In the heat of the night

DVD - 2019

While traveling in the deep south, Virgil Tibbs, a black Philadelphia homicide detective, becomes unwittingly embroiled in a murder case when he is first accused of the crime, and then asked to solve it! Finding the killer proves to be difficult, especially when his efforts are constantly thwarted by the ignorant and bigoted town sheriff. 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.

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Genres
Detective and mystery films
Crime films
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection 2019.
Language
English
Corporate Author
Mirisch Corporation
Corporate Author
Mirisch Corporation (production company)
Other Authors
Norman Jewison, 1926- (film director), Sterling Silliphant, 1918-1996 (screenwriter), Walter Mirisch (film producer), Sidney Poitier (actor), Rod Steiger, 1925-2002 (-), Lee Grant, 1927-, John Dudley Ball, 1911-1988
Edition
Widescreen
Item Description
Based on the novel by John Ball
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: interviews ; audio commentaries ; Turning up the Heat: movie-making in the '60s ; Quincy Jones: breaking new sound ; trailer ; plus: an essay by critic K. Austin Collins.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; monaural.
Audience
Not rated.
Awards
Academy Awards (1968); Best Picture, Best Actor in a Lead Role, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Best Film Editing.
Production Credits
Cinematography, Haskell Wexler ; music, Quincy Jones ; editor, Hal Ashby.
ISBN
9781681435404
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Stopping at a Mississippi town for a train layover, Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is pressed into helping the local police chief (Rod Steiger) solve a touchy murder case. Racial tension follows the pursuit of suspects, with prejudice on both sides of the color divide on full display in Norman Jewison's Oscar-winning matchup of detective work and social commentary. Benefiting from a 4K restoration, Night boasts a career-defining performance from Poitier ("They call me Mister Tibbs") and extras befitting its National Film Registry status. [See Trailers, LJ 12/18.] © Copyright 2019. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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