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Full awards and nominations of Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning

1988

Alan Parker

Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif ...

7.6

21,154

Drama. Mystery

Drama. Mystery

In 1964, when three civil-rights workers, two white and one black, mysteriously disappear while driving through Mississippi, two FBI agents, Ward (Willem Dafoe) and Anderson (Gene Hackman), are sent in to investigate. While Ward is young and by the book, Anderson is a seasoned southerner comfortable with the Byzantine (and, to Ward, morally ambiguous) ways of his region. Together they sift through a variety of leads and come up ... [+]

61th Academy Awards (1989) - Movies from 1988

nom.

Best Picture

nom.

Best Director (Alan Parker)

nom.

Best Leading Actor (Gene Hackman)

nom.

Best Supporting Actress (Frances McDormand)

nom.

Best Film Editing (Gerry Hambling)

winner

Best Cinematography (Peter Biziou)

nom.

Best Sound Mixing (Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Rick Kline, Danny Michael)

46th Golden Globes Awards (1989) - Movies from 1988

nom.

Best Picture - Drama

nom.

Best Director (Alan Parker)

nom.

Best Leading Actor Drama (Gene Hackman)

nom.

Best Screenplay (Chris Gerolmo)

BAFTA 1990: British Academy Film Awards (Movies from 1989)

nom.

Best Director (Alan Parker)

winner

Best Cinematographer (Peter Biziou)

winner

Best Editing (Gerry Hambling)

nom.

Best Music Score (Trevor Jones)

winner

Best Sound (Bill Phillips, Danny Michael, Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Rick Kline)

39th Berlin International Film Festival 1989

nom.

Golden Bear - Best Picture

winner

Silver Bear - Best Actor (Gene Hackman)

New York Film Critics Circle - Year 1988 - http://nyfcc.com

nom.

Best Picture

nom.

Best Actor (Gene Hackman)

NSFC - National Society of Film Critics 1988

nom.

Best Actor (Gene Hackman)

NBR (National Board of Review) - Awards for 1988

winner

Best Film

nom.

Top Ten Films

winner

Best Direction (Alan Parker)

winner

Best Actor (Gene Hackman)

winner

Best Supporting Actress (Francis McDormand)

Los Angeles Film Critics Awards 1988

nom.

Best Actor (Gene Hackman)

David di Donatello Awards 1989

nom.

Best Foreign Film (Alan Parker)

nom.

Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero) (Gene Hackman)

Directors Guild of America (DGA) - 1988 Productions

nom.

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film (Alan Parker)

Chicago Film Critics Awards 1988

winner

Best Picture

nom.

Best Actor (Gene Hackman)

nom.

Best Supporting Actor (Brad Dourif)

winner

Best Supporting Actress (Frances McDormand)