Deliberate mistake: In the scene where the FBI agents are transporting Lester Cowans in a car and telling him all his friends have confessed, for about three seconds the scenery goes by backwards. For some reason, the shot is played in reverse.
Mississippi Burning (1988)
1 deliberate mistake
Directed by: Alan Parker
Starring: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Brad Dourif, Frances McDormand
Other mistake: In one shot, during the lynching, the noose comes undone from the character's neck while he is hanging.
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Answer: The Mayor (played by R Lee Ermey) who had been told the story of Homer Wilkes and threatened with castration earlier on.
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