| Description |
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. rda |
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stamping rdapm |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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mono rdacpc |
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LPCM rdaspc |
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wide screen |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray |
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region A rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 959.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray; region A; wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; LPCM monaural; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired. |
| Cast |
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Haskell Wexler ; editor, Hal Ashby ; music, Quincy Jones. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. |
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Wide screen (1.85:1). |
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Based on the novel by John Ball. |
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New 4K digital restoration. |
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Supplements: 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. |
| 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. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Subject |
African American detectives -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Homicide investigation -- Mississippi -- Sparta -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Racism -- Mississippi -- Sparta -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Mississippi -- Race relations -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Crime films.
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Melodramas (Motion pictures)
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Drama.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Jewison, Norman, 1926- film director.
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Mirisch, Walter, film producer.
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Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996, screenwriter.
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Poitier, Sidney, actor.
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Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002, actor.
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Oates, Warren, 1928-1982, actor.
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Grant, Lee, 1927- actor.
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Jones, Quincy, 1933- composer.
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Wexler, Haskell, director of photography.
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Ashby, Hal, editor of moving image work.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Ball, John Dudley, 1911-1988.
In the heat of the night.
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Mirisch Corporation, presenter, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Standard No. |
715515225113 |
| Music No. |
CC2982BD The Criterion Collection |
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