In the Heat of the Night (Blu-ray)
They got a murder on their hands. They don’t know what to do with it.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 50 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 14, 2014
- Originally Released: 1967
- Label: Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Sidney Poitier & Rod Steiger | |
| Performer: | Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Quentin Dean, James Patterson, William Schallert, Scott Wilson & Scott Wilson | |
| Directed by | Norman Jewison | |
| Edited by | Hal Ashby | |
| Screenwriting by | Stirling Silliphant | |
| Composition by | Quincy Jones | |
| Cinematography by | Haskell Wexler | |
| Art Direction by | Paul Groesse | |
| Produced by | Walter Mirisch |
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"They call me Mister Tibbs!"
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1967 -
Best Actor: Rod Steiger
Academy Awards 1967 -
Best Adapted Screenplay: Stirling Silliphant
Academy Awards 1967 -
Best Film Editing: Hal Ashby
Academy Awards 1967 -
Best Picture: Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1967 -
Best Sound: Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1967 -
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Walter Mirisch
Entertainment Reviews:
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92%
Rating: 4/5 --
The film's dutiful thriller mechanics are far less important than its politics - it has passed the test of time more for the small gestures and the iconic lines of dialogue.
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Little White Lies
A compact, unassuming Deep Down in Mississippi thriller.
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The Spectator
Rating: 4/4 --
It's a pleasure, all too rare, to watch two splendid actors pitted against each other with equal force such as Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger in the exceptional murder mystery, In the Heat of the Night.
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New York Daily News
Rating: 4/5 --
It's a stylish performance from Poitier and an honest, intelligent contribution from Steiger.
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Guardian
Rating: 4/5 --
Hindsight has lent this gripping, serious-minded melodrama a certain righteous intensity.
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Time Out
Rating: 3.5/4 --
An old-fashioned murder-mystery presented in a jazzy and progressive style.
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Film Frenzy
In the Heat of the Night disrupts the Hollywood portrayal of African-American men and women as "bucks" and "mammies."
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Spectrum Culture
Product Description:
Norman Jewison helms this Best Picture winner about a black Philadelphia detective (Sidney Poitier) who becomes involved in a murder case in a small, bigoted southern town, much to the chagrin of the local redneck police chief (Rod Steiger). An excellent production, IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from John Ball's novel. The drama boasts seven Academy Award nominations and five statuettes, including Best Picture, Best Actor--Rod Steiger, and Best (Adapted) Screenplay.
Keywords:
Thieves
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Mystery
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Race Relations
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Thriller
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Murder
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Cops
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Recommended
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