In the heat of the night / the Mirisch Corporation presents ; the Norman Jewison/Walter Mirisch production ; screenplay by Stirling Silliphant ; produced by Walter Mirisch ; directed by Norman Jewison.

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Publisher number: CC2983D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 959.Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2019]Copyright date: �2019Edition: DVD special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)Content type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

9781681435404

Uniform titles:

In the heat of the night (Motion picture)

Related works:

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

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Genre/Form: DDC classification:

791.43/72 23

LOC classification:

PN1997 .I5 2019

Production credits:

Director of photography, Haskell Wexler ; editor, Hal Ashby ; music, Quincy Jones.

Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson.Summary: "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."--Container

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
DVD	Westgate Branch New DVD	DVD I (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	11/02/2024	31744180027282

DVD; NTSC, region 1; 16:9 wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital monaural.

In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson.

Director of photography, Haskell Wexler ; editor, Hal Ashby ; music, Quincy Jones.

Widescreen.

New 4K digital restoration.

Based on the novel by John Ball.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.

"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."--Container

DVD Special edition features: [2008 audio commentary with Norman Jewison, Haskell Wexler, Rod Steiger and Lee Grant] New 4K digital restoration; 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.