In the heat of the night
(2008, original release: 1967)

Fiction

DVD

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DVD/DRAMA/IN

Availability

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Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment, [2008]
EDITION
40th anniversary edition; Widescreen edition
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
6311647974 109861, 9786311647974, 027616098610
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967

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

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

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant

Rating: Not rated

DVD, region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen (1:85:1), Dolby Digital

Closed-captioned

English, French or Spanish dialogue; English, French or Spanish subtitles

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