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In the Heat of the Night
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792848363
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792848365
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 SurroundFrench (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 SurroundFrench (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: DM106949D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 09, 2001
Running Time: 110 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1967
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Editorial Review:
Both riveting murder mystery and classic fish-out-of-water yarn, Norman Jewison's Oscar-winning In the Heat of the Night represents Hollywood at its wiliest, cloaking exposé in the most entertaining trappings. Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger prove the decade's most formidable antagonists. Poitier plays Virgil Tibbs, an arrogant homicide detective waylaid in Sparta, Mississippi; Steiger, in his bravura Oscar-winning turn, is Bill Gillespie, the town's hardheaded, bigoted sheriff who first arrests Tibbs for murder and then begs for his expertise. As the clues and suspects mount, Gillespie and his deputies develop begrudging respect for the black officer. The first-rate supporting cast includes Lee Grant as the victim's angry widow, Warren Oates as a voyeuristic deputy, William Schallert as the pragmatic mayor, and, in his screen debut, Scott Wilson (In Cold Blood) as an unlucky fugitive. The brilliant widescreen cinematography is by Haskell Wexler, and the scat-music score is by Quincy Jones. Ray Charles wails the blues theme song. --Glenn Lovell
Starring Academy AwardÂ(r) winners* Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger and Lee Grant, this provocative mystery thriller won** five 1967 OscarsÂ(r), including Best Picture. Highlighted by an evocative score from OscarÂ(r)-winning*** composer Quincy Jones, In The Heat Of The Night is a "powerful film" (The New York Times) that delivers the "highest level of exciting entertainment" (New York Daily News)! While traveling in the Deep South, Virgil Tibbs, a black Philadelphia homicide detective, becomes unwittingly embroiled in the murder investigationof a prominent businessman when he is first accused of the crimeand then asked to solve it! Finding the killer proves to be difficult, however, especially when his efforts are constantly thwarted by the bigoted town sheriff (Steiger). But neither man can solve this case alone. Putting aside their differences and prejudices, they join forces in a desperate race against time to discover the shocking truth. *Poitier: Actor, Lilies of the Field (1963); Steiger: Actor, In the Heat of the Night (1967); Grant: Supporting Actress, Shampoo (1975) **Actor (Steiger), Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Sound ***1994: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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Rating:  - Bad disc
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Rating:  - The Birth of the Seventies Police Detective Flick!
This film clearly inspired the kind of distinctive 70's era police detective films to come such as "Shaft" and "Dirty Harry" and even the great score by Quincy Jones evokes memories of the similar sounding ones connected with those two films. As a detective mystery, this film does a very good job in addition to being a social statement for viewers in the late 60's. Racism is a sign of insecurity as racists need to feel that there is a class of people worse or below themselves so that they can feel ... Read More
Rating:  - Poitier educates a southern sheriff
This was a great movie. It is a bit dated now, in the light of improvements in racial relations in the south, but north and south still have a way to go. Magnificently acted by Poitier and Steiger. But for Poitier's career, I doubt if there would be an African-American running for president of the U. S. today.
Rating: - AN ALL-AROUND POWERHOUSE FILM
Still packs a mean punch against racial stereotyping over 40 years later. Sidney Poitier/Rod Steiger in what was amongst both actor's finest hours. 1967's Academy Award winning Best Motion Picture, and Rod Steiger's Best Actor Oscar win. But no nomination for Mr. Poitier. Some have speculated that was due to a probable split in voting with his other 1967 blockbuster "To Sir With Love."
One of my most memorable childhood movie moments was that of Mr. Poitier's character Virgil Tibbs being ... Read More
Rating:  - COTTON PICKIN' GOOD
Best picture Oscar for 1967, with Steiger also winning for best actor.Film itself is erratically paced and quite convoluted, especially in the final 7-10 minutes. The major theme,obviously, is Poitier's presence as an intellectually superior black police officer from Philadelphia, Pa. and his gradual acceptance by Steiger.Steiger arrests Poitier twice, before solicitinng his advice on a murder case involving a progressive businessman.Caution: the movie is based on a novel. Steiger finally thinks he has ... Read More
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