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* {{Cameo}}: Medgar Evers' sons played the parts of Medgar Evers' grown sons. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter played the part of Medgar Evers' grown daughter.
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* {{Cameo}}: TheCameo: Medgar Evers' sons played the parts of Medgar Evers' grown sons. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter played the part of Medgar Evers' grown daughter.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even some hard-core racists were horrified that he shot him in the back at his own house and with his children just a few feet away.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even some hard-core racists were horrified that he Evers was shot him in the back at his own house and with his children just a few feet away.
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* SocietyMarchesOn: The premise of the film. The first two trials had all-white male juries and resulted in mistrials (which means at least one juror found him guilty), but, in 1994, the third trial had eight black and four white jurors.
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* AsHimself: Benny Bennett, one of Bobby's investigators (and the son of one of the investigators who tried to convict Bryon back in the sixties), plays himself in the movie.
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* WalkingArmory: Downplayed, but Charlie Crisco, one of Bobby's investigators, carries at least three guns, each of which he offers to Bobby out of concern for his safety.
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* RealityEnsues: De La Beckwith knew at the first trials that all he had to do was get one white juror in Mississippi to find him not guilty, and so believes that even one of the black jurors may sympathize with him due to his age. Obviously, they didn't.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: De La Beckwith knew at the first trials that all he had to do was get one white juror in Mississippi to find him not guilty, and so believes that even one of the black jurors may sympathize with him due to his age. Obviously, they didn't.
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The film was directed by Creator/RobReiner and stars Creator/AlecBaldwin as prosecuting attorney Bobby [=DeLaughter=], Creator/JamesWoods as Byron De La Beckwith, and Creator/WhoopiGoldberg as Merlie Evers. There are also some memorable early performances by [[Creator/WilliamHMacy William H. Macy]] and Creator/MargoMartindale.
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The film was directed by Creator/RobReiner and stars Creator/AlecBaldwin as prosecuting attorney Bobby [=DeLaughter=], Creator/JamesWoods as Byron De La Beckwith, and Creator/WhoopiGoldberg as Merlie Evers. There are also some memorable early performances by [[Creator/WilliamHMacy William H. Macy]] Creator/WilliamHMacy and Creator/MargoMartindale.
