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.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Detective and mystery films
Crime films
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection
2019.
- Language
- English
- Corporate Author
- Corporate Author
- Other Authors
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- 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