoflocusts9658]

A great song for dark humour 😂

[@xRailPvP]

for the ku klux klan is here to stay

[@Sakk776]

I was actually surprised he kept the newspaper articles in his good brush in the briefcase he did not throw them away

[@DeadPool-XF]

Gene Hackman GOAT

[@rc....]

Lex Luthor and the Green Goblin is here to arrest Yondu!

[@AlyssaBoyett-rw7bs]

I've never been to Mississippi before.

[@dominiccirino2069]

Please show me Mississippi is burning today,,,,,,, thanks

[@punypixel2795]

How is no one can pronounce 'Ku'?

[@Christopher-o_O]

Great film, but the real story of what happened is even more interesting. Basically, the FBI hired a mob hitman to go down and find out what happened to them (the missing people), since he could do what they couldn't (violence etc.). You can imagine how that went. He only did it because it gave him almost a carte blanche to operate in New York, but that said, he got the job done.

[@Player-oz2nk]

Thanks for this

[@steves3422]

'sense of humor' -- 'sometimes that's all you got left'

[@antwonejones22]

Crazy how green gobbling and chucky in one movie 🍿

[@godiegogo_8865]

Not gonna lie, the song is catchy...

[@Mikem-mq2hh]

god Hackman is so good....Dafoe as well

[@Eric23313]

William Dafoe from going hero in this movie to villain in Spider-Man

[@ScarlettLaraCroft]

0:40 Matrix Vibes

[@garydixon5197]

Ole miss I go there now!! Amazing!!

[@kirby747]

How yhe volleyball stzdium comming.

[@TheSwanlake2009]

These movie was a surprise.

[@Alpha-Mike-Foxtrot]

I wrote that song in 1872. Think I got any money out of it? Try to embrace the three k's. Kindness kindness and kindness. Still looking for my money though.

[@spike84able]

Good movie

[@Okaysowhat12]

👴That's a very well written song.

[@allys744]

Lol when Gene was singing that cringey klan song 😹😹

[@xRailPvP]

i dont think its cringy

[@joeycool44]

Ok. One more Loser 45 fascist checks in.

[@diegopacheco3314]

I had to confess in church about singing this song and the father said that is so bad

[@pauldockree9915]

You are all eyes. All Is' miss missi - Mississippi!

[@mosthatedny2243]

Ward got me mad cuz he didn’t listen to Anderson who knew the south especially when he went in the black section of the dinner

[@miked1869]

A great scene among many great scenes in this movie - but some of the worst fake driving ever committed to celluloid. Could Dafoe not have made _some_ effort to get the movements of the steering wheel to match those of the car?

[@yoo7287]

I like it

[@waynethurman2144]

Hackman played a character based on Delmar Dennis; Dennis was a Reagan man!

[@Kevin_Kennelly]

Just spending time with Gene....

[@roberthatlem4645]

I'm hearing klu klux clan....🤣🤣

[@Sakk776]

So he was a lawyer from Oxford pretty cool

[@martinoregan3028]

Wata Sene this is

[@martinoregan3028]

Outstanding

[@Dreadandcircuses]

Two observations: 1) I could never ride in a car with that guy singing that crap for more than 5 minutes. 2) Literally the only movie ever made that shows people breathing a sign of relief when they look out the car window and see the sign MISSISSIPPI -- STATE LINE" is The Insider with Russell Crowe. Every other movie, it's the exact opposite.

[@simohovari6560]

True Detective took some clues from this one

[@jeffreyrichardson]

scott murrays neighbor mitchells have moved dougs savior todds good behavior

[@marvinrodriguez7971]

Mr Anderson

[@merry-lynnallison3002]

There have been movies made about the hate crimes against different races when will they do a movie about the hate crimes committed against the disabled?

[@ethanstang9193]

Agree

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

I'd love to join the members of the Supreme Court as they view this wonderful old film. Then we could talk about how reformed Mississippi has become in recent years. Someday maybe we'll have fair election laws throughout the land, only I won't be here to see it because racism runs very deep in the heartland of this great nation.

[@zacharyberry685]

NAACP#96

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

Nice scam man, asking for peoples credit card numbers after you said this is free movies.

[@robertwalegir8677]

Green goblin and Popeye Doyle

[@NoonCall]

can someone explain that joke to me DX 1:45

[@NoonCall]

@@josephgonzalezdelvalle7137 thanks mate

[@Bangla_te_Shob]

m-I-ss-I-ss-I-p-I

[@notsureiL]

@@Bangla_te_Shob 😣 I still don't get it? Might be because I am a foreigner. I understand the I eye thing not the latter part. Please explain it to me like I am seven years old.

[@gasperpoklukar8372]

@@notsureiL I think you're overthinking it. It has four eyes/Is but it can't see because it's a state (not a being). Someone correct me if I'm wrong and there's more to it.

[@dominickjustave3558]

Wasn't really a joke more like busting his balls because he had glasses but he used Mississippi

[@paulboulter7823]

Captain Ramsey of the Alabama 👍😆

[@mariosalinas5680]

Above the law uncle Sam's curse

[@user-sk3st8tg5r]

i like this song

[@vinmaison2862]

The song is funny

[@steevrawjers]

classic

[@jerrymixon787]

mississippi is a state of good and proud people

[@brwhizz3060]

jerry mixon ‘Proud’ often means wilfully ignorant and stupid.

[@brendagray4958]

@@brwhizz3060 well I'm a middle age black female and I'm proud to be a mississpian. I'm not ignorant nor stupid.

[@theofficialphoenixtv5765]

@@brendagray4958 You must live in a good part of Mississippi

[@cahicks1]

😂

[@TyEdward1924]

White Malcolm X.

[@christyshultz6443]

Well someone has to be.

[@christyshultz6443]

I just let me clarify for everyone that might misinterpret what I just said for the time. No black person would stand or could stand up for themselves . But people like this could and had an obligation to.

[@ericsniper9843]

Christy you are mistaken because African Americans did stand up for themselves.

[@mvasquez2106]

Les boogie

[@Sakk776]

That must have been his ex wife he was living with

[@envyvigilantisocial9233]

These Klanmen have no bars

[@JB-uv4hm]

Idealism vs reality.

[@dfrank4life]

😂😂😂😂😂😂