<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $36 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $13,323,144 </Td> </Tr> <P> Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 American biographical courtroom drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg and James Woods . The plot is based on the true story of the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith, the white supremacist accused of the 1963 assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers . </P> <P> James Woods was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role of Byron De La Beckwith . The original music score was composed by Marc Shaiman and the cinematography is by John Seale . </P>

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