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In the heat of the night

Title: In the heat of the night / directed by Norman Jewison.
Publication: [Beverly Hills, California] : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. [2008]

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Description

1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Virgil Tibbs is a renowned homicide detective from Philadelphia returning to Mississippi in the sweltering summer to visit his mother, when a rich factory owner is found dead. The industrialist was white, Tibbs is black and in the Deep South at the time, that is enough reason for the local cops to arrest him on suspicion murder. After his identity and credentials are established, the Chief of Police lets Tibbs go and attempts to enlist his help in solving the case. An uneasy and complicated relationship develops between the southern Sheriff and the city slicker. Sidney Poitier stars as the superior sleuth who rediscovers the small town racism he escaped through his education. Rod Steiger is the local sheriff who is forced to examine his own prejudices and repent them.

Uniform Title

In the heat of the night (Motion picture)

Subject

Ball, John Dudley, 1911-1988 > Film adaptations
African American detectives > Mississippi > Drama
Murder > Investigation > Mississippi > Drama
Sheriffs > Mississippi > Drama
Racism > Mississippi > Drama
Mississippi > Race relations > Drama

Genre/Form

Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Note

Based on a novel by John Ball.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967.
"In the heat of the night" sung by Ray Charles.
Special features: Commentary by Norman Jewison, Lee Grant, Rod Steiger and cinematographer Haskell Wexler ; "Turning up the heat: Movie-making in the '60's" featurette ; "The slap heard around the world" featurette ; "Quincy Jones: Breaking new sound" featurette ; original theatrical trailer.

Credits (note)

Screenwriter, Stirling Silliphant ; producer, Walter Mirisch ; cinematographer, Haskell Wexler ; film editor, Hal Ashby ; composer, Quincy Jones ; the Mirisch Corporation presents ; the Norman Jewison-Walter Mirisch production ; United Artists.

Performer (note)

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson, William Schallert, Beah Richards, Peter Whitney, Kermit Murdock, Larry D. Mann, Matt Clark, Arthur Malet, Fred Stewart, Quentin Dean, Scott Wilson, Anthony James.

System Details (note)

DVD, region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen (1:85:1); 5.1 Dolby surround, Dolby Digital mono.

Language (note)

English, French or Spanish dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned in English.

Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-1945

LCCN

027616098610
OCLC

OCLC

181596770

Title

In the heat of the night / directed by Norman Jewison.

Publisher

[Beverly Hills, California] : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. [2008]

Edition

40th anniversary collector's edition.

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

System Details

DVD, region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen (1:85:1); 5.1 Dolby surround, Dolby Digital mono.

Cast

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson, William Schallert, Beah Richards, Peter Whitney, Kermit Murdock, Larry D. Mann, Matt Clark, Arthur Malet, Fred Stewart, Quentin Dean, Scott Wilson, Anthony James.

Credits

Screenwriter, Stirling Silliphant ; producer, Walter Mirisch ; cinematographer, Haskell Wexler ; film editor, Hal Ashby ; composer, Quincy Jones ; the Mirisch Corporation presents ; the Norman Jewison-Walter Mirisch production ; United Artists.

Language

English, French or Spanish dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned in English.

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Added Author

Jewison, Norman, 1926-2024, film director.

Mirisch, Walter, film producer.

Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996, screenwriter.

Poitier, Sidney, actor.

Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002, actor.

Oates, Warren, 1928-1982, actor.

Grant, Lee, 1927- actor.

Gates, Larry, 1915-1996, actor.

Patterson, James, 1932-1972, actor.

Schallert, William, 1922-2016, actor.

Richards, Beah E., actor.

Whitney, Peter, 1916-1972, actor.

Murdock, Kermit, actor.

Mann, Larry D., 1922-2014, actor.

Clark, Matt, 1936- actor.

Malet, Arthur, 1927-2013, actor.

Stewart, Fred, 1906-1970, actor.

Dean, Quentin, actor.

Wilson, Scott, 1942-2018, actor.

James, Anthony, 1942-2020, actor.

Jones, Quincy, 1933- composer (expression)

Charles, Ray, 1930-2004, singer.

Wexler, Haskell, cinematographer.

Ashby, Hal, editor of moving image work.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Ball, John Dudley, 1911-1988. In the heat of the night.

Mirisch Corporation, presenter.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- ), publisher.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., film distributor.

Added Title

Container of (work): In the heat of the night (Motion picture)

Other Standard Identifier

027616098610

OCLC 181596770

Publisher No.

109861 Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment

Research Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-1945

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