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Widow | Assassin
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | 1997 | James
Best Supporting Actor | 1997 | James
Best Supporting Actor | 1997 | James
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | 1997 | Whoopi
Best Supporting Actor | 1997 | James
Best Supporting Actor | 1997 | James
Best Cast Ensemble | 1996 | Alec
Budget 36,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 13,323,144 USD
Yolanda King, the daughter of civil rights activist Martin Luther King, portrayed Medgar Evers' daughter Reena Evers in this film.
Medgar Evers' two sons Darrell Evers and James Van Evers played themselves in this film. His widow Myrlie Evers was also one of this film's consultants. Unlike her brothers, Reena Evers opted not to play herself. However, she can be seen numerous times as a juror in the 1994 trial.
Delmar Dennis (a key witness against the murderer, Byron de la Beckwith) and his family can be seen as extras in the parade scene. At this film's ending, a title card indicated that Bobby DeLaughter had run for a position as a judge and been defeated. That was true at the time. Subsequently, he was appointed to a judgeship and later elected overwhelmingly to that position.
This film was shot on location in Jackson, Mississippi, where Medgar Evers was murdered.
James Woods said in an interview that he went to Byron de la Beckwith while he was researching the role and while Beckwith was awaiting trial for the third time. He also said that he looked into Beckwith's eyes and said that he was truly evil.
"Myrlie Evers: [quoting Medgar Evers] When you hate, the only person who suffers is you, because most of the people you hate don't know it and the others don't care."
"Medgar Evers: [archive footage] I love the land of my birth. I do not mean just America as a country, but Mississippi, the state in which I was born."
