Rating: R
Length: 128 minutes

Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 2.0
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 2.0
SPANISH: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

English, French, Spanish

The best way to refer to this movie is that it's a work of fiction that used a historically true event as its inspiration. Two FBI agents are sent to rural Mississippi (a county who's name was made up) to investigate the disappearance of three civil right activists. One agent (Hackman) is from the "South" and understands how things should be done. The other agent (Dafoe) is a naive Northerner that believes in doing things by the book.

A very strong story with excellent acting by its leads; Hackman, McDormand and Dafoe (the first two were nominated for Academy Awards for their roles).

First and foremost, even though this isn't stated up front, this is a work of fiction. If you didn't know better, you would believe this was a historically correct movie. I will say one thing for this movie, they not only didn't leave out a single stereotype concerning the South, they shove them in your face for the entire two hours.

• Director's Commentary
• Original Theatrical Trailer

This is an extremely powerful movie, I just wish they would have done one based on the truth. But, then again, the truth is rarely as entertaining.

Alan Parker   [Angel Heart, Pink Floyd The Wall]

Willem Dafoe - Agent Alan Ward

[Body of Evidence, The Boondock Saints, Platoon, Shadow of the Vampire, Spider-Man, Streets of Fire, xXx: State of the Union]

Badja Djola - Agent Monk

[The Last Boy Scout]

Brad Dourif - Deputy Clinton Pell

[Alien: Resurrection, Blue Velvet, Dune (1984), Halloween (2007), LOTR: The Return of the King/The Two Towers]

Kevin Dunn - Agent Bird

[Dave, Hot Shots!, Nixon]

R. Lee Ermey - Mayor Tilman

[Se7en]

Frankie Faison - Eulogist

[Gods and Generals, Hannibal, The Langoliers, Manhunter, Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs]

Gene Hackman - Agent Rupert Anderson

[Bonnie and Clyde, Crimson Tide, The French Connection, Hoosiers, Mississippi Burning, The Poseidon Adventure, The Quick and the Dead (1995), Superman I/II/IV, Unforgiven]

Tom Mason - Judge

[The Puppet Masters]

Frances McDormand - Mrs. Pell

[Æon Flux, Almost Famous, City by the Sea, Fargo, Primal Fear]

Geoffrey Nauffts - Goatee

Michael Rooker - Frank Bailey

[The Bone Collector, JFK, Mallrats]

Gailard Sartain - Sheriff Ray Stuckey

[The Grifters]

Stephen Tobolowsky - Clayton Townley

[Basic Instinct, The Insider, Memento, Single White Female]

Pruitt Taylor Vince - Lester Cowans

[Constantine, Identity, JFK, Monster, Natural Born Killers, Trapped]

Rick Zieff - Passenger