In the heat of the night

DVD 2019

Passing through the backwoods town of Sparta, Mississippi, Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) becomes embroiled in a murder case. He forms an uneasy alliance with the bigoted police chief (Rod Steiger), who faces mounting pressure from Sparta's hostile citizens to catch the killer and run the African American interloper out of town.

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African American detectives Fiction

Homicide investigation Mississippi Sparta Fiction

Racism Mississippi Sparta Fiction

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Crime films Detective and mystery films Feature films Fiction Melodramas (Motion pictures) Video recordings

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 959 Criterion collection ; 959 DVD

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ISBN:

9781681435404

Edition:

Special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (110 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital monaural
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: PG

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1967
Special features: 2008 audio commentary with Norman Jewison, Haskell Wexler, Rod Steiger and Lee Grant; New interviews with director Norman Jewison and actor Lee Grant; Segment from a 2006 American Film Institute interview with actor Sidney Poitier; New interview with Aram Goudsouzian, author of Sidney Poitier: man, actor, icon; Turning up the heat: movie-making in the '60s, a 2008 program about the production of the film and its legacy, featuring Jewison, Wexler, producer Walter Mirisch, and filmmakers John Singleton and Reginald Hudlin; Quincy Jones: breaking new sound, a 2008 program about Jones's innovative soundtrack, including the title song sung by Ray Charles, featuring interviews with Jones, lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and musician Herbie Hancock; Trailer; on insert, An essay by critic K. Austin Collins
Title from container
Cinematography, Haskell Wexler ; music, Quincy Jones
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Lee Grant
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital monaural
For private home use only
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing

Control Number:

524859

UPC:

027616098610
027616098627
715515225212

Other Authors:

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Grant, Lee, 1927- actor
Jewison, Norman, 1926-2024, film director
Mirisch Corporation, production company
Mirisch, Walter, film producer
Poitier, Sidney, actor
Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996, screenwriter
Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002, actor

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