In the Heat of the Night (40th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
by Norman Jewison
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Actor: Lee Grant, Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier, Timothy Scott, Warren OatesDirector: Norman Jewison
Brand: TCFHE/MGM
Cinematographer: Haskell Wexler
Composer: Quincy Jones
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-15
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: United Artists
Movie Reviews of In the Heat of the Night (40th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: THEY CALL ME MISSSTERRR TIBBBSSSS!
Summary: 5 Stars
Viewed: 1/11
Rate: 9
1/11: Growing up, I used to be a huge fan of the TV show In the Heat of the Night. What a great cast...what a bunch of great characters. It was years later that I didn't realize that there was a movie before the show came out. Now, I finally see the movie like I never seen a side of it before. Certainly, there is a huge amount of differences between the two. I'll say that, I really liked the movie a lot. Sidney Poitier has a terrific on-screen presence and makes for a very commanding demeanor. Rod Steiger, of course, can handle him because he was famous for being in the same taxicab with Marlon Brando in the greatest scene ever in the history of silver screens. The story...the drama...is very gripping and shocking. The idea of a black man with intelligence offending every white person in the town of Sparta, Mississippi is a sight to behold. One scene...the white man slaps the black man after being insulted, and the black man slaps him back! And leaves him crying is hilarious. That's Sidney Poitier, dude. Better make sure that you call him "Missterrr Tibbsss." The way he works around the corpse is just brilliant. It's like he commands respect from that moment. Sidney Poitier won the best performance of the year for me in that scene just like how Denzel Washington did in Glory. I am still surprised to this day that he wasn't nominated, let alone a win. Although Rod Steiger was the winner, Sidney Poitier was the superior actor and practically stole the movie from start to finish. What is so interesting about the movie is that, even in the face of grave danger and tremendous odds stacked against him, Virgil Tibbs never backed off or shied away from the challenge of tackling an issue that he was clearly qualified for. Now, that's a role model for many African Americans. A couple of negatives about the film, I found it hard to believe that the town wasn't rocked to the core after a murder has been done. Also, in the end, there wasn't a sense of closure among other characters mentioned in the film. All in all, In the Heat of the Night is a can't miss best picture winner, and it's worth watching for every second of it.
Summary of In the Heat of the Night (40th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 01/15/2008 Rating: NrBoth 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
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